Lake Havasu City, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Chapter 5.24 layers two separate licensing duties on mobile food vendors. Section 5.24.030 makes it unlawful to operate a mobile food unit or act as a mobile food vendor without a valid license from the Arizona Department of Health Services or a county-delegated authority under A.R.S. § 36-1761, which in practice means the Mohave County Department of Public Health environmental health permit named in the application requirements. Section 5.24.040 layers the city's own business license requirement on top: operating without a valid business license issued under Chapter 5.04 is separately unlawful.

Section 5.24.050 then lists the supplemental information a vendor must submit beyond the standard Chapter 5.04 business license application: a description, license plate number, and photograph of the mobile food unit; a general description of the goods sold; a valid driver's license; a copy of the required Mohave County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health division permit; evidence of the fire safety inspection required by § 5.24.070(A); a copy of the insurance policy required by § 5.24.070(E); and the location of the vendor's commissary. Any mobile food unit that is licensed must display that city business license posted near the service window and visible from outside the unit under § 5.24.060.

Enforcement runs through § 5.24.080: each day a violation continues is a separate civil code offense, adjudicated through the city's civil hearing process under Chapter 1.12.