Dubbo's hot dog man will not be popping up selling his wares at unexpected places after a decision at Monday night's Dubbo City Council meeting to limit him to his current positions of the Church Street rotunda and outside the Macquarie Inn. The Dog House owner had made an application to council asking them to extend his trading rights to any street in the city. Mayor Allan Smith said they had knocked him back based on the recommendation of the staff and police. "However the existing approval to trade has been maintained and the existing conditions must be complied with," Mayor Smith said. Dubbo police have sent two letters to the Council including one from Superintendent Stuart Smith and done a "safer by design" report that they argue shows the hot dog van is a crime risk in certain areas of the city. They are especially concerned about people who have been drinking congregating around the van after leaving pubs. In his letter Superintendent Smith said: "It seems almost ridiculous to ask a law enforcement agency to enforce the 'alcohol free zone' when this vendor attracts the very elements police commonly have to disperse in the CBD. "Police strongly object to the granting of his proposal, which appears to have come about as a result of the vendor being caught trading in a location un-authorised by his current licence." In her report to councillors Environmental Services director Melissa Watkins said it was not "in the public interest" to grant approval to operate anywhere in the city because of the safety risk identified in the CBD and the fact that there was no detail on how the van might impact other areas in the city.