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Michigan town reconsiders food truck regulations

October 23, 2017

The Petoskey, Michigan planning commission recently began reconsidering food truck regulations after crowds welcomed the first Old Town Emmet Food Truck Rally in September, according to the Petoskey News & Review.

Commissioners talked about the need to create a middle ground between the interest of mobile vendors and traditional businesses during their recent October meeting. 

Mobile vendors can currently only operate in public places in conjunction with a community event. 

People can operate mobile operations on private property as an "accessory use." An accessory use would be a retail business permitting a mobile retail operation on its property. Mobile vendors can also operate on private lands for a temporary use granted for a specific duration of time and requiring the Zoning Board of Appeals approval each year.