Revere, MA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Application fee
- $125 per application
- Annual fee
- $500 per truck per year
- Issuing authority
- Revere License Commission
- Required certifications
- Municipal inspections and fire department
- State license also required
- M.G.L. ch. 101 hawker's license
- License term
- Expires end of calendar year
Summary
Every food truck operating in Revere must hold a license from the license commission under Municipal Code Section 5.10.030. Operators pay a $125 application fee plus a $500 annual fee per truck, and the commission will not approve an application without inspection certifications and proof of insurance.
A. Each food truck shall be licensed by the commission. B. In accordance with Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 22F, an application fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars will be assessed for each application. C. For every license approved by the commission, the applicant shall pay an annual fee of five hundred dollars for each food truck for each calendar year. The annual fee shall not be adjusted or prorated. D. Every applicant and every food truck operator as applicable is required: 1. To provide certification that the food truck has passed all necessary inspections required of the department of municipal inspections and fire department. The commission will approve no food truck license application that is not supplemented with the required certifications. ... ... 6. To provide the commission with a certificate of insurance showing adequate public commercial liability, automobile liability, property damage coverage, and worker's compensation coverage in the amounts required by Massachusetts law.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
030(A)). ch. 40, Section 22F, and every approved license carries a separate annual fee of $500 per truck for each calendar year; the code specifies this annual fee "shall not be adjusted or prorated," so a truck licensed mid-year still owes the full amount. Before the commission will approve an application, the operator must supply certification that the truck has passed all inspections required by the department of municipal inspections and the fire department, and must give the department of municipal inspections a copy of its commissary contract or service agreement.
ch. 101, must display the Revere license conspicuously to patrons, and must carry a certificate of insurance covering public commercial liability, automobile liability, property damage, and workers' compensation in amounts Massachusetts law requires. A license is not transferable and expires at the end of the calendar year it was issued, so renewal through the commission is required annually. The commission may revoke, suspend, modify, or deny renewal of a license for noncompliance with the chapter or with rules the commission, municipal inspections, or the fire department promulgates.
Violations & Fines
Operating a food truck in Revere without a valid commission license is treated as a public safety hazard: the truck may be ticketed and impounded by police, municipal inspections, or the fire department under Section 5.10.070. Leaving a food truck unattended and unsecured with food inside, or parked overnight on the street, is likewise deemed a public safety hazard subject to ticketing and impoundment. Any operator who violates the chapter or the commission's rules faces the general penalty provisions of Revere Revised Ordinances Chapters 1.12 and 1.16, and an issued license can be revoked, suspended, or denied renewal for the same noncompliance.
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