Grand Prairie, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit
- Required from PHEQ
- Food Manager Cert
- $50 fee
- Commissary
- Approval form required
- Property Auth
- Notarized form required
- Itinerary
- Monthly by 10th business day
Summary
Grand Prairie Ch. 13, Art. XII regulates mobile food vendors. A Mobile Food Truck Permit is required from the city. Operators need a Food Manager Certificate ($50), commissary approval, notarized private property authorization, and monthly itinerary.
Sec. 437.0045. LOCAL PERMIT REQUIREMENT LIMITATION. Notwithstanding any other law, a county, municipality, or public health district, including an authorized agent, employee, or department, may only require a permit, license, certification, or other form of authority if the permit, license, certification, or other form of authority would be required of the food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, roadside food vendor, or temporary food service establishment or an employee of any of those entities if the entity or person was located within the department's jurisdiction. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
Sec. 437.005. PUBLIC HEARING. (a) A commissioners court, governing body, or administrative board, as appl
Full Breakdown
Grand Prairie Code Chapter 13 (Health and Sanitation), Article XII (Mobile Food Vendors) requires all mobile food vendors to obtain a permit from the city's Public Health and Environmental Quality division. Required documents include: a City of Grand Prairie Food Manager Certificate (original third-party certificate plus $50 fee), a Commissary Approval Form completed by a licensed food commissary, the commissary's last health inspection report and health permit (if not in Grand Prairie), and a notarized Private Property Authorization Form for each operating location. Operators must submit monthly itineraries by the 10th working day of each month. Failure to provide the itinerary results in citation. Mobile food units are vehicles designed to be readily movable and used to store, prepare, display, serve, or sell food.
Violations & Fines
Operating without permit: citation. Failure to submit monthly itinerary: citation. Health code violations per Ch. 13.
Frequently Asked Questions
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