NORTH MANKATO — North Mankato has tweaked its relatively new natural landscape ordinance to ease some restrictions and bring it into compliance with a new state law.
Dec 21, 2020
NORTH MANKATO â The North Mankato City Council Monday night approved a revised food truck ordinance after tweaking it a little more.
The ordinance prevents outside food trucks from setting up within 500 feet of brick-and-mortar food businesses. It limits them to operating no more than 21 days in each of several zones in the city.
The ordinance allows for existing businesses that have a food service license to have a food truck on their property, but not on the street, to supplement their business. The council increased the number of days businesses can operate a truck on their property from 21 days to 50 days per year.
Retired professor fights to keep his North Mankato yard natural N. Mankato man s natural yard attracts insects, wildlife, complaints December 12, 2020 5:29pm Text size Copy shortlink:
NORTH MANKATO – Ed Borchardt s yard doesn t look like any other on his block. And that s his intention. The bees and the butterflies love this, Borchardt said, pointing out plant varieties. They ll be out here working all day.
Borchardt, who taught physics and botany for 33 years at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has lived in his modest ranch home for nearly four decades. And from the start, he planned his yard as a natural haven.
The yard bursts with milkweed, goldenrod, peonies and hostas. With crabapple, pear, plum and elderberry trees; with high bush cranberries.