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Board discusses temporary food-truck licensing pilot and approves Aug. 9 soccer field use for youth training
Summary
Trustees instructed staff to draft a short-term mobile-vendor registration/licensing approach for a pilot through October (with suggested limits on truck counts and noise) and approved a special-use request for a youth referee-training session on Aug. 9 at the soccer field.
The village attorney recommended that Sleepy Hollow prepare an ordinance to register and, when appropriate, license mobile food vendors, including collecting contact information, dates, locations and possibly fees. Trustees discussed a time-limited pilot—proposed through October or Halloween—to allow food trucks for sanctioned public events and block parties while the village considers longer-term zoning changes if trucks become permanent.
The board debated limits for residential block parties (suggestions ranged to two trucks) and larger public or service-club events (up to five trucks), and discussed prohibiting amplified 'audible attracting' devices. President and staff directed public-works and legal staff to draft a registration/licensing policy for consideration before the next meeting.
Separately, Dan Goddard, a resident and club representative, requested use of the soccer field on Saturday, Aug. 9, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a youth referee-training class (ages 13–17). Trustees discussed parking logistics and public-works support; the board approved the special-use request by voice vote and asked staff to coordinate logistics and notify the police department as needed.
Trustees characterized the food-truck proposal as a pilot to gauge impacts (noise, traffic, public safety) and asked staff to return a draft license/registration policy for board consideration.
