Travis County, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

016(a) is direct: a person shall not commence operations of or operate a Food Outlet within the County unless that person has a valid, subsisting Permit issued pursuant to this Chapter. 002 to include catering trucks, trailers, push carts, and roadside vendors, is one of the outlet types this permit requirement covers, alongside restaurants and retail food stores. 005 spells out where that reach extends: the chapter applies to all areas of the county, including areas in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, except for land inside the boundaries of the county's incorporated cities and towns.

That means a food truck parked in Austin's ETJ, land outside city limits but subject to some city control, still needs the county permit rather than an Austin one, while a truck operating inside Austin's city limits does not. 012 before it must be renewed. 013; a transferred permit is void as of the transfer date. 017 before operating. Fees are set by the fee schedule in Attachment A to the chapter and are waived from January 15 each year until the Auditor files its required annual statement with the Texas Department of State Health Services.