Even though the Ft. Smith Board of Directors approved last month to allow food trucks downtown, only nine permits have been issued, all of which were for locations on private property and not on public property. Some of those were renewals of existing businesses. Twenty-nine licenses had been issued before the May vote. Previously, the permits were issued for 120 days at the cost of $250. Now, they are good for one year and cost $150.
According to Brenda Andrews, Ft. Smith Senior Planner, there are more than 300 eligible par- king spaces for food trucks downtown. The vendors are not allowed to operate their food trucks downtown on state highways such as Garrison Ave. The hours of operating are from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on public city streets downtown and rights-of-ways.
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