Horry County, SC Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit fee
- $150 per mobile food unit
- Extra location fee
- $100 per added site
- Ice cream truck fee
- $150 annual, flat
- Permit cycle
- May 1 to April 30
- Countywide cap
- 50 active permits total
- Revocation trigger
- More than 3 violations = 1-yr ban
Summary
Horry County requires a Horry County Mobile Food Permit for every mobile food unit and ice cream truck. The permit costs $150 per unit (plus $100 per extra location reviewed with the application), runs May 1 to April 30, and the county caps the whole program at 50 active permits at a time.
3.Applicants for all mobile food units, including ice cream trucks, must submit the following to receive a Horry County Mobile Food Permit:a)The applicant's permanent street address and mailing address;b)A brief description of the nature of the business and goods to be sold;c)SCDHEC Certification, or a letter from SCDHEC stating that certification is not required;d)Proof of current license plate and vehicle(s) registration;e)Color photographs of the vehicle(s) exterior...f)A maximum of 50 permits (including mobile food units and ice cream trucks) shall be allowed at any given time. ...The mobile food permits issued under this ordinance will be valid beginning on date of this ordinance's enactment until April 30 of the ensuing year. In the following years, a permit shall be from May 1 until April 30 of the ensuing year...The permitting fee for each mobile food unit is $150.00, which includes review of two vending locations...there will be a fee of $100.00 per location. The annual permitting fee for each ice cream truck is $150.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 88).
Full Breakdown
3 requires every applicant for a mobile food unit or ice cream truck permit to submit a permanent street and mailing address, a description of the business and what it sells, SCDHEC food-safety certification (or a letter saying it isn't required), proof of current vehicle registration and license plate, and exterior color photographs of the vehicle. 00. 00 annual fee. Permits run on a fixed cycle rather than one year from issuance: the first permit is valid from the ordinance's enactment date through April 30 of the following year, and every renewal afterward runs May 1 through April 30.
f hard-caps the whole county program at 50 active permits, covering both mobile food units and ice cream trucks combined, so an applicant can be turned away purely on the numeric ceiling even with a complete application. H makes the vendor, property owner and lessee jointly responsible for violations, and a unit that racks up more than three violations loses its permit for a full year.
Violations & Fines
Vending without the Horry County Mobile Food Permit, or letting the mobile food unit accumulate more than three violations of Section 913, results in revocation or denial of both the Certificate of Zoning Compliance and the vending permit under Section 913.H, and a unit pushed past three violations is barred from re-permitting for one full year.
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Sources & Official References
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