Ordinance recommendations for the allowance of community mobile food vending

Abstract

Mobile Food Vending is one of the fastest growing entrepreneurial industries in the world. In a time of recession and high unemployment rates, people are searching for ways to create their own job rather than waiting for the market to make a turn for the better. With this increase in usage of food trucks, local governments are investigating methods to effectively regulate these operations with the use of a food truck ordinance. Through research of the literature on the subject and the completion of a food truck ordinance analysis, I have formulated my own list of preliminary recommendations for a food truck ordinance.