DENVER — A licensed taco truck that says it has operated in the same location for more than a decade is being told it must relocate if it wants to continue operating, after the City of Denver discovered it should never have been permitted to park there in the first place.
Tacos y Tortas El Peluche has been parked in a law firm’s parking lot on Federal Boulevard since 2013, renewing its city license annually without issue. But when owner Martin Salvador applied for his permit renewal this year, the city denied the application, informing him that the location’s zoning does not allow food trucks on private property.
“The guy that I talked to [with the City of Denver], I told him I’ve been here for 11-12 years, and I’ve never heard about this,” Salvador said. “He’s like, yeah, I don’t know why nobody caught this before. I’m sorry.”…