DENVER — A family-run licensed taco truck that was told it needed to relocate after the City of Denver discovered a 12-year permitting error will be allowed to continue operating at its longtime location for at least the next year, the city said. While the truck can continue to operate, city officials are working with the business on a permanent solution.
The City and County of Denver informed food truck owner Martin Salvador on Wednesday that his business, Tacos y Tortas El Pluche, can remain open in the law firm parking lot on Federal Boulevard, where it has operated since 2013. The reversal came just a few days after 9NEWS profiled permit issues that arose following Salvador’s annual license renewal.
The Tacos y Tortas El Pluche truck has been parked in the Monclova Law firm’s parking lot for 12 years, renewing its city license annually without issue. But when Salvador applied for his standard permit renewal this year, the city application flagged that he needed a zone use permit for the first time, which was later denied. The city informed him that the location’s zoning does not allow food trucks on private property and that he needs a zone use permit to be there. But the property was not eligible…