Apple Valley, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Development Code § 9.79.050
- Permit issuer
- Community Development Director
- Fee deposit deadline
- 30 days before operation
- Displayed at all times
- Decal, business license, health permit
- County health oversight
- San Bernardino DEHS
- Appeal path
- Director to Planning Commission to Council
Summary
Apple Valley requires an unexpired MFF permit from the Community Development Director before anyone operates a food truck, plus a zoning compliance decal, business license and San Bernardino County health permit displayed during business hours.
no person or entity shall advertise, conduct, maintain, operate, or provide admission for any MFFs within the incorporated areas of the Town without possessing an unexpired, unsuspended, and unrevoked MFFs permit from the Community Development Director/or designee.1.Zoning compliance decal, business license, and County health permit must be displayed during hours of operation...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
050(A) bars any person or entity from advertising, conducting, maintaining or operating a Mobile Food Facility within the Town without an unexpired, unsuspended MFF permit from the Community Development Director or designee. Vendors must display a zoning compliance decal, business license, and County health permit during hours of operation, and the permit can be revoked if the Director finds the truck is causing parking, traffic congestion, noise or litter problems on-site or on adjacent property. 020 routes the application through the Planning Division on a Director-prescribed form with whatever supporting information the submittal package requires.
110 requires all estimated fees to be deposited with the affected departments at least 30 days before the MFF's scheduled operation, and the Town may require liability insurance naming the Town as additional insured plus a bond covering cleanup and landscape restoration. 120 layers on an annual Mobile Food Vehicle and Business License, compliance with local, county and state retail sales tax rules, and coordinates enforcement between the Town, which handles local safety-regulation violations, and the County of San Bernardino Division of Environmental Health Services, which handles health-related complaints.
130 to check whether the categorical exemptions in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 and 15304 apply before the Director approves, denies, or refers the application to the Planning Commission.
Violations & Fines
A Mobile Food Facility operated without the required permit is subject to closure at any time during business hours under Section 9.79.050(B), and the applicant, business owner or landowner can be held liable for the agencies' closure costs. Under Section 9.79.140, the Community Development Director may suspend or revoke a permit to protect public health, safety and welfare, with any revocation appealable to the Planning Commission and, beyond that, to the Town Council.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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