Franklin County, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual fee
- $75 per year
- Extra-vehicle fee
- $10 per additional vehicle in the operation
- Issuing agency
- Planning and Building Department
- Must display
- Registration carried on person or displayed at business
- Renewal deadline
- February 28; $15 late fee after
- Unregistered penalty
- $25 per day of operation
- Coverage
- Unincorporated Franklin County only
Summary
Anyone selling food or merchandise from a vehicle on public streets, alleys or public ways in unincorporated Franklin County must register as a 'mobile vendor' with the Planning and Building Department under Franklin County Code § 5.04.110(C)(21), paying $75 a year plus $10 for each extra vehicle in the operation.
21.Mobile Vendor. A "mobile vendor" means a vendor or seller of merchandise or food from a vehicle or other conveyances upon public streets, alleys or on public ways of the county, shall pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) annually, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) annually effective January 1, 2008, plus ten dollars ($10.00) for each additional vehicle operated by the same operation.
Full Breakdown
110(C)(21) defines a 'mobile vendor' as a vendor or seller of merchandise or food from a vehicle or other conveyance upon the public streets, alleys or public ways of the county, and sets the registration fee at $75 a year, effective January 1, 2008 (up from $50), plus $10 for each additional vehicle the same operation runs. 060 has the department circulate the application to the building department, fire marshal and other county offices for review before the director grants it. 080(C) requires the registration be displayed conspicuously at the place of business or, since a mobile vendor has no fixed location, carried on the operator's person while vending.
080(D). 04's requirements are countywide, a mobile vendor moving between unincorporated areas and Pasco, Connell, Mesa or Kahlotus needs to check each city's own licensing rules separately, since this county registration only covers operation in the unincorporated county.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a mobile vendor without the county registration triggers a $25-per-day penalty under Section 5.04.140, added to the fee owed. A separate violation of Chapter 5.04, including failing to display or carry the registration, is a misdemeanor under Section 5.04.160 punishable by up to $1,000 in fines, up to 90 days in county jail, or both, and each day of unregistered operation counts as a separate offense under Section 5.04.150.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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