Legislation Details

File #: O-25-26    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/10/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/14/2026 Final action:
Title: Mobile Food Service Vendors — Historic District Special Events For the purpose of restoring the operation of mobile food service vendors in the City's Historic District to permit their participation in a special event organized by a qualifying business association, as well as a special event organized by the City; and generally relating to the areas of operation of mobile food service vendors.
Sponsors: Brooks Schandelmeier, Harry Huntley
Indexes: Economic Matters Committee
Attachments: 1. O-25-26 First Reader, 2. O-25-26 Legislative Summary, 3. O-25-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report, 4. O-25-26 Fiscal Impact Note
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Mobile Food Service Vendors — Historic District Special Events
For the purpose of restoring the operation of mobile food service vendors in the City's Historic District to permit their participation in a special event organized by a qualifying business association, as well as a special event organized by the City; and generally relating to the areas of operation of mobile food service vendors.
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City of Annapolis

Ordinance 25-26

Introduced by: Alderman Schandelmeier
Co-sponsored by: Alderman Huntley

Referred to: Economic Matters Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Mobile Food Service Vendors — Historic District Special Events
FOR the purpose of restoring the operation of mobile food service vendors in the City's Historic District to permit their participation in a special event organized by a qualifying business association, as well as a special event organized by the City; and generally relating to the areas of operation of mobile food service vendors.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition: Section 7.40.090(B)(1)

WHEREAS, O-29-23, adopted by the Council on January 22, 2024, changed § 7.40.090 of the City Code to expand food trucks, designated as a mobile food vendor by the City of Annapolis, outside the City’s Historic District, but it also limited food trucks in the Historic District to a specific category of special events designated annually by the City Council; and

WHEREAS, Food trucks are also used in the Historic District for another type of special event, those operated by a qualifying local business association, such as the First Sunday Arts Festival; and

WHEREAS, Rather than require a qualifying business association to obtain individual Council approval for each special event, this Ordinance restores the standing authorization that applied prior to the adoption of O-29-23; now, therefore,

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED B...

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