Cotati City Council
Agenda Staff Report
Item type: CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION)
To: City Council
Subject: SECOND READING OF FOOD AND MOBILE BUSINESS
ORDINANCE
Date: April 28, 2026
Written by: Autumn Buss, Associate Planner
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending Cotati Municipal Code Title 17 (Land Use) and Chapter 9.36 (Conduct in Parks, Plazas, Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Places) to establish standards for food and mobile businesses.
Background
On April 14, 2026, the City Council held a public hearing and conducted the first reading of an ordinance to amend Cotati Municipal Code Title 17 (Land Use) and Chapter 9.36 (Conduct in Parks, Plazas, Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Places) to establish standards for food and mobile businesses..
At that meeting, the Council voted to approve the ordinance, with several amendments as described below and shown in the redline text excerpts of the updated ordinance shown in Attachment A.
Analysis/Discussion
The Council made the following amendments to Section 9 of the proposed ordinance:
1. 17.42.250(C)(7): Replace “refraining from the use” with “the prohibition.”
2. 17.42.250(E)(1)(e): Add “or the vision triangle as defined in this code” to the end of the sentence.
3. 17.42.250(F): Amend to read “Additional standards in the Commercial Industrial (CI) zoning district for food trucks operating on an intermittent, short-term basis on private property and in the public right-of-way, where allowed by Chapter 17.22 (Allowable Land Uses) of this title:”.
4. 17.42.250(F)(1)(c): Delete this standard.
5. 17.42.250(F)(3)(a): Replace “approved parking spaces” with “allowable parking areas.”