Mobile food vendors need a Mount Vernon City Clerk peddler/vendor license plus Westchester County Department of Health mobile food service permit. Annual fees apply.
Mount Vernon Code Chapter 212 (Peddling and Soliciting) and Chapter 169 (Licensing) require a license from the City Clerk for mobile food vending. Applicants submit proof of Westchester County DOH Article 13 mobile food service permit, ServSafe certificate, vehicle registration, liability insurance, and pay annual fee. Background check required. Location restrictions limit vending in business-improvement districts and within set distances from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
Vending without license: summons, fine up to $500 per offense, and seizure of unit in some cases.
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