Food trucks to get dedicated parking spaces at 3 downtown locations

Published Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 | 1:15 p.m.

Updated Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 | 4:46 p.m.

How to regulate food trucks that are popular in downtown Las Vegas has generated hours of discussion among the Las Vegas City Council over the last several months. But on Tuesday, a new program giving the mobile food vendors more room to operate downtown cruised through the council with no discussion. The issue: A pilot program that would designate three parking spots downtown as “food-truck only.” The vote: Passed 6-0, with Mayor Carolyn Goodman absent. What it means: Food trucks will be able to lease one of three reserved parking spaces downtown from the city for $5 per hour. Operating ...

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By thekube

Feb. 6, 2013

2:44 p.m.

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There is such a thing "as too much government" and this is a case in point. The restaurants that failed to change with the time want the food trucks to stay at least 150 feet from their businesses. The ordinance was passed in the interest of those few hecklers. Two months later the food trucks are allowed to set up shop in the same fashion, but just go through the red tape of the government.

This isn't a compromise, just the governments way of appeasing everyone while fattening their pockets and ensuring their jobs. The amount they receive per hour is hardly worth the increase in workload now sent to the city's business licensing department.
By tthom

Feb. 6, 2013

3:23 p.m.

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If a food truck is permanent or even semi-permanent they should be subject to all the same regulations restaurants are subject to. Such as requiring a public restroom, parking lot, landscaping, grease trap etc...It isn't fair. In addition food trucks often leach customers off restaurants and once they've put the restaurant out of business the truck has to move on to another host location.