Street vendors are selling heroin non stop at Kensington and Somerset well past midnight. Perhaps these moronic pigs could get off their asses and do something about that.

this is why we can’t have nice things

maybe they should also start enforcig the parking laws regarding Broad Street.

Cops did crack down on the jerk chicken guy. I was out there last Friday night just after midnight and he refused to sell me chicken. Said to me that the cops gave him guff and that he was cooking for people in line who had already paid.

Honestly, I can see the thinking behind the ordinance.

Late night establishments are notorious for being crime hotspots. Hit a Crown Fried Chicken or Chinese food spot between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. near a bar and you’ll see some charged up people. Same thing down at Lorenzo’s. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen some scuffles once the bars let out.

Camden City is pushing an ordinance of its own that would shut down all retailers without parking lots at midnight on the weekends and 11 a.m. on weeknights. The intent is to not limit business, but to “ensure public safety.”

Another aspect of this is that if I’m a retailer with a brick and mortar set-up, I could easily drop my store in favor of a truck. City loses out on property taxes and undoubtedly some sales tax with food trucks. It’s revenue the city needs.

My name is Seth, and I am one of the owners of the Dapper Dog. We have been open almost a year at 2nd and Poplar and never received any complaints until about two weeks ago when other vendors brought a lot of attention to 2nd street and annoyed local businesses. Although I had never heard of the midnight ordinance until a couple weeks ago, I am happy to comply because it is a long standing rule. However, that is really not the issue here. The issue is 2nd street is completely off limits for food vending. While L&I does not include this area on their prohibited streets list, the Northern Liberties community organization passed an ordinance after we had opened to prohibit all vending on 2nd street. We were not aware of the ordinance, never received complaints, and it was not enforced until other vendors arrived and people complained. We run an honest and legitimate business and never intended violate any codes or ordinances; this is why we made a presentation to the Northern Liberties zoning committee months before we started business.

1)that NLNA can pass this without L&I approving it is ridiculous…
2)so that means EKNA can pass an ordinance for no ice cream trucks at all? Pretty please, yes?
3) just turn the truck to face Poplar street, and you’re good to go!