If you go What: Longmont City Council meeting When: 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: Council Chambers, 350 Kimbark St. More info: Read full agenda and more at Bit.ly/LM-City-Council

The case of windshield repairman Raymond “Rich” Smith may have a lasting impact on Longmont law.

The City Council is set to discuss allowing mobile businesses besides food trucks in Longmont on Tuesday.

Smith ran a windshield crack and chip repair business out of his van parked at the Countrywood Inn and RV Park, where he lives and works. In 2014, a Longmont code enforcement officer ticketed Smith after the officer observed him repairing four windshields.

Smith received a 20-day suspended jail sentence, a $358 fine and a year of probation in April. With the pro bono help of the limited-government think tank Goldwater Institute, Smith appealed the ruling and the city dismissed the case.

In April, Bonnie Finley made a motion asking city staff to research the mobile business ordinance. The council unanimously passed the motion.

Longmont city code allows mobile food vending on private or public property in nonresidential zoning districts, but doesn’t allow for any other kind of mobile business, according to a memo to City Council written by Joni Marsh, planning and development services director, and code enforcement manager Shannon Stadler.

Food trucks or other types of mobile food vendors must stay 250 feet away from a brick and mortar restaurant, unless the food truck operator has written permission that says otherwise.

“If the City were to develop code regulations and license itinerant (mobile) vendors, it would not be able to regulate the content or nature of the goods or services offered,” Marsh and Stadler wrote. The city could only regulate general standards like “parking, traffic, lighting, trash, noise and size.”

The council must decide whether mobile businesses should be allowed, and if so, where they should be allowed to set up and for how long.

Karen Antonacci: 303-684-5226, antonaccik@times-call.com or twitter.com/ktonacci