WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) – A new city ordinance has taken effect, allowing food trucks and other mobile vendors to open for business within Whiteville city limits.
In a unanimous vote, Whiteville City Council established a new ordinance allowing food trucks and other mobile vendors to operate with some stipulations.
Vendors are permitted to operate in four zoning districts: office and institutional (O&I), central business (B-1), highway-serving business (B-3) and retail/office complex (B-4). You can see a map of Whiteville’s zoning districts here.
Hours vendors can operate is determined by the zoning of the area the vendor is set up in. Vendors in a B-1 or B-4 zoning area can operate Thursday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. In a B-3 or O&I zoning district, vendors can operate Thursday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The restriction of days and hours was frustrating to some vendors who…
