Detroit expands food truck areas, adds restricted vending areas

DETROIT (FOX 2) – A brand new ordinance in Detroit expands the place meals vehicles can function within the metropolis.

It additionally restricts distributors from promoting meals in some areas.

“It’s thrilling to supply our small enterprise distributors this chance for achievement,” mentioned Dave Bell, the Constructing Security, Engineering and Environmental director. “Nonetheless, it’s an interdepartmental effort to make sure all of us have success on the finish of the day.”

Meals vehicles within the downtown Central Enterprise district and the midtown Cultural Middle space can function in 4 zones: 

• Zone 1 bordered by Bagley, Cass, Howard and Third
• Zone 2 bordered by Jefferson, Rivard, Atwater and Beaubien
• Zone 3 bordered by Hendrie, Brush, Palmer and John R
• Zone 4 bordered by Warren, Brush, Forest and John R

In different areas of the town, meals vehicles can vend on streets that permit public parking and will not be residential, with some restrictions:

1. Avenue distributors are NOT allowed to vend between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. and should have left their merchandising location by midnight (Sec. 34-1-5(i)(2).
2. Avenue distributors can not interact in gross sales inside 200 ft of the doorway of a enterprise that sells the identical items with out written consent (Sec. 34-1-5(c)).
3. Avenue distributors can not vend inside 200 ft of a Ok-12 property. (Sec. 34-1-9(a)).
4. Avenue distributors can not vend inside 200 ft of any sports activities enviornment or stadium with out written consent (Sec. 34-1-9(c)).
5. Avenue distributors have a restrict of 4 folks working at one time (an individual with the seller’s license and three licensed helpers. (Sec. 34-1-25(d)).
6. Avenue distributors should have a refuse container with a good preventing lid which should be eliminated each day by the seller. (Sec. 34-1-18(a)).
7. Avenue distributors should obey all different provisions of the Code. (Sec. 34-1-5(h)).

Areas the place meals vehicles will not be allowed embody: