Gloucester County, NJ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Section 2(cc) of the Gloucester County Parks Rules & Regulations starts from a flat prohibition: no one may solicit, sell or attempt to sell food or drink items in any Park Area. The subsection then lists narrow paths around that ban. First, vendors operating under contract by authorized food vendors can sell in the parks, meaning a mobile food unit needs a county vending contract, not a walk-up permit, before setting up in a county park. Second, registered participants in county-sponsored events can sell food tied to that specific event.

Third, Section 2(cc) cross-references Section 3(j), under which the Gloucester County Administrator or a designee can grant exceptions, waivers or modifications to the Rules and Regulations as deemed appropriate. The Parks Rules and Regulations do not spell out an application form, fee schedule or contract term inside this section, so a vendor pursuing a spot in a Gloucester County park works through the Department of Parks & Recreation office to negotiate a vending contract rather than obtaining a standalone food-truck permit. Selling without that contract is enforced the same way as other Section 2 violations: Parks & Recreation staff can direct an unauthorized vendor to leave under Section 3(f), and a conviction for violating the Rules and Regulations can bring a fine or imprisonment, or both, for each offense under Section 3(g), with the county bringing the prosecution in its own name.