Legislation Details

File #: 252101    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/24/2026 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 4/21/2026
Effective date: 5/9/2026    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to time-limited food truck zones.
Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
Indexes: FOOD DEALERS, LICENSES
Attachments: 1. OCA Approved
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
5/8/20261 CITY CLERK PUBLISHED   Action details Meeting details Not available
4/22/20261 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
4/21/20261 COMMON COUNCIL PASSEDPass14:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
4/10/20260 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE

Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor Ald. Bauman MSOE Rep Kendall Breunig - in Support MPD Chief of Staff - Heather Hough Food Truck Owner Jennifer Antunez Martinez
Pass4:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
3/24/20260 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available

Number

252101

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

250636

Sponsor

ALD. BAUMAN

Title

A substitute ordinance relating to time-limited food truck zones.

Sections

68-37-1-e-1-a                     am

68-37-1-e-1-b                     rn

68-37-1-e-1-b                     cr

Analysis

This ordinance changes the time during which food sales are prohibited within a time-limited food truck zone from between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m., to between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Within the Downtown time-limited food truck zone, food sales are prohibited between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Body

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

 

Part 1. Section 68-37-1-e-1-a of the code is amended to read:

 

68-37. Food Peddlers.  

 

1.  SALES ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.

 

e. Limited Operation Food Peddler Vehicle Zone.

 

e-1-a.  Offer for sale or sell food between [[1 a.m.]] >>11 p.m.<< and 6 a.m.

 

Part 2. Section 68-37-1-e-1-b of the code is renumbered to c.

 

Part 3. Section 68-37-1-e-1-b of the code is created to read:

 

e-1-b. Offer for sale or sell food between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. within the Downtown time-limited food peddler vehicle zone.

 

LRB

APPROVED AS TO FORM

_________________________

Legislative Reference Bureau

Date: April 2, 2026

 _____________________

Attorney

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE

IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE

 

 

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Office of the City Attorney

Date:____________________

 

 

Requestor

 

Drafter

Christopher Hillard

LRB 181514-2

3/27/2026