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During the September 12, 2022 Town Council meeting, the council voted 6-0 in favor of approving the amendments to Chapter 19 Zoning Ordinance relating to Food Trucks.  Councilor Gretchen Noonan was absent from the meeting.

Following a year-long process, the Town Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed amendments to Chapter 19 Zoning Ordinance relating to Food Trucks.  Proceeding the public hearing, it is anticipated that the council will hold a vote to approve the amendments.

The Ordinance Committee first discussed draft language for Food Trucks on November 17, 2021 after the absence of such language was addressed by the council during a July 12, 2021 meeting [Article].  The Planning Board last reviewed the Ordinance Committee's draft amendments on July 19, 2022 and voted to recommend the amendments to the Town Council.

In a July 21 Memo from the Planning Board, the draft amendments regulate food trucks in two categories and attempt to balance, "The desire for food trucks with concerns from existing, fixed location businesses."  

The two categories and suggested language are below:

Accessory Use.  Food trucks are explicitly described as an accessory use to accommodate property owners who invite a food truck to their property to celebrate an event.  Accessory use food trucks are allowed in all zoning districts and limited to five calendar days per year.

Food Truck Special Use Permit.  For more commercially oriented food truck operations, food trucks may be operated up to twenty (20) days per calendar year with the issuance of a permit from the Town Council.  The "special use food truck" is allowed on town property as listed, in commercial districts (Town Center, Business A and Business B) and on lots that are ten acres or more.