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REFERRAL 24.8 - REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO CURB UNPERMITTED FOOD VENDORS
Consider receiving a report from staff regarding the regulations and enforcement efforts to curb unpermitted food vendors and provide input to staff.
Project Location: Unincorporated Monterey County
Proposed CEQA action: Statutory Exemption pursuant to Section 15262 of the CEQA.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
a. Receive a report from staff on regulations and enforcement efforts to curb unpermitted food vendors; and
b. Provide input to staff.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION
Referral No. 24.08 is a request from the Planning Commission for staff to return with information on regulations and enforcement strategies to curb unpermitted food vendors throughout unincorporated Monterey County. On October 25, 2024, the Planning Commission requested Referral No. 24.8 requesting a report on the regulations and enforcement efforts to curb unpermitted food vendors.
Health Regulations and Enforcement
Unpermitted food vendors are people who are selling or peddling food from a cart, truck, trailer, table, trunk of their cars, or from their home without a permit from the Department of Environmental Health.
The Environmental Health Bureau (EHB) has an established Mobile Food Facility (MFF) permitting process that requires MFF operators to complete and submit a health permit application, mobile food facility packet application, a food menu, commissary form (identifying where is food bought, prepared and stored), a plan check if a new MFF truck, and a MFF inspection. This permitting process covers multiple MFF types including full preparation MFF, limited food preparation MFF, compact mobile food operation (CMFO), ice cream trucks, produce trucks and MFF pre-packaged food catering trucks
EHB has received an influx of complaints related to unpermitted food vendors in unincorporated Monterey County. These complaints have been centered primarily on pop up tac...
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