Hark, we hear the sound of Chicago food truck freaks rejoicing. It looks as though the city is on the brink of responding to public demand for lighter legislation for food trucks.
Is that a light we see at the end of the (cliché) proverbial food truck legislation tunnel? Image courtesy of Flickr user mituldesaimituldesai. Licensed under Creative Commons 2.0
The RedEye just reported that Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) “said the City Council could pass a law as soon as this summer that would allow chefs to cook and prepare fresh food in their trucks.” As you likely already know, food trucks are not currently allowed to prepare (or even assemble) food on their trucks.
Well, it’s July already, Alderman. Tick tock. The article quoted the Alderman saying these changes would take place “by November or December for sure.” We are generally pretty optimistic, but we’re not going to hold our breath on this one. Due to the fact that it has taken forevs to get any positive affirmation from city officials that this would happen at all, we wouldn’t be surprised if there were additional hold ups.
That said, Mayor Emanuel has been pretty hardcore lately about getting the city’s budget on track. He seems like the kind of mayor who would recognize this potential revenue stream for the city and barrel through all the red tape in a style much akin to that of Sonic the Hedgehog.
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