Longmont, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

A mobile retail food vending permit is required and must be kept with the mobile retail food or pushcart operators and presented to authorized city officials upon request.ii.Operators are responsible for obtaining consent of property owners to operate on private property.iii.Operators are responsible for maintaining trash receptacles and maintaining all areas used for food vending in a safe and clean condition and must dispose of all waste in accordance with health department regulations.iv.Mobile retail food establishments and pushcarts must be removed from any site at the end of each business day (unless otherwise approved).v.Operators must obey all parking and traffic laws.vi.Mobile retail food establishments and pushcarts must not obstruct pedestrian or bicycle access or passage, or parking lot circulation nor impede traffic flow.vii.Structures, canopies, tables or chairs must not be set up around the mobile retail food establishment or pushcart.viii.If operated on public property (including city rights-of-way), operators must have liability insurance in amounts of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, as approved by the city risk manager, and must provide a certificate of insurance naming the city as an additional insured. Applicant can petition city manager for full or partial waiver of this insurance requirement.c.Term of the permit. All permits shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.