To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Ordinance No. 2025-03 to Amend Mobile Vendor Regulations
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2025-03, amending the County's mobile vendor regulations related to authorized hours and locations of operation, vending near certain specified uses, and vending within the public right-of-way to ensure public safety and prevent traffic hazards; WAIVE reading; and FIX February 4, 2025, for adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of this ordinance. The Contra Costa Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division (EHD) is fully fee supported and verified enforcement actions would follow cost recovery procedures adopted by the Board in Resolution No. 2019/521.
BACKGROUND:
Due to feedback from the community and mobile vendors, staff recommends the following changes to Contra Costa County Ordinance Code Article 413-3.16 - Mobile Vendor Regulations:
1. Site defined as the footprint occupied by the mobile unit and the area within 100 feet of the occupied footprint; and
2. Max duration for vending at a single site revised to 3 hours per day per site; and
3. Restricted hours of operations to no vending during 10:00 pm and 6:30 am; and
4. Restricted distance for mobile vendors from community events, certified farmers' market, or swap meet set to 100 feet.
Defining a site as 100 feet of the occupied food print will remove the ambiguity from the existing County Ordinance standard of maximum duration per day, per site for mobile vendors providing more clarity regarding their daily operations. Additionally, it will provide staff improved clarity for potential enforcement actions when necessary in unincorporated areas of the county.
To ensure food safety and sanitation standards are adequately met, staff recommends extending the maximum daily hour duration for mobile units...
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