A big win for food truck owners in Jacksonville as the city voted to change the ordinance, that they have been fighting for years.
News 12 has a closer look on what this means for food truck operators in the city.
It’s a win for everyone and we’re really proud.
Nicole Gonzalez is the owner of owner of Northwoods urban farm in Jacksonville.
And she says that this all began with her having a food truck in the parking lot.
Someone from the city came and said they had to leave, they said it was a code violation. We tried to get clarification but their was nothing in writing, and we were told that it’s just a violation and they had to go.
This was a problem organizations around the city were having.
With restrictions limiting food truck operations to only 4% of the city.
During the Tuesday City Council meeting however, changes were made to the restrictive ordinance.
The amendment removes the 250-foot spacing requirement between food trucks, restaurants and residential areas.
Clarifies rules around operation hours, and eliminates separate signage rules, instead applying the same signage standards used for other businesses.
Which Gonzalez says is a big win for the community.
I think this is a great way for food trucks who are small businesses to work with other little mom and pop businesses like us. We can share customers with each other, provide one place where people can come and shop from us both and we can support each other– I think it will be wonderful for the community, for small businesses, for everyone.