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Springfield subcommittee delays private-property food-truck rules after owners, councilors raise fee and buffer concerns
Summary
The Maintenance and Development Subcommittee heard a proposed ordinance to regulate mobile food trucks on private property — including special permits, buffer zones and a proposed $450 six-month fee — and voted to keep the measure in committee while staff gathers more data and solicits vendor input.
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield City Maintenance and Development Subcommittee on Wednesday reviewed a proposed ordinance that would require special permits for mobile food truck parks on private property, set buffers from residences and restrict overnight operations, but the panel agreed to keep the measure in committee after vendors and several councilors said the rules as written could harm small operators.
The proposal, presented by Chris Signoli of the Department of Public Works, would define a "mobile food truck park" as a site with three or more mobile units remaining on-site overnight; ban truck operation between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.; require setbacks of 50 feet from residential parcels (100 feet if a generator is used); require site sketches and zoning compliance for private parcels; and make private-property permits valid for six months with renewals…
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