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Riverside trustees direct staff to draft food-truck rules after extended debate
Summary
After a lengthy Feb. 19 discussion, the Village of Riverside Board gave staff direction to draft code and zoning amendments covering special-event food trucks and licensed food-truck businesses, including limits on appearances, health/parking standards, proposed license fees and a special-use option for downtown sites.
RIVERSIDE, Ill. — The Village of Riverside Board of Trustees on Feb. 19 instructed staff to draft a package of code and zoning changes to regulate food trucks and mobile vending after more than two hours of discussion on how to balance business opportunity with neighborhood impacts.
Director Syren told trustees staff had split the issue into two tracks: standards for food trucks operating at special events and rules for food trucks seeking to operate as licensed businesses. "Food trucks seeking to operate with a special event license must be attached to approved special event," Clerk Stenzel said during the presentation, and staff proposed a $25 special-event application fee plus a $30 temporary food-service fee per occurrence to cover health inspections.
The board gave specific direction on several points rather than taking a…
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