Have Your Say on Street Food!

Interested in seeing Street Food legalized and thriving in Toronto? Have your say! Starting tomorrow there will be a series of public consultations hosted by staff from the City of Toronto’s Municipal Licensing and Standards Division.

• Monday October 21, 2013, 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Council Chambers
• Tuesday October 22, 2013, 10:00am to 12:00pm, City Hall, Committee Room 3
• Tuesday October 22, 2013, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, City Hall, Committee Room 3
• Monday October 28, 2013, 10:00am to 12:00pm, Scarborough Civic Centre, Council Chambers
• Monday November 4, 2013, 2:00pm to 4:00 pm, North York Civic Centre, Council Chambers
• Tuesday November 5, 2013, 10:00am to 12:00pm, East York Civic Centre, Council Chambers

Some of the topics to be addressed include:

• maximum designated area that food carts may occupy on sidewalks
• minimum distance that street food vendors must maintain when operating near established restaurants
• role of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in the permit issuance process
• current moratorium on street food vending in the downtown area and limiting the number of vendor permits issued
• opportunities for vending on public property (city parks, public spaces, right-of-way)
• opportunities for vending on private property (parking lots)
• improved vending opportunities for mobile food vendors such as food trucks.

Check out this issue’s history and all City-related documents here

Can’t make the meeting? Take a few moments and write to your Councillor here! The letter is provided by Toronto Street Food Project