City council to consider licensing of food trucks

The City Council today will consider whether to license the latest culinary craze to hit Boston: Food trucks.

City Council President Mike Ross has filed a measure seeking a hearing on how to regulate the trucks, which are just now beginning to spread beyond their traditional base at MIT.

Ross's proposed order speaks of environmental and zoning concerns.

With any luck, the city could have regulations in place in time to annoy regulate all the trucks scheduled to attend Boston's first food-truck festival on Aug. 8.