Macon-Bibb County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- State permit
- Mobile Food Service Unit (GA DPH)
- Out-of-county trucks
- Need county Authorization to Operate
- Curfew
- No operation 10 p.m.-7 a.m. without mayor's form
- Minimum fine
- $100.00 per violation (§ 7-203(d))
- Enforcement
- Sheriff's Office and Code Enforcement Dept.
- Citation penalty
- 24-hour halt to sales
Summary
Every food truck operating in Macon-Bibb County must carry a valid Georgia Department of Public Health Mobile Food Service Unit permit from its home county, and any truck based outside Macon-Bibb County also needs a county Health Department Authorization to Operate. Trucks can't run after 10 p.m. or before 7 a.m., or on public property, without the mayor's written sign-off under Code of Ordinances § 7-203.
Food Truck operations within Macon-Bibb County shall be subject to each of the following restrictions:(1)No Food Truck shall operate anywhere in Macon-Bibb County unless such Food Truck has a valid original Mobile Food Service Unit permit from the office of the Georgia Department of Public Health, or similar successor permit, present in its county of origin, either on display or available to present immediately upon demand.(2)No Food Truck with a county of origin other than Macon-Bibb County shall operate anywhere in Macon-Bibb County unless such Food Truck also has valid original Authorization to Operate certificate, or similar successor authorization, issued by the Macon-Bibb County Health Department either on display or available to present immediately upon demand.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Comprehensive Land Development Resolution: Supplement 4 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
§ 26-2-13. Section 7-203(a) lists the operating restrictions. Every truck needs "a valid original Mobile Food Service Unit permit from the office of the Georgia Department of Public Health, or similar successor permit, present in its county of origin, either on display or available to present immediately upon demand" (§ 7-203(a)(1)). issued by the Macon-Bibb County Health Department" on display or available on demand (§ 7-203(a)(2)). without a form personally signed by the mayor granting permission for that specific time, date, and location, or a blanket permission for an authorized event (§ 7-203(a)(4)).
Operating on county public property or rights-of-way requires that same mayoral sign-off regardless of the hour (§ 7-203(a)(5)). The Bibb County Sheriff's Office and the Macon-Bibb County Code Enforcement Department both enforce Division 7 (§ 7-203(e)).
Violations & Fines
A food truck caught violating § 7-203(a) must stop all sales for 24 hours and clean up and vacate within 15 to 60 minutes of being told to, and any sale made during that 24-hour shutdown is a separate violation. Trucks that don't clean up and leave on time can be impounded. Convictions carry the general penalty under § 1-6, with a minimum fine of $100.00 per violation under § 7-203(d).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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