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Online petition aims to relax Texas city food truck rules

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April 14, 2022

An online petition that's gathered over 12,000 signatures aims to make lawmakers relax food truck restrictions in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The Change.org effort states that food trucks are a good thing for local communities and that restrictive rules are not beneficial for food truck operators or residents, according to a Dallas Morning News report.

Grand Prairie allows permanent food trucks at two sites, and to set up someone else food truck operators must get a special event permit, which operators say can be cumbersome.

Malcom Chakery, who initiated the petition, told the news outlet that other Texas cities are supporting food trucks without hurting brick-and-mortar restaurants.