Ridgefield, CT Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Section 274-3(B) states that all mobile food service operations require a permit issued by the Board of Selectmen, and that no new permit for a mobile food service operation may be issued unless the operation fits one of the article's registration categories, such as the 15-minute-move rule, a Parks and Recreation event, the designated Main Street sidewalk spot, the Route 7 pull-off, or the brewery-and-winery accessory-use exception added in 2018. Section 274-3(C) spells out what an application must contain: proposed hours of operation, the location of the operation relative to the nearest street and driveway intersections, the number and location of garbage disposal facilities, and whether water service and toilet facilities will be provided.

The Selectmen have discretion to limit the permitted hours of operation, and any Town ordinance restricting hours for retail sales or deliveries applies automatically without needing to be written into the permit itself. The Selectmen can also require that the operation not obstruct existing vehicular sight lines at nearby intersections and that adequate running water and toilet facilities be arranged. The applicant must disclose the nature of the operation and all related vehicular and business property to the Ridgefield Tax Assessor for local tax treatment, and the operation must separately comply with all applicable Town health and zoning requirements.

Section 274-4 lets the Board of Selectmen require proof of vehicular, property, casualty or liability insurance as a condition of issuing the permit, in amounts reasonable and customary for the operation's nature and intensity.