Springfield committee advances food‑truck ordinance to council amid debate over fees, hours and residential buffers The Maintenance Development Committee sent a draft food‑truck ordinance to the full City Council for a first reading on March 9 after staff outlined rules on hours, 500‑foot residential buffers, permit lengths and enforcement; vendors and neighborhood councils urged lower fees and protections for minority operators.

Springfield's new food-truck ordinance is set to ignite a fierce debate over operating hours, fees, and residential buffers—will small vendors get the support they need?

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