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

030(A): it is unlawful to conduct any business, including seven days or more of vending within a calendar year, without first obtaining a city business license, and that license must stay current the entire time the cart operates. The application goes to the Finance Director on a city form listing the business name, location, ownership, and an after-hours emergency contact; the Finance Director must approve, conditionally approve, or deny it within thirty days, and the license itself expires twelve months after issuance and must be renewed.

6(B) layers a county public-health requirement specific to mobile food: the cart must be inspected and licensed by the El Paso County Health Department before it operates, separate from anything the city's Finance Department checks. The same use standard requires at least one garbage receptacle be kept near the vendor at all times, with recycling containers encouraged but not mandatory. These vending-specific standards sit inside the accessory and temporary use chapter of the Land Use Code, applying on top of, not instead of, the general Title 5 business licensing process.