PLANNING AND ZONING FORCES THE PIT TO CLOSE
The City of Tucson has rejected The Pit's site plan, forcing us to close and not reopen until we have an approved development package. A site plan and certificate of occupancy is not acceptable. Using a vacant parking lot and undeveloped land for food truck parking and picnic tables is deemed an unacceptable change of use. A development plan is too costly for us to submit at this time. Currently Food Trucks are required to stay 100 ft apart, cannot access utilities, and must leave everyday. The cost of this is egregious. Tucson zoning is forcing seven full time food trucks to find another place to work, and taking a popular place away from East Tucson. No safety issues, no food borne illness issues, and no crime issues have been found. As current code stands, within the city limits of Tucson, there can be no fulltime food truck parks.
Please sign this petition and forward to anyone else who supports small business in Tucson.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
January 12, 2023
September 3, 2022
The momentum behind this fight proves that Tucson residents want permanent homes for our food trucks. Call your city council representative today and demand they revise the zoning code to allow these businesses to operate. Post the link to our mission on your social media accounts now.
Reached 1,000 supporters
August 1, 2022
July 30, 2022
The city is watching our numbers grow and we need to push past the one thousand mark today to show them the strength of this movement. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and tag the City of Tucson. Send a quick text to three friends who live in town and ask them to sign before the end of the day.
Reached 100 supporters
July 22, 2022
1,032 Comments
As a resident who lives close to the PIT and eats there on a frequent basis, I support and request that Tucson provides a legal area where food trucks can set up. Food trucks bring diversity and culture as well as supports entrepreneurs. I am sad to see this go!
The pit is a small business blessing to the city in an area that not only needs more food options, but is otherwise vacant. I would rather have the area be used for small business, which employes our citizens, than an empty lot/ homeless camp.
I've lived down the street for 33 years, that corner has always been a huge problem and for the first time in my life that corner is now a positive place for the community. Getting rid of the pit would be a huge step backwards for tucson.
I'm signing to save jobs & small local businesses!! Can the owners get a grant to help out for the necessary permits? Is there anyone who will guide them to getting everything they need so they will no longer be threatened with violations & shut down?!
This is a great spot for these trucks to be.. ive been coming out for a long time now...never seeing injury.. violence , families just enjoying good food good music.. with friendly people . Let it rest. This is doing out community good! As well as the vendor's
The pit is a great way to try good food trucks that are a Tucson staple!
This place promotes small businesses! It’s a lovely spot that has the potential to have all of Tucson talking about the sense of coming together around food which only promotes community
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PLANNING AND ZONING FORCES THE PIT TO CLOSE
The City of Tucson has rejected The Pit's site plan, forcing us to close and not reopen until we have an approved development package. A site plan and certificate of occupancy is not acceptable. Using a vacant parking lot and undeveloped land for food truck parking and picnic tables is deemed an unacceptable change of use. A development plan is too costly for us to submit at this time. Currently Food Trucks are required to stay 100 ft apart, cannot access utilities, and must leave everyday. The cost of this is egregious. Tucson zoning is forcing seven full time food trucks to find another place to work, and taking a popular place away from East Tucson. No safety issues, no food borne illness issues, and no crime issues have been found. As current code stands, within the city limits of Tucson, there can be no fulltime food truck parks.
Please sign this petition and forward to anyone else who supports small business in Tucson.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
January 12, 2023
September 3, 2022
The momentum behind this fight proves that Tucson residents want permanent homes for our food trucks. Call your city council representative today and demand they revise the zoning code to allow these businesses to operate. Post the link to our mission on your social media accounts now.
Reached 1,000 supporters
August 1, 2022
July 30, 2022
The city is watching our numbers grow and we need to push past the one thousand mark today to show them the strength of this movement. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and tag the City of Tucson. Send a quick text to three friends who live in town and ask them to sign before the end of the day.
Reached 100 supporters
July 22, 2022
1,032 Comments
Food trucks should have a lot of freedom about where they park, they should have access to utilities, be able to park close to one another and generally be unhindered by bureaucracy to do business easily and safely. The city needs to update their thinking.
As a resident who lives close to the PIT and eats there on a frequent basis, I support and request that Tucson provides a legal area where food trucks can set up. Food trucks bring diversity and culture as well as supports entrepreneurs. I am sad to see this go!
The pit is a small business blessing to the city in an area that not only needs more food options, but is otherwise vacant. I would rather have the area be used for small business, which employes our citizens, than an empty lot/ homeless camp.
I've lived down the street for 33 years, that corner has always been a huge problem and for the first time in my life that corner is now a positive place for the community. Getting rid of the pit would be a huge step backwards for tucson.
I'm signing to save jobs & small local businesses!! Can the owners get a grant to help out for the necessary permits? Is there anyone who will guide them to getting everything they need so they will no longer be threatened with violations & shut down?!
This is a great spot for these trucks to be.. ive been coming out for a long time now...never seeing injury.. violence , families just enjoying good food good music.. with friendly people . Let it rest. This is doing out community good! As well as the vendor's
The pit is a great way to try good food trucks that are a Tucson staple!
This place promotes small businesses! It’s a lovely spot that has the potential to have all of Tucson talking about the sense of coming together around food which only promotes community
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Food trucks should have a lot of freedom about where they park, they should have access to utilities, be able to park close to one another and generally be unhindered by bureaucracy to do business easily and safely. The city needs to update their thinking.