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Yuba City Council pauses vending ordinance update, directs staff to craft clearer rules for mobile vendors
Summary
After a heated public hearing, the council voted to continue its update of the mobile, open‑air and sidewalk vending ordinance and gave staff specific direction: a sales window of about six hours, a total on‑site limit of about nine hours (including setup/teardown), a temporary‑use permitting path for suitable unimproved lots, and outreach to local restaurants before final adoption.
The Yuba City Council on March 17 paused action on a proposed overhaul of the city’s mobile and open‑air vending code and directed staff to return with a revised draft after targeted outreach.
The move followed a lengthy presentation by Doug Libby of Development Services outlining changes to Zoning Code 26‑01 and a public hearing in which food‑truck operators and downtown businesses raised practical and public‑health concerns. Libby said the draft revises vendor definitions, requires permits to be displayed, clarifies renewals, and expands enforcement powers while noting that state law limits what cities can do about sidewalk vending: “sidewalk vending has largely been decriminalized in California,” he told the council, citing Senate Bill 946.
Why it matters: council members said they want rules…
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