Independent Operators

Detroit becoming a more food truck friendly city

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May 19, 2022

Detroit lawmakers have approved a food truck operations rule that expands where food truck operators can do business.

The law, though, also restricts vendors from sales in certain areas, according to a Fox 2 Detroit report.

"It's exciting to offer our small business vendors this opportunity for success," Dave Bell, the city's building safety, engineering and environmental director, told the news outlet. "However, it's an interdepartmental effort to ensure we all have success at the end of the day."

Food trucks in the downtown district and the midtown Cultural Center area can operate in the following 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.

Food trucks can operate where public parking is allowed, with some restrcitions, but not residential areas.