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Select Board delays food‑truck permit decision pending ordinance draft
Summary
After debating fees, duration and safety requirements for food trucks, the Select Board tabled a permit decision and asked a member to draft an ordinance and application for future consideration.
The board discussed whether to institute a permit fee and application process for food trucks seeking to operate in town (examples named included Ray’s Seafood and the Pink Hippo). Members compared local practice to Portsmouth’s fee and raised questions about insurance, licensing, traffic management and use of town parking as overflow.
Board members debated whether a fee should be per visit, per season, or per application and whether a $100 fee would be per instance or per season; one member noted that mobile food service permits and health department fees also apply. Concerns were raised about using the town hall parking lot for overflow and about ensuring permits adequately require insurance and a traffic plan.
Given unresolved details, the board agreed to table the matter and asked Heather Dreisz (speaker 6) to draft an ordinance/application for board review. "I'll do it," Dreisz said when asked to take the action.
Next steps: Dreisz will prepare a draft ordinance and application addressing fee structure, insurance and traffic control for the board to consider at a future meeting.
