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Department of Community Development
Reference: Article 5-98 of the Municipal Code - Mobile Vendors Amendment
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Holly Prather, AICP - Community Development Director
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Assistant City Manager
Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Joshua M. Tetzlaff, AICP - Associate City Planner
Date Prepared: January 9, 2018
PURPOSE
City staff is requesting that the City Council amend the current mobile vending regulations found in Article 5-98 of the Municipal Code. This amendment would further align the Code with the changing environment of mobile vendors and would allow the City to be a leader in how mobile vendors are regulated. This amendment would also allow the City's residents further options when it comes to shopping and dining in Brighton.
BACKGROUND
The Municipal Code contains provisions for mobile vending that were written in 2004. Under those vending regulations, all mobile vendors are treated the same, regardless of what they are selling. This means that whether a person is selling appliances, selling insurance, or someone making and selling street tacos, they have to abide by the same regulations. While these regulations worked for Brighton at that time, the national trend has been for mobile vendors to become more accepted in communities. Not only is it a national trend, but staff has also heard from Brighton residents regarding the starting of potential food truck businesses and under our current regulations, operations would be very limited. With all these factors, in April 2017, staff brought a proposal before City Council to get direction on how to proceed. At that study session meeting, City Council directed staff to proceed with an amendment to the mobile vending code to bring it up to the trends of the industry.
Since that time, City staff has worked with various entities...
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