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Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services of the Philadelphia City Council hold hearings to explore best practices within the mobile food truck industry.

AI summary

The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings about best practices in Philadelphia’s mobile food truck industry. The hearings would examine policies and regulations affecting food trucks operating on public streets, including issues relevant to food truck entrepreneurs and operators.

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Status
ADOPTED
Introduced
December 11, 2014
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeMark Squilla
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WHEREAS, The Great Recession changed the economics of the restaurant industry, making it more difficult to start and operate a conventional restaurant; and

WHEREAS, As a result, the mobile food truck industry has dramatically grown in the City of Philadelphia within the last 5 years and is becoming a preferred business for entrepreneurs; and

WHEREAS, According to the National Restaurant Association's 2014 forecast, food trucks make up one of the fastest-growing sectors of the restaurant industry, with 2013 sales of nearly $700 million, or about 1 percent of total U.S. restaurant sales; and

WHEREAS, There is ambiguity in regards to policies and regulations addressing the operation of mobile food trucks on public streets in the City of Philadelphia; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Committee on Streets and Services of the Philadelphia City Council hold hearings to explore best practices within the mobile food truck industry.

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File history

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  1. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Adopted

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended

    Pass