Amigos, our taco trucks are being attacked once again, but this time in North Carolina.

Now I’m not as familiar with North Carolina law regarding this matter, but I’ve scoured the North Carolina Chapter 20 law as it pertains to motor vehicles and haven’t found any provisions like our Section 22455 here in the Golden State.

The Charlotte Observer reports:

Some police and public officials have complained that the taco trucks that line South Boulevard and Central Avenue near immigrant neighborhoods attract crime. Neighbors have complained of noise, traffic problems and fumes.

Katrina Young, zoning administrator for the Charlotte Zoning Board of Adjustment, said the proposed ordinance provides greater flexibility to mobile vendors than current regulations while protecting residents who live close by.

Terms of the ordinance, which the council voted to send to its public safety committee for a recommendation, include:

• Limiting mobile food vendors to a maximum of 90 days in one location each year.
• Outlawing operation within 400 feet of a residential district.
• Operating hours would be between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.

“It’s an effort to provide more time for mobile food vendors and protect neighborhoods affected by them,” Young said. “Move them more into the business area.”

“Protect neighborhoods” ? Please. We’re talking about tacos here.

Who knew they had taco trucks in North Carolina?

Chapel Hill News:

On Jan. 17, the town issued a first letter of violation — a warning — to the three property owners letting the loncheras park outside their businesses.

The notice gave the vendors seven days to stop selling.

Loncheras have become popular across the Triangle as the Latino population has grown. In Raleigh, before a new policy tightened restrictions, many loncheras parked along downtown’s Fayetteville Street. Some visited construction sites during weekday lunch hours. A few sold food outside nightclubs, weekend soccer games and other spots. The new rules prohibit the taco trucks from becoming fixtures and have made them more sparse.

In Durham, mobile food vendors can park their trucks in the Central Business District, which is mostly downtown, and at construction sites.

After about 10 days, Carrboro’s taco trucks returned last week, assured they wouldn’t be fined until the town reviews the rules.