Islip officials, sensing an increased appetite for food trucks, are weighing whether to allow more of them to operate in town.

A proposal before the town board would allow 15 additional trucks — roughly 41% more — to operate within the town's borders.

Islip currently allows 37 “peddler” permits that let food trucks sell snacks and drinks at a fixed location. Those permits are tied to hamlets that have a maximum food truck allowance, ranging from two in places such as Bayport to five in Brentwood. Not every hamlet has peddler permits under the current policy.

A town proposal would boost the number of food truck permits to 52 while more than doubling the number of permits allowed in hamlets such as Central Islip and Bay Shore. The plan also would allow, for the first time, a coffee ped

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