Harrison County, MS Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

The Board of Supervisors added a Food Truck line item to the UDC's § 415 Table of Uses through Ordinance 2009HC162, adopted October 5, 2020. Before a food truck can set up in unincorporated Harrison County, the operator must produce proof of a Mississippi State Tax ID number and a copy of a Mississippi State Department of Health Food Service Permit: the same health inspection credential required of any food-service business in the state. The operator also needs a copy of the property lease covering the site, or, if operating at a fair, festival or flea market, written vendor approval from that event's organizer.

On top of the paperwork, the county requires a site plan demonstrating that the food truck's location is at least 1,000 feet from a restaurant, a spacing rule aimed squarely at keeping mobile vendors from directly undercutting brick-and-mortar restaurants nearby. Because this requirement sits inside § 415's Table of Uses, food trucks are treated as a regulated use subject to the same conditional-approval framework as other table entries, so the Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors reviews the site plan and supporting documents before the truck may lawfully operate. These requirements apply only outside Gulfport, Biloxi, Long Beach, Pass Christian and D'Iberville, which permit food trucks under their own separate municipal codes.