Homestead, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Sec. 16-393(a) requires every MFDV to show proof of current approvals from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Department of Health, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, then obtain an annual MFDV Zoning Verification Certificate from the Department of Development Services. The application package must include a notarized letter from the property owner authorizing the MFDV and naming an MFDV coordinator and alternate, a schedule of events if applicable, sign-off from the city police department, a traffic safety and security plan if the Director requires one, a narrative describing hours of operation and estimated attendance, copies of state licenses, and a site sketch showing MFDV placement, refuse and sanitation facilities, parking, lighting and any signage.

Operational conditions attached to the certificate ban alcohol sales, require food and condiments to be served only from the MFDV itself, and require single-service utensils handled and stored sanitarily. Unless the MFDV serves only prepackaged, non-perishable food, it must carry a hand-washing sink, a three-compartment ware-washing sink and hot running water, plus a tight, nonabsorbent refuse receptacle kept adjacent to but separate from the vehicle. A restroom for MFDV employees can be arranged only through a written agreement with another business. The Director may revoke the certificate immediately under Sec.

16-393(g) for exceeding its scope or duration, or for losing a required state license, and MFDVs at city parks, stadiums or racetracks during city-sponsored events are exempt from these requirements under Sec. 16-393(h).