Everett, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- City business license
- Required (Ch. 3.19)
- County health permit
- Required, must be displayed
- Hours restricted
- 10 p.m.–7 a.m. barred
- Sidewalk/street vending
- Needs city permit
- Violation penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000
Summary
Everett mobile food vendors operating carts, booths, tents or kiosks need a city business license and a Snohomish County health permit, plus hour and location limits.
A. Licensing Requirements. 1. A mobile food vendor must obtain: a. A current and valid city business license issued to the responsible operator or their employer pursuant to Chapter 3.19 EMC; and b. A current and valid mobile food unit or other applicable food permit issued by the Snohomish County Health Department to the responsible operator or their employer, which shall be displayed at all times in a prominent location on the MFVU while operational as a mobile food vendor.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4194-26, passed July 29, 2026).
Full Breakdown
EMC Chapter 8.68, adopted by Ord. 4158-26 in 2026, requires anyone running a mobile food vending unit in Everett, Washington to hold a current city business license under Chapter 3.19 EMC and a Snohomish County Health Department food permit, displayed on the unit at all times. Operators may not run between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. without a city permit, must restore the site on removal, and may not set up in bus stops, loading zones, disabled parking spaces, within five feet of an alley or driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or on any public street or sidewalk without a city permit. The chapter exempts government agencies, nonprofits, farmers selling their own produce, lemonade stands, permitted farmers'-market vendors, and vehicle-based "food trucks" as separately defined in EMC Chapter 5.36.
Violations & Fines
Vending prepared food from a cart, tent or stand in Everett without the required city business license and county health permit, or violating the overnight or location restrictions, is a misdemeanor under EMC 8.68.050, rising to a gross misdemeanor for a complicit employer.
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