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JOHN WOODS \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n
City bylaw officers have shut down a food truck that was operating in a Tyndall Park neighbourhood back lane for months.<\/p>\n
Area resident Christine Mallari told the Free Press earlier this week the owner had been serving food out of the truck for months and, with it, came countless cars driving down the alley and litter pilling up against the adjacent fences.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel liberated,\u201d she said Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m glad that it\u2019s taken away the risk of any freak accidents happening in the lane.\u201d<\/p>\n
The truck\u2019s owner, Amrit Aulakh, said she was told by the city the truck couldn\u2019t be parked there because it exceeded the 10,000-pound limit for vehicles on private property.<\/p>\n
Aulakh had the vehicle towed and put in storage, but she\u2019s not sure if she will keep it to use as a food truck. She served Indian food, such as Manchurian noodles and butter chicken, as well as veggie burgers.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, passenger vehicles were on a parking pad in the back lane where the food truck once was. Posters advertising the business on windows and doors of the home where the truck was parked were also gone. An online search for Jaspi\u2019s Recipes now shows it is \u201cpermanently closed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city said last week the food truck had not been issued a mobile vendor permit, which allows the business to operate in the winter and in residential areas. Operating a food truck in a back lane is not permitted under Winnipeg zoning bylaws.<\/p>\n
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Additionally, operating a home-based business requires a development permit and, depending on the type of business, a building permit. Neither had been issued to Jaspi\u2019s Recipes, the city said.<\/p>\n
A provincial spokesperson previously said the food truck had the necessary health permits to operate but a complaint had been registered. The permit was cancelled and no fines were issued, the spokesperson said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The city spokesperson said an investigation is ongoing and it was too early to determine whether the business will be fined.<\/p>\n
Since the truck was removed, Mallari said the lane has been quiet.<\/p>\n
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Nicole Buffie Nicole Buffie is a reporter for the Free Press city desk. Born and bred in Winnipeg, Nicole graduated from Red River College\u2019s Creative Communications program in 2020 and worked as a reporter throughout Manitoba before joining the Free Press newsroom as a multimedia producer in 2023. Read more about Nicole<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Nicole produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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