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Wilkes-Barre council holds first reading of food cart and food truck ordinance; hours, distance and enforcement debated
Summary
Wilkes-Barre council held a first reading of an ordinance to add Article 5 to Chapter 11 of the city code, proposing hours, spacing and noise limits for food carts and food trucks and scheduling a final vote for Thursday.
Wilkes-Barre council held a first reading of an ordinance to add Article 5 to Chapter 11 of the city code to regulate food carts and food trucks, with a final vote scheduled for the Thursday voting session.
The draft ordinance sets operating hours at 7 a.m. to 2 a.m., reduces the required distance from a restaurant from 100 feet to 50 feet in several subsections, and includes limits on music and lighting. Council members and staff debated whether the later closing time would…
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