Peoria County, IL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Peoria County Code Chapter 10 treats a food truck as a "mobile food unit," defined as a vehicle-mounted food establishment designed to be readily movable, with no permanent connections to water, wastewater, or electricity. Trailer-mounted kitchens fall inside the same definition. Section 10-11(c) controls what an applicant must hand the health authority "prior to licensure and license renewal."

The filing has twelve items. Three of them apply only to an initial license, unless the establishment closes or changes ownership: the completed plan review application form, scaled plans and specifications showing layout, fixed equipment and construction materials, and copies of the proposed menu with hours of preparation and operation. Every application and every renewal must show proof of access to a commissary or servicing area, current food protection manager certificates (CFPM) for the person in charge of Category I or Category II mobile units, ANSI-approved allergen training for each required CFPM, the unit's vomit and diarrhea cleanup procedures, and a list of every item to be prepared and served.

Two items track where the truck works. The itinerary of known events and locations must be updated as new events are scheduled and before those events. Restroom agreements are required for every known event or location without access to public restrooms, with the same update rule. The twelfth item lets the health authority demand anything else it deems necessary.

Other sections of the chapter finish the picture. Section 10-14 requires plan review approval before a mobile unit is built, remodeled or converted, and that approval expires one year after the approval letter issues. Section 10-16 lets the health authority accept an inspection from another local health department for a mobile unit that sells only prepackaged items and uses a commissary in that department's jurisdiction, but that does not replace the Peoria County license. Under § 10-11(b)(2) a license not renewed within thirty calendar days of expiration closes the file permanently, and the operator must restart with a new plan review application and fees. Section 10-11(d) adds that any event with three or more mobile or temporary vendors must designate an event coordinator who files an information sheet at least fifteen business days ahead.