PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More food carts could start popping up at Portland parks, now that the city has made it easier for them to secure permits.

Portland Parks & Recreation announced on Tuesday that “self-contained mobile vendors,” like food carts and craft trucks, can now apply for same-day permits to operate at certain public spaces.

The new program allows qualifying vendors to pay for permits that range between $5 and $40 per day, with the highest fees imposed at Pittock Acres Park. Cathedral Park, Mt. Tabor Park and Willamette Park are among the other properties that allow the updated system.

"This initiative removes financial and administrative barriers for small, mobile vendors to operate within parks," Public Works Deputy City Administrator Priya Dhanapal said in the announceme

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