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Noise complaint over food‑truck generators resolved; committee records no further action

Committee on Ordinances, New Bedford City Council · September 29, 2025
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Summary

A neighborhood noise complaint about mobile food‑truck generators in Riverside was resolved after the vendor replaced a loud gasoline generator with a quieter model; the committee voted no further action.

Councillor Brian Gomes reported a neighborhood complaint about mobile food trucks using loud gasoline generators at Riverside. Gomes said he and another councilor spoke with the vendor, who purchased a quieter generator; after that change Gomes moved that no further action was necessary and the committee approved the motion by voice vote.

"The generators that are ran by gas are really loud," Gomes said as he described the complaint and the on‑site response. The committee recorded the resolution as 'no further action' and placed the written communication on file.