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Victoria opens door to more street food

Mobile bicycle vendors may sell a wide range of food under pilot program
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Bicycle street vendors with a business licence will be permitted to work the streets of Victoria under a new pilot program offered by the City. Wikimedia Commons/Hermann Luyken

The City of Victoria will soon be allowing people on bicycles to sell edibles in the community.

Mobile bicycle vendors will be permitted to sell ready-to-eat food, including frozen treats, cold and hot beverages, baked goods and flowers as part of a pilot project, according to a release from the City.

The project will get underway this summer and anyone interested needs to first apply for a business license. Successful applicants will be allowed to operate on all Victoria streets and almost all City parks for up to 30 minutes at a time, if hailed by a customer first.

The pilot is part of a larger review of street vending in Victoria, aimed at better addressing increasing demand for a variety of similar activities. Current bylaws allow no new mobile food vendors – including food trucks, carts and bicycles – to operate on City-owned property, except through a special event permit as part of a larger event or festival.

More information can be found through city hall.

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