An open house held on September 29, allowed community members to give feedback on mobile food vendors.

Before the end of 2016, a proposed bylaw will come before council for final approval regarding permit requirements, regulations on operations, as well as proposed locations for operation.

Kemi Apanisile, Town of Cochrane Planner, says they have looked into other municipalities to come up with some of these suggestions.

"The two main municipalities we looked at were Airdrie and Saskatoon we did learn a lot as to where it can and cannot be regulated. It does not govern what a mobile food truck can do on a private property. With that being said, we still placed verbiage in there where we would like to be aware that a mobile food truck is operating on a private site, just for notification purposes. The other thing we learned is that they are limited to commercial or downtown districts."

This bylaw will have no affect on festivals or events, per say, it is just to regulate day to day operations of mobile food vendors.

Apanisile says feedback has been extremely favourable in allowing food trucks to be operational daily, the only concern has been 'where'.

"There was interest as to where they can go; a lot of people love food trucks they just want to see where they are going to go."

Darcy Scott, owner of Grilled, says the proposed map seems to favour more individual (one truck) spots which is not necessarily beneficial for business; more food trucks and choice not only make their own business more sustainable but attract more people into the area.

Scott says he would love to see a set schedule so all community members can find out where they are located on a daily basis. There are three types of consumers, Scott comments, those that drive around looking for them, those that are following via social media, and those that would benefit knowing on Wednesday's you will find them at 'x' location.

Scott is looking forward to providing feedback at a meeting coming up, which Apanisile says will feature mobile and restaurant stakeholders.

"(Darcy and Brian who own food trucks)We are going to approach them and have a more in depth conversation with some of the regulations; not only with them, but some other business owners and get their input and have a brainstorm just to get their insight."

Apanisile's hope is that next spring/summer Cochranite's will see designated food truck locations and signs for parking; although how it operates may be slightly different, they will still be present.

If you missed the meeting they are still looking for residential feedback up until October 14. To have your say make your opinion known, here.