Mayor: Food truck crackdown followed multiple complaints

The move took by surprise one food truck owner as well as one local business owner who's friendly to food trucks, but Mayor Dennis Tyler said the ordinance came after local brick-and-mortar restaurant owners raised concerns about unfair competition. During Muncie City Council meetings, official...

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Published inStar Press
Main Authors Tyler, Dennis, By Keith Roysdon
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Muncie, Ind Gannett Co., Inc 10.01.2015
Subjects
City ordinances
Food
Mobile businesses
Restaurants
Trucks
Vendors
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Summary:The move took by surprise one food truck owner as well as one local business owner who's friendly to food trucks, but Mayor Dennis Tyler said the ordinance came after local brick-and-mortar restaurant owners raised concerns about unfair competition. During Muncie City Council meetings, officials indicated the new 150-foot-rule might not apply outside regular operating hours for nearby restaurants -- a distinction that could be meaningful for late-night sales to students in the Village -- but would apply to restaurants that set up their own outside sales, although city attorney John Quirk said that contingency could be addressed.