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Florida island enacts strict food truck rules

September 1, 2017

St. Pete Beach, Florida is enacting new rules to allow food trucks on the island, according to ABC Action News. 

Food trucks will have to apply for a conditional use permit, to be renewed annually. They then must be invited onto a private business property in the downtown area of St. Pete Beach. The trucks will only be allowed to serve food twice a week. Those running a generator have to be 200 feet from a residential district. 

Businesses that invite food trucks on their property can host no more than two at a time. 

Mayor Allen Johnson said strict rules are needed to protect St. Pete Beach restaurants. There are about 132 food trucks on the island.