Short North crime prompts mobile vending reforms

Details: The ordinance would require push carts to close by 2:30am in the hopes that people will head home instead of lingering around the Short North after the bars close.

• Owners and employees will have to pass annual background checks and reserve designated spots in order to operate legally.

The other side: At a recent public hearing, some vendors complained of losing profitable sales time and feeling punished for the actions of drunken patrons rather than the bars serving them alcohol.

• Adam Wallace, who operates a food truck near Ohio State's campus, described the ordinance as "guesswork and blame-shifting."

What's next: If passed, the citywide changes go live May 1.