The majority of Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce members surveyed this week support food trucks doing business downtown, the chamber found.
More than 400 members took an online survey asking how often they eat at food trucks, how often they eat at brick and mortar restaurants, if they think food trucks should be allowed downtown and whether they think food trucks take business away from downtown restaurants.
More than 90 percent of those who responded said they think food trucks should be allowed downtown, and 66.9 percent said they didn't think the food trucks take business away from downtown restaurants.
Food trucks have been a hot-button issue at city council meetings over the past few months. Council announced Thursday that restaurant owners and food truck vendors agreed the city should make changes to a food truck ordinance that includes regulations about how far trucks should be from restaurants, increased licensing fees, eliminating the overnight curfew for trucks and making trucks abide by Scranton Parking Authority meter rules and regulations, among other things.
"We have members on both sides of the issue. We're hoping they can work it out," said Kate McDermott, a spokeswoman for the chamber.
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