PRESENTER: Presenter
Bryan V. Ruiz, R.S., Neighborhood Services Manager
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SUBJECT: Title
Approval of the second and final reading of an ordinance amending the New Braunfels Code of Ordinances, Chapters 62 and 90 and Appendix D, to update the local food code, streamline certain food service establishment procedures, consolidate rules on mobile food units, and ensure consistency with the State of Texas Food Code.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development Services
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
At their meeting on August 26, 2024, City Council unanimously approved the first reading of this proposed ordinance.
Staff provided an overview of these draft amendments at City Council’s July 15, 2024 Special Meeting. The Health & Food Safety Group in the Neighborhood Services Division of the Planning and Development Services Department ensures the standards in Chapters 62 and 90 are adhered to by local food service establishments and mobile food units to ensure safe public consumption of food and beverages. Additional standards for food trucks and mobile food vendors in Chapter 144 are currently reviewed by the Planning Division of the same department. These current rules in Chapter 144 are concurrently being amended for a more streamlined process for mobile food units.
ISSUE:
The sections of the City Food Code have been updated over the years, but they require additional changes to update and streamline current processes and to make the ordinances consistent with the State of Texas Food Code and the Federal Food Code.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFERENCE:
• Action 1.11: Update policies and codes to achieve development patterns that implement the goals of this plan.
• Action 3.6: Pro-actively provide a regulatory environment that remains business and resident friendly.
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☐Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☐Organizational Excellence ☒Community Well-Being ☐N/A
8. Continue to develop alternative public safety deployment strategies that align to call type and statutory requirements to allow for efficient use of current and future staff resources.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Approval