Polk County withdraws rule that would have banned food trucks

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 p.m. February 16, 2024
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Lenora and Kim Crawford at their Touch of Philly mobile food trailer in Polk County.
Lenora and Kim Crawford at their Touch of Philly mobile food trailer in Polk County.
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The food (truck) fight in one Polk County city is over — for now.

On Thursday night, the Haines City Commission withdrew a proposed ban on most food trucks, and also a draft of an alternative ordinance that would have placed numerous regulations on the mobile vendors. Haines City is about 60 miles east of Tampa.

 

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