Title: Cleveland Rocks: Jumps Aboard Food Truck Movement
Description: Following a six-month trial, the Cleveland city council votes unanimously to allow mobile food trucks to operate with the city.
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CLEVELAND ? Following a six-month trial period, the Cleveland city council voted unanimously to allow mobile food trucks to operate within the city, Fox8 Cleveland reports.
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Over the past six months, city officials have spoken with food truck operators, street vendors and restaurants to draft the law, which takes effect immediately.
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"The great people of the City of Cleveland have had the opportunity to sample our food and see what we're all about," said Rusty Phillips of MotorMouth Food Truck.
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The legislation allows food trucks to operate in most downtown areas as well as in Tremont and Ohio City with a permit. To operate in other neighborhoods, they would need permission from that ward?s councilperson.
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The trucks are prevented from operating in front of a house or vacant lot unless they receive the owner?s permission. Additionally, they cannot park within 100 feet from an existing restaurant or 50 feet from a gas station.
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Officials predicted that with firm guidelines in place, the city would see more mobile food trucks roaming the city?s streets.
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"There's always the fear of saturation, but I think what it's doing, it's driving the individual food truck operators to strive to do better food," Phillips said.
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"If you want to have a hotdog you still can, God bless you, and if you want to try something a little different you can do that too, and that's really what this is about and that's giving Clevelanders a choice," said Ward 13 councilman Joe Cimperman.
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?Content Subject: Foodservice
Formatted Article Date: December 1, 2011
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