Brockton, MA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Board of health permit before any operation
- Annual fee
- $125 per year, due again each renewal
- Expiration
- All permits expire December 31 every year
- Curfew
- No operating between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
- Insurance
- $500K/$1M general liability plus $1M auto
- Fines
- $125, $200, $300 for 1st-3rd+ offenses
Summary
Operating a food truck anywhere in Brockton starts with a board of health mobile food vendor permit: a $125 annual fee, an application listing menu, layout, hours and location, and proof of $500,000/$1,000,000 liability insurance plus $1,000,000 commercial auto coverage before the truck can serve a single customer.
No person or business may operate a food truck in the City of Brockton without having first obtained a mobile food vendor permit from the board of health. ... The annual permit fee shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00). ... the board of health shall establish the days and hours of operations in each mobile food vendor permit, but no operations shall be permitted between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. ... proof of general liability insurance naming the City of Brockton as an additional insured in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) per occurrence/one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) general aggregate; and proof of commercial auto liability insurance, naming the City of Brockton as an additional insured, in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit if the mobile food vendor is operating on city property. ... Any violation of the board of health's regulations on food trucks shall be subject to a fine of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) (1st offense), two hundred dollars ($200.00) (2nd offense) or three hundred dollars ($300.00) (3rd and subsequent offenses).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
Section 11-481 makes the permit a hard prerequisite: no person or business may operate a food truck in Brockton without first obtaining a mobile food vendor permit from the board of health. Section 11-482 spells out what that takes. Applicants must give the board a copy of their state-issued hawkers and peddlers license and, if required, a copy of an open burning/cooking permit. citywide. Permits expire December 31 every year regardless of issue date, and renewal carries the same $125 fee. Vendors must also carry proof of general liability insurance naming the City of Brockton as an additional insured, at $500,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 general aggregate, plus $1,000,000 combined single limit commercial auto liability insurance if operating on city property.
A lighter path exists for a single residential-property event: a one-time $25 fee instead of the full application and annual fees, though the truck still needs board of health inspection and approval first. Section 11-483 separately requires every mobile food vendor to also comply with local zoning ordinances on food truck operations.
Violations & Fines
Section 11-482(d)(7) sets escalating fines for violating the board of health's food truck regulations: $125 for a first offense, $200 for a second, and $300 for a third or subsequent offense, with each day of continued violation counted as a separate offense. Any violation can also trigger immediate suspension of the permit and removal of the food truck from the premises at the owner's expense, and either the board of health or the city council may suspend, revoke, or modify a permit found to be in violation.
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