{"id":238334,"date":"2026-04-07T06:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:13:11","slug":"argyle-planning-and-zoning-commission-recommends-food-truck-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238334\/","title":{"rendered":"Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission recommends food truck standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission recommended prohibiting permanent food trucks or trailers within the town and limiting the use of temporary food trucks at the April 1 meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The discussion<\/p>\n

The planning and zoning commission recommended that mobile food vendor courts, which are permanent food trucks or trailers stationed on a property, be prohibited within town limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to claim that we\u2019re trying to keep Argyle rural, and [allowing food trucks is] probably not a step toward keeping it rural,\u201d Commissioner David Snell said.<\/p>\n

Food trucks are only permitted in certain commercial areas with the approval of a permanent business on the property, or the host business, and a temporary site permit. The food vehicle is only allowed on the property for two days within a 60-day period.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to see a site that is dedicated to food courts unless we intentionally wanted that to be food court central,\u201d Commissioner Michael Udovic said. \u201cSomeone going on a property for 30 days seems extensive. If [the food truck] goes in for a day, that\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Food trucks that operate during an event, such as a business grand opening or a town-sponsored event, are exempt from the recommended rules proposed in the ordinance. Instead, those food trucks will be governed by the town’s existing special event regulations, according to town documents.<\/p>\n

More details <\/p>\n

Per town documents<\/a>, other regulations propose that temporary food trucks:<\/p>\n

May only operate during the opening hours of the host businessMust be located at least 10 feet away from any permanent structure or other food vehiclesMust be located at least 100 feet away from residential zoning districtsMust be at least 20 feet away from the outdoor seating of any restaurant other than the host business, unless the food truck owners have written consent from that restaurant ownerCannot park in required parking spaces, fire lanes, dedicated easements, drive aisles, public thoroughfares or rights of wayMust provide enough off-street parking to accommodate both the host business and the food truckMust have public sanitary toilets and hand-washing facilities available within 250 feet of the food truck while it is operating and the host business can provide those facilities with a written agreementMust have waste disposal and are responsible for the containment and removal of refuse, as well as mitigating any environmental impactsThe background <\/p>\n

These regulations were proposed after the planning and zoning commission recommended approval<\/a> of a site plan for a permanent food trailer located at 606 US 377, Argyle, at the March 4 meeting<\/a>. At that time, Argyle did not have any standards to regulate food truck use.<\/p>\n

The applicant, Akshya Foods, pulled the site plan from the Town Council\u2019s March 23 agenda to address concerns from the fire marshal and access to US 377, Town Manager Mike Sims said.<\/p>\n

The applicant must bring the site plan back to the planning and zoning commission for approval.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

Argyle Town Council will consider the planning and zoning commission\u2019s recommendation for food truck standards at the regular meeting April 20.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Argyle Planning and Zoning Commission recommended prohibiting permanent food trucks or trailers within the town and limiting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[91585,91588,91584,91586,91589,3569,116,118,117,91587],"class_list":["post-238334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-akshya-foods","tag-argyle-food-trucks","tag-argyle-planning-and-zoning","tag-food-trailer","tag-food-truck-standards","tag-food-trucks","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-indian-food-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}