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Plain City public hearing draws business owner objections to proposed mobile-vendor rules
Summary
At a public hearing on proposed mobile-vendor ordinance ZC-24-8, former council member and business owner Leslie Perkins urged the council to revise rules that would require concession trailers on private commercial property to be moved nightly, limit operations to six hours, and prohibit overnight electrical cords for refrigeration.
Council opened a public hearing on an amendment to the codified ordinances dealing with mobile vendors (ZC-24-8). Leslie Perkins, who identified herself as a Plain City resident and former council member and owner of Flags Galore, said the draft ordinance's requirement that concession trailers be moved nightly and the six-hour daily cap are unfair to operators who locate on private commercial property.
"If my trailer is setting on my rented commercial property…Why does it have to be moved every night?" Perkins asked, adding that she is 63 years old and that repeatedly moving a 16-foot trailer late at night is a hardship. She also said the six-hour limit would prevent her from operating during events and employing staff at economically viable hours.
Perkins raised a third concern about a proposed ban on overnight electrical cords for refrigeration, saying generators are loud and that without a permitted overnight cord she would have to find an alternative that could be unworkable for maintaining refrigeration. Staff reopened the hearing briefly to allow Perkins to finish and clarify that her three central concerns were: nightly movement of trailers on private commercial property, the six-hour daily cap, and restrictions on electrical cords.
Council did not adopt changes at the meeting; the ordinance appeared on the agenda for first reading only. Perkins offered to meet with staff to discuss edits.
