Auburn, AL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- City Manager or designee, annual
- Permit term
- Jan 1 through Dec 31 each year
- Site approval
- Signed property owner approval required
- Time limit
- 4 consecutive hours per location
- Daily site cap
- No more than 2 sites per day
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 2:00 AM
Summary
Auburn requires every mobile food unit operator to hold an annual permit from the City Manager, posted visibly on the truck, plus signed property-owner approval for each stop and compliance with Public Safety and Lee County Health Department rules.
K. Mobile food unit. 1. All mobile food unit operators shall obtain an annual permit from the City Manager, or his/her designee, unless otherwise exempted in this chapter. Permits shall be issued for the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each year. This permit shall be posted in a visible location on the mobile food unit. 2. Mobile food unit operators shall have the signed approval of the property owner for each location at which the mobile food unit operates. This approval must be made available for inspection upon request. 3. The mobile food vendor must be in compliance with all local, state and federal regulations including any required permits from the City of Auburn Public Safety Department, Lee County Health Department and any other local, state, or federal agency. ... 6. The hours of operation for all mobile food units shall be limited to 7:00 AM to 2:00 AM.
Full Breakdown
1 of the Zoning Ordinance requires all mobile food unit operators to obtain an annual permit from the City Manager or a designee, running from January 1 through December 31 each year, and the permit must be posted in a visible location on the unit itself. 2 requires the operator to have the signed approval of the property owner for every location where the unit sets up, and that approval must be available for inspection on request. 3 requires compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations, including any permits required by the City of Auburn Public Safety Department and the Lee County Health Department.
5 limits a unit to four consecutive hours at a single location, bars more than one mobile food unit per site per day except at organized food courts, and caps a single unit at two individual sites per day. m. 7 bars operating within 200 feet of a restaurant's main entrance during its posted hours unless the restaurant's owner gives notarized written permission filed with the Planning Department.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the annual City Manager permit, without signed property-owner approval for a location, or beyond the four-hour or two-site daily limits, is a violation of the Zoning Ordinance. Section 909 sets the penalty at a fine of up to $500, up to six months in jail, or both, plus court costs, with each day of continued violation treated as a separate offense.
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