Committee adopts updated food‑truck code, corrects vending‑district map

The committee approved a committee substitute to reorganize St. Louis city rules governing food trucks and sidewalk vendors and corrected a vending‑district boundary after stakeholders raised a mapping error.

Alman Aldridge, sponsor of the cleanup, said the measure does not change license requirements but consolidates and clarifies multiple scattered ordinances so vendors and enforcement can operate from a single, updated code.

Representatives of the St. Louis Cardinals worked with the sponsor to reinstate a previously omitted paragraph protecting stadium‑adjacent areas; Lou Hamilton, who spoke for the club, told the committee the corrected text preserves the redevelopment area's intended balance between vendor activity and stadium operations.

The committee added language that gives the Street and Health departments clearer authority to suspend or revoke vending privileges in zones that prove a persistent public‑safety or cleanliness problem, and members asked staff to publish updated vending maps and guidance for vendors and neighborhoods.

The committee adopted the committee substitute and voted to send the updated code forward with a due‑pass recommendation.