Hillsboro, OR Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permits needed
- business license + mobile permit
- Time limit per site
- 2 hours unless pre-approved
- Commercial-zone hours
- 8 a.m.-midnight
- Residential-zone hours
- 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
- Revocation ban
- 1 year after revoked
Summary
Food trucks and other mobile businesses in Hillsboro need a business license plus a mobile business permit, must move every 2 hours unless the site is pre-approved, and can only operate 8 a.m. to midnight in commercial zones.
H.No mobile or temporary business may conduct operations at a fixed location for more than 2 hours at one time unless the location is approved by the City as part of the permit... P.Mobile and temporary businesses may only conduct business during the following hours:1.8:00 a.m. to midnight in commercial zones except within 50 feet of a residential zone; and2.8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in residential zones and in commercial zones within 50 feet of a residential zone.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 1 | Community Development Code: Supplement 1).
Full Breakdown
HMC 5.08.020 requires every mobile business, including food trucks, to hold a City business license and a separate mobile business permit, with a nonrefundable fee set by Council resolution. Operators need written landowner permission, can't block the right-of-way, a vision-clearance area or a fire lane, and may not park at one fixed location more than 2 hours unless the City approved that location in the permit. Electrical hookups must be quickly disconnectable and meet the National Electrical Code. Mobile businesses may run 8:00 a.m. to midnight in commercial zones (9:00 p.m. if within 50 feet of a residential zone) and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in residential zones.
Violations & Fines
Operating without both the business license and mobile business permit, or violating permit terms twice in 12 months, can get the permit revoked, and a revoked operator is barred from a new permit for 1 year.
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