The Inevitable Food Truck Lawsuit Has Arrived

Lawsuit To Be Filed Against City's New Food Truck Ordinance
In this July 12, 2012 photo, Amy Le, owner of the Duck N Roll food truck, talks to customers about a proposed ordinance governing food trucks in Chicago. The ordinance incorporates regulations and a fine structure that many food truck operators consider unsustainable for their businesses. The full City Council could vote on the proposal as soon as next week. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)
In this July 12, 2012 photo, Amy Le, owner of the Duck N Roll food truck, talks to customers about a proposed ordinance governing food trucks in Chicago. The ordinance incorporates regulations and a fine structure that many food truck operators consider unsustainable for their businesses. The full City Council could vote on the proposal as soon as next week. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

You could see it coming from 200 feet away. The GPS systems, the designated parking spots, the 200-foot rule. The city's recent food truck ordinance, "baked in the oven of paranoia," as the lone City Council dissenter John Arena put it, is morally indefensible and quite probably legally indefensible too.

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