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Michigan town considers food truck rules

October 3, 2019

The village of Lexington, Michigan, is proposing changes to its peddler ordinance, which affects food trucks, and will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21, according to a Times Herald report. 

The proposed ordinance includes the following changes: 

• Vendors will have to have both a business license and mobile food vending license.
• Vendors will pay fees annually for every license that expires each year on Dec. 31. Fees are $400 for vending on village property and $100 on private property. Short term fees will be $40 daily on public property and $25 on private property.
• The village will allow up to two food trucks in parts of Tierney and Lester parks, or a total of four trucks on village property or private property at a given time.