Elgin Looks At Lifting Ice Cream Truck Ban

ELGIN, IL – Jim Cremeens learned ice cream trucks were not allowed in Elgin over Memorial Day weekend – when a police officer pulled his truck full of sweet treats over, according to the Elgin Courier-News. Ice cream trucks, it turns out, have been banned since the 1970s. After Cremeens approached Elgin Mayor Dave Kaptain about the ban, village officials started discussed making ordinance changes that would once again allow ice cream trucks.

Cremeens told the Elgin Courier-News its not exactly clear why the ban went into effect in 1973. It's the same year Carpentersville also banned ice cream truck sales. Past Courier-News articles note the Carpentersville ban came after a child was hit and killed by an ice cream truck.

Village officials are in the beginning phases of drafting an ordinance that would lift the ban and would also look at allowing food trucks and possibly bicycles or push carts to sell food items in Elgin, according to the Elgin Courier-News.

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So far, the measure is not yet set for discussion at a future city council meeting. But the hope is, if the council does approve it in the future, the ordinance could take effect by next spring or summer, according to the article.

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