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Council to send revised food-truck ordinance to members; hours provision removed pending review
Summary
Council discussed significant revisions to the food-truck ordinance, including a no-overnight rule, a three-consecutive-day limit, reducing proximity to 50 feet with restaurant-owner permission, and removing a fixed hours-of-operation clause; staff will circulate version 5 for review.
The Nashville Town Council discussed and agreed to circulate a revised food-truck ordinance (moving to version 5) after hearing operators and council feedback June 18. Staff described several substantive changes to the regular food-truck ordinance: no overnight parking without an exemption or special permit, a three-consecutive-days cap without a special permit, a reduction of the distance-from-door requirement to 50 feet in some cases, alignment with commercial zoning and an exception that allows restaurant owners to give permission for trucks to locate nearby.
Council directed staff to send the updated draft to council members for review before wider publication. The attorney noted a planned fee adjustment to be compliant with next year’s fee schedule. Several local operators, including Jason Pilchman of Traveling Tom's, urged the council to drop strict time-of-day limits (citing school events and other community activities), saying the market and events typically regulate practical hours. Pilchman also recommended tying occasional vendor fees to the standard $75 business-permit fee rather than a higher, separate food-truck fee.
Council discussed noise concerns and agreed the ordinance language should require generators and inverters to meet quiet standards and remain subject to the town’s noise ordinance once it is finalized. Staff said they would remove the specific hours clause and circulate the v5 draft by email to council members for comment.
