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Manteno trustees deny appeal by SG’s Rolling Smoke Barbecue to operate on private vacant lot
Summary
The Village Board voted to deny an appeal by SG’s Rolling Smoke Barbecue to allow a mobile food truck to operate on a privately owned vacant lot at 795 W. Cook St.; trustees cited zoning and off-street parking standards and recommended revising the municipal code for future cases.
The Village of Manteno Board of Trustees on July 21 denied an appeal from Scott Grady, operator of SG’s Rolling Smoke Barbecue, seeking a mobile food-truck license to operate on a privately owned vacant lot at 795 West Cook Street.
The appeal hearing drew a lengthy presentation from Grady and an adviser, Rick Flawn, who argued the village clerk and staff had not followed the time limits and procedures in the village code. Grady said, “There was no nothing. We got a denial letter. That's it,” and he asked the board to rescind the prior denial and grant a license to operate weekends through September.
The board’s discussion focused on whether the operation fit the village definitions for a mobile food truck or for a different temporary/transient merchant…
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