The Cape Elizabeth Ordinance Committee will discuss food truck regulations during the Wednesday, November 17, 2021 meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m.  This meeting will be held via Zoom videoconference.  More information about the meeting and how to attend will be provided prior to the meeting.

On July 12, at the Town Council meeting, it was noted that ordinances specific to food trucks do not currently exist.  Without specific language, the presumption must be that it [food trucks] are not allowed.  At Councilor Nicole Boucher's request, the council voted to send the issue to workshop on September 8.  At this workshop, Ordinance Committee Chair Penny Jordan suggested that the item be referred to the Ordinance Committee to discuss what the town's policy should be.  Draft ordinance language would be sent to the Planning Board and included in a technical amendments package.

A technical amendments package is usually a miscellaneous collection of amendments that are not major policy changes. Periodically a package of technical amendments to the zoning and subdivision ordinances is prepared by the Planning Board for Town Council consideration.  The last package was in 2015.  On October 13 the Town Council voted to authorize the Planning Board to prepare a technical amendments package.  The package will include food trucks and a variety of other items identified in a September 22 Memo to the council from the Planning Board.