Showing ordinances that apply to Lake Butler, FL
Lake Butler is an unincorporated community (population 18,851) in Orange County, Florida. Because Lake Butler is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Orange County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The food truck permits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Orange County requires mobile food vending licenses plus FL DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. FL Statute 509.102 preempts local regulation of mobile food dispensing vehicles except for zoning, hours, and safety. County business tax receipt also required.
FL 509.102 (enacted 2020) preempts local bans on mobile food vehicles but allows regulation of zoning, hours, safety, and sanitation. Orange County requires Business Tax Receipt plus DBPR mobile food dispensing vehicle license (annual, approximately 347 dollars). Commissary requirement: food must be prepared in licensed commissary kitchen. Health inspections by FL Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Orange County zoning Chapter 38 allows food trucks in commercial zones, with limitations on residential zones and public parks.
Operating without license: DBPR fines up to 1,000 dollars. Zoning violation: 250-500 dollars per day. Health code: DBPR enforcement.
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