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Wimberley staff proposes new rules for food trucks after state law limits city permits
Summary
City staff presented a draft ordinance to pull mobile food vendors out of the temporary-structure permitting process, replacing one-off city permits with a registration system and local rules (setbacks, parking, utilities) to comply with a new state law that takes effect July 1.
Wimberley Mayor Jim Childs and staff told the council on April 16 that a new state law will restrict the city's ability to issue one-off permits for mobile food vendors, prompting a staff-drafted ordinance to preserve local zoning control while complying with the state.
Nathan Glazier, introduced by the mayor, said the draft removes food trucks from the temporary-structures permitting process and creates a separate "mobile food vendor" category. "The new state law is gonna prevent us from enforcing our temporary structure permits, which basically governs food trucks in Wimberley," Glazier said, adding the proposed local rules are…
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