
We recently received word from The Taco Truck that the City of Hoboken drafted an ordinance that seems intended to drive food trucks out of town. Athos from Two Pitas In A Pod told is it passed the Hoboken City Council last night on the first reading.
According the The Taco Truck, “It has become apparent to us that the City of Hoboken is doing its best to marginalize the food trucks and make it impossible for us to conduct business. We understand the need to put an ordinance in place that regulates the food trucks and mandates certain requirements that protect our customers, this is long overdue, but this ordinance goes well beyond that.”
The Taco Truck posted an even longer letter to their fans on facebook that explained the details of the ordinance that just passed. In addition to fees in excess of $3,500 per year, food trucks would not be able to park within 75 feet of a brick and mortar restaurant, and could not park in Hoboken for more than 6 hours per day. That means food trucks could not park somewhere for lunch, then move and park somewhere else in Hoboken for dinner.
From what we have read over the past year or two, it’s not too hard to figure out a plan where restaurants and food trucks can peacefully coexist. It happened this year in Seattle, Cleveland, and a bunch of other places. All you need are politicians who aren’t in the pocket of local restaurateurs and landlords.
Click through for the full text of The Taco Truck’s letter.
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