{"id":21826,"date":"2023-03-20T03:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=21826"},"modified":"2023-03-20T04:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T08:53:00","slug":"brick-to-allow-additional-food-truck-licensees-to-operate-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/03\/brick-to-allow-additional-food-truck-licensees-to-operate-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick to Allow Additional Food Truck Licensees to Operate in Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2016 Food Trucks and Football event in Lavallette. (Photo: Shorebeat LLC)<\/p><\/div>\n

Brick officials have introduced an ordinance that would allow for three additional food truck operators to be licensed in town.<\/p>\n

The township\u2019s peddling and soliciting ordinance has long limited the number of licensed food trucks to seven, however that would increase to 10 under the revision being considered.<\/p>\n

Some Brick residents may recall the \u201chot dog truck wars\u201d of the 1990s, when disputes over food truck licensing was a major issue, as trucks began to proliferate on the side of seemingly every major road through town. The trucks were often unsightly and sometimes parked in public rights-of-way and on state property. In the decades since, however, food trucks have become much more popular as they also have become decidedly more upscale and trendy, often offering unique food seen as a benefit rather than an eyesore.<\/p>\n

Brick\u2019s proposed revisions to the ordinance will only increase the number of food trucks licensed to operate in the township \u2013 it will not allow the trucks to locate themselves on public property. In the most common scenario, a shopping center or other commercial property would lease space to a food truck and allow them to operate in a portion of their parking lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had three people on the waiting list for some time, and they had been asking when they would have an opportunity to open in town,\u201d said Business Administrator Joanne Bergin. \u201cAnd also, the mobile food trucks are kind of a new wave, more trendy these days, so we thought it was a fair idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councilman Vincent Minicino said during last week\u2019s township council meeting that the ordinance requires mobile food vendors to stay in a single place no longer than 12 hours at a time during any 24 hour period, and must obtain a permit from the township clerk\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese food trucks can only be parked where they have the owner\u2019s permission and where they have the approval of the police department and zoning,\u201d said Minicino.<\/p>\n

The ordinance does not apply to food trucks permitted at special events such as Summerfest, nor those exempt from local ordinances through a statewide veterans\u2019 licensing program.<\/p>\n

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