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Riverside board directs staff to draft food‑truck and outdoor‑dining code changes, discusses deck coverage
Summary
Trustees directed staff to draft zoning and code amendments to govern annually licensed food trucks, stationary mobile vendors, outdoor‑dining barriers and planters, and to clarify building‑coverage rules for decks; Planning & Zoning will hold public hearings before final action.
The Village of Riverside on April 16 directed staff to draft a coordinated package of zoning and municipal‑code amendments that would establish standards for licensed food trucks and outdoor dining and would amend building‑coverage rules to exclude typical decks.
Planning and preservation staff summarized prior board direction and the Planning & Zoning Commission’s review. Planner/Director Siren told the board the P&Z majority opposed allowing daily food‑truck operations in the Central Business District (CBD) even with a special‑use permit, and staff recommended a layered approach: allow mobile food units in B‑1 as a permitted use (subject to other requirements), permit food trucks in the CBD only as a special use, and amend the village code to…
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