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Greenfield approves 2 a.m. trial hours for Mr. Chicken food truck with six‑month review
Summary
After neighbors complained about late‑night noise, the Common Council approved a special use permit allowing Mr. Chicken to store its food truck at 3322 W. Loomis Road with hours extended to 2 a.m. Thursday–Sunday for six months, subject to a review.
The Greenfield Common Council on April 15 approved a special use permit allowing the Mr. Chicken food truck to use a commercial kitchen at 3322 W. Loomis Road as its home base and to store the vehicle overnight, with an amendment permitting return/overnight activity until 2 a.m. Thursday through Sunday on a six‑month trial basis.
Neighbors at the public hearing said late‑night activity at the site has previously produced loud music and disturbances. “Booming like shaking our windows music,” resident Isidoro Lopez said, describing episodes that woke household members and rattled windows. Lopez asked the council to limit late‑night activity and to clarify what the operator would do when the truck returned after midnight.
Planning staff told the council that Mr. Chicken would not operate the food truck as a restaurant on site; the truck will be prepared and serviced from the on‑site kitchen and then deployed to other jurisdictions. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the requested permit with operating hours at 10 a.m.–midnight Monday–Wednesday and 10 a.m.–2 a.m. Thursday–Sunday.
Applicant Mustafa Almanza told the council he planned minimal overnight activity and said the truck’s interior and work flow are highly organized. “I have OCD, so everything is, like, has to be, like, you know, organized and very quick system,” Almanza said, promising that returns would not produce prolonged work or loud disturbances in the parking lot.
Council members discussed the tradeoff between a business’s operating patterns (food trucks often run late in other cities) and the adjacent residential neighborhood’s need for quiet. To balance those concerns, a council member moved to approve the special use permit with an amendment: allow storage/return activity until 2 a.m. Thursday–Sunday for six months, followed by a staff review and return to the council.
The motion carried unanimously. The council recorded the vote with all members present voting to approve.
The council’s action makes the permit conditional: the 2 a.m. window is temporary, and the council will revisit the hours and any neighborhood complaints after the six‑month trial period. If the operator violates conditions or if complaints persist, staff or residents may request enforcement or revisit the permit.
Notes: The Planning Commission had previously reviewed and recommended approval of the permit; no written letters of objection or support were reported at the meeting.
The council scheduled a six‑month review of the amended special use permit in its calendar; that review will determine whether the 2 a.m. allowance remains in effect, is modified, or is rescinded.
