The Gloucester County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold two public hearings tonight, Thursday, April 2, in the T.C. Walker Education Center Auditorium, beginning at 6:30, on an ordinance to permit permanent food trucks and food truck courts in the county, and a conditional use permit for a proposed energy center. Food trucks are not regulated under the zoning ordinance as they are currently allowed in the county so long as the businesses remain mobile and continuously change locations. The proposed ordinance would allow the businesses to remain mobile, therefore not need a zoning permit, but would provide an avenue for them to establish a permanent location through a CUP process. During the November planning commission meeting, Small Town Burger owner Jay Wolfson and commercial realtor Mac Houtz requested that the planners consider an ordinance to allow the operation of permanent food truck venues in Gloucester. The planners will consider an ordinance that would allow permanent ...
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