Mobile food trucks face a new, demanding law in Delaware town.

The new ordinance, approved on Oct. 14, establishes requirements for mobile food vendors and specifies that mobile food vendors must have at least $100,000 worth of general liability insurance, trash receptacles, can have limited dining areas and are not permitted within 50 feet of restaurants.

It also outlines details surrounding the participation of mobile food vendors in public events and specifies the licensing procedures. It spells out restrictions for mobile food vendors located on public and private property and notes penalties for violation of the ordinance between $150 and $500.

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Officials in Harrisburg, PA consider raising business license fee to cover inflation & costs increases over years.

“Over the years, there have been numerous increases to the cost of personnel, postage, paper and printing associated with issuing the business privilege and mercantile licenses,” the proposed ordinance said…The fee hike would apply to about 5,000 businesses that operate in the city.

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Moberly, Missouri City Council looking to change business license laws and it will affect every small business, as they strive for gross receipts taxes and license fees to be applied evenly among all the city’s businesses.

“It’s a very unusual situation for us to find ourselves in,” he said. Thompson noted that individual business owners who might be taxed when they weren’t before if the city decides to apply the gross receipts tax might make the argument that a “new” tax can’t be applied without an election to do so. Thompson went on to say that he has found very little precedent for this, so how to proceed is still up in the air.