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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Fitchburg, WI (2026)

3 verified food trucks & mobile vendors rules for Fitchburg, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Food Truck Permits

Fitchburg, Wisconsin (Dane County) requires anyone selling food, including mobile food carts and trucks, from a public street, alley or sidewalk to hold a vending license under City Code Chapter 67. Vendors file with the economic development director, carry $1,000,000 in liability insurance, and operate only from an approved site or route.

Mobile Food Vending Permits in Fitchburg, WI

Some Restrictions

Fitchburg City Code §§ 67-1, 67-3

It shall be unlawful for any person to vend, sell or offer for sale or procure the sale of any services, goods, wares, tokens, or foodstuffs ... upon any highway, street, alley, sidewalk, unless such person shall have first applied for and obtained the appropriate license required by this chapter. ... An application for a vending license shall be filed with the economic development director or ...

Vending Zones

Fitchburg, Wisconsin confines licensed street vending to an assigned site no larger than 10 by 12 feet and bars it near fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks and any street adjacent to school property, with residential-area vending shut down between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Where Street Vending Is Allowed in Fitchburg, WI

Significant Restrictions

Fitchburg City Code § 67-4

The maximum size of the "vending site" shall be the actual dimensions of an assigned site, or a perimeter of not more than ten by 12 feet around the vendor(3)No vending or vending site shall be permitted within a ten-foot radius of a fire hydrant nor within a five-foot radius of a standpipe. ... No vending site shall be permitted within ten feet of a curbcut or a marked crosswalk. ... Vending i...

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires anyone selling food, goods or services on a public street, alley or sidewalk to first obtain a vending license from the economic development director, with annual, monthly and special-event license options and a $1,000,000.00 liability insurance minimum.

Sidewalk Vending Licensing in Fitchburg, WI

Significant Restrictions

Fitchburg City Code § 67-1

It shall be unlawful for any person to vend, sell or offer for sale or procure the sale of any services, goods, wares, tokens, or foodstuffs, or any other article of any kind by putting up a booth, preparing or setting up the vending cart, stand or equipment, preparing food, beverage or articles for sale, stopping a vehicle or person on foot, interacting with potential customers in or around a ...

Looking for Dane County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Fitchburg city rules.

Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Dane County