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Burien restaurant owners ask city to halt food truck pilot program, citing unfair competition by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI
The Burien City Council passed a resolution to pilot a food truck program in the city on Monday despite over 50 brick-and-mortar restaurant owners signaling their opposition.
The resolution, which passed with a 5-2 vote, would allow food trucks to operate in the city limits for one year. However, the trucks would not be able to park within 50 feet of an existing restaurant without the business owner s permission.
That raised concerns for the city s restaurant owners who are worried that out-of-town food trucks will create more competition with their businesses that are already struggling amid the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic and restricted dining options.
Fight over food trucks in Burien could leave some unsatisfied Patrick Quinn, KOMO News reporter
Fight over food trucks in Burien could leave some unsatisfied
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Hours after the Burien City Council voted 5-2 to proceed with a yearlong program to allow food trucks to operate in the city, dozens of local business owners said Tuesday that they plan to mobilize opposition to the initiative.
“If the City of Burien wants to see empty store fronts (and) empty businesses, that’s what they’re inviting,” said David Cruz, a board member for the Latin Business Association, which supported Empresarios Unidos and other advocacy groups that are challenging the food truck program.
Burien restaurant owners ask city to halt food truck pilot program, citing unfair competition
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The Burien City Council passed a resolution to pilot a food truck program in the city on Monday despite over 50 brick-and-mortar restaurant owners signaling their opposition.
The resolution, which passed with a 5-2 vote, would allow food trucks to operate in the city limits for one year. However, the trucks would not be able to park within 50 feet of an existing restaurant without the business owner s permission.
Burien restaurants challenge food truck program amid COVID-19 losses KIRO 7 News Staff, Deborah Horne
As local brick-and-mortar restaurants in Burien continue to struggle due to shutdowns and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some are moving to keep what they say is unfair competition from food trucks out of the mix.
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Burien is expected to approve a yearlong food truck pilot program Monday to determine if the trucks would be good for the city. The program would start in May.
Under the pilot guidelines, the trucks could not park within 50 feet of an existing restaurant without permission.
But two groups representing local restaurants, Empresarios Unidos and Restaurants of Burien, say that isn’t enough. They’re challenging the program, saying the food trucks have unfair advantages and the additional competition will put an even greater strain on restaurants that have already taken huge financial hits.