Snohomish County, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

297 requires a fire code permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle equipped with appliances that produce smoke or grease-laden vapors, or that run LP-gas or CNG fuel systems. That covers the propane griddles, deep fryers, and open-flame cooking setups found in most food trucks and trailers operating in unincorporated areas outside Everett, Marysville, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mukilteo, Monroe, Arlington, and Lake Stevens, each of which regulates mobile vending under its own municipal code. 190, which states that permits required by the fire code may be obtained from the fire marshal and that fees shall be paid prior to issuance of the permit.

Issued permits must be kept on the vehicle and available for inspection at all times. 430, sets the Mobile Food Preparation Vehicles annual permit at $260, dropping to $100 if the operator submits a current, completed and approved Regional Fire Marshals Mobile Food Preparation Vehicle Inspection Checklist along with a permit from a participating fire agency, a reciprocity option for trucks already inspected elsewhere in the region. 400(9). The requirement was added by Amended Ordinance 21-031 on July 14, 2021, effective July 25, 2021, replacing older equipment-by-equipment fire permit categories with this single mobile-vehicle standard. 297's trigger, though it may still need other county business licensing that is not part of the fire code.