2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Bay County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Florida preempts food-truck licensing to the state. Under Fla. Stat. §509.102, Bay County and its cities cannot require a separate local license or ban trucks jurisdiction-wide. Operators license through DBPR, not the county.
Fla. Stat. §509.102(2)
A municipality, county, or other local governmental entity may not prohibit mobile food dispensing vehicles or temporary commercial kitchens from operating within the entirety of the entity's jurisdiction.
Bay County cannot license or ban food trucks, but it may still regulate where they operate. Zoning, buffers from restaurants, event rules, and private-property permission govern vending locations under the county code and city ordinances.
1 cities in Bay County have their own food trucks & mobile vendors rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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