Philadelphia’s metropolis council is contemplating a ban on meals vans working on a 3 block stretch of Fishtown. Councilman Mark Squilla proposed the ban after he claims meals vans continued to serve meals after midnight, in accordance with a report by Fox 29.
“Working with the group, the neighbors and the residents on the road and the enterprise enchancment district, we felt the one method left ahead was to get rid of that on that three-block stretch they usually can go anyplace else all through the world,” Squilla mentioned within the report.
He additionally claims that leftover trash is a matter within the space. Nevertheless, since many bars shut their kitchens early, meals vans present entry to meals late at night time.
“I really feel strongly that we should always get it cleaned up; there needs to be like a center floor…the place you clear up the place, however I would not ban all of the meals vans,” Trevor Linton, Fishtown resident, mentioned within the report.
Squilla mentioned he hopes that town and meals truck operators can discover a answer to those points.
