Taco trucks are once again under threat, this time in Tulare County. This smells of the saga down in Salinas.
By Erik Lacayo / The Fresno Bee
12/08/07 22:21:02
TIPTON — Taco trucks across Tulare County could be driven out of business, some vendors fear, because of a proposed ordinance that would regulate where they can sell food.The Tulare County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday on the new rules for mobile food vendors because county officials have received complaints about them for years, county spokesman Eric Coyne said.
Many complaints have come from restaurant owners, Coyne said, who worry that taco trucks are taking their customers while not having to pay the same fees and taxes.
Under the proposed regulations, the county’s estimated 320 mobile food vendors would be required to apply for business licenses, have restricted hours of operation, such as not being able to operate after 7 p.m., would only be allowed to sell food in one location for one hour at a time and must be at least 1,000 feet away from a restaurant.
