Salt Lake County, UT Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

040 sets the timing rule: application shall be made prior to the commencement of operation, so a truck cannot begin selling in unincorporated Salt Lake County and complete the paperwork afterward. The required contents then walk through the operation front to back. Subsection A takes the applicant's name and address. Subsection B requires the name and address of the approved commercial supply source and the primary licensed food establishment, if applicable, tying every truck to a traceable source of food and, where one is used, a commissary kitchen.

Subsection C records the vehicle's license plate number, attaching the license to one specific truck rather than a fleet. The application also describes the menu and the methods used to display food, along with the expected food volume, which gives the county a picture of the operation's scale before it licenses it. Subsection G requires a valid copy of all necessary licenses or permits required by state or local health and transportation authorities, meaning the county license sits on top of those separate approvals instead of replacing any of them.

Subsection H layers on insurance: commercial auto and general liability coverage, or a business owners policy, naming Salt Lake County as an additional insured and kept on file at all times. 040.