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Harlingen commission approves special-use permit for food-truck park with limits after neighbor concerns
Summary
A special-use permit for a food-truck park at 2906 South Expressway 83 was approved with conditions limiting the number of trucks and restricting late-night hours following neighbor concerns about parking and traffic; the applicant said trucks will operate primarily during business hours and will not serve alcohol or play music.
The Harlingen City Commission approved a special-use permit allowing a food-truck park at 2906 South Expressway 83 after commissioners and residents raised concerns about parking, traffic, and potential late-night operations.
Commissioners discussed calls and messages from neighbors near the proposed site; planning staff clarified that the applicant's requested seating layout produced an occupancy load of 31 people, which produced a parking calculation of nine required spaces under the city's current ordinance. Commissioners and neighbors said existing businesses already occupy…
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