{"id":7990,"date":"2011-07-19T17:17:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:17:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:17:25","slug":"council-stalls-on-food-truck-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2011\/07\/19\/council-stalls-on-food-truck-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Stalls on Food Truck Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With more lingering questions from city officials, City Councilors Tuesday kicked new food truck regulations back to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raleighnc.gov\/government\/content\/BoardsCommissions\/Articles\/CouncilCommitteeAgendas.html\">Law and Public Safety Committee<\/a> for review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we are a long way from where we thought we might have been,\u201d said Councilor John Odom.<\/p>\n<p>Councilors raised concerns about distance, emissions and hours of operation. Mayor Charles Meeker said he believes there should be more than the proposed 100 feet between food trucks and brick and mortar restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7991\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/food-truck1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>City planner Ken Bowers said that those agreements would be between the property owner and the vendor, but that as long as the proper permits were in place, there could be more than one food truck on the property.<\/p>\n<p>Councilor Thomas Crowder expressed concern with the ability of food trucks to congregate in large vacant lots, particularly ones that were unpaved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could end up having a real food truck rodeo,\u201d Crowder said. \u201cAnd it could be a real problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also questioned late-night operation hours near residential areas and the possible blocking of travel lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Klausie\u2019s food truck owner Mike Stenke, who has led the charge to allow food trucks in Raleigh, said people were \u201ctalking with fear and not with common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point I just want to see a rule passed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Kinnin, a Raleigh native who wants to open a brunch truck, called it a social studies lesson on how bureaucracy really works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like we\u2019re hitting a brick wall,\u201d Kinnin said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the proposed ordinance:<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/news\/city-council\/2011\/07\/13\/food-trucks-could-get-a-new-lease-in-raleigh\/\">Food Trucks Could Get a New Lease in Raleigh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more questions about foot truck regulations, councilors kicked the food truck issue back to the Law and Public Safety Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":7991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,23],"tags":[350],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}