Schaumburg, IL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Village Code § 110.21
- Mobile food vending fee
- $115.00
- Mobile food preparation fee
- $190.00
- Inspections required
- Health and safety, before licensing
- Licensing authority
- Director of finance
- Max general penalty
- $50,000.00 per day
Summary
Schaumburg requires a food delivery license before any vehicle sells or serves food to the public under section 110.21. Mobile food vending vehicles selling pre-wrapped food or beverages pay $115.00 a year, while mobile food preparation vehicles that cook on board pay $190.00.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, use or maintain a vehicle, motorized or not, for food delivery purposes unless the vehicle has secured a food delivery license and complied with all health and safety inspections. Food delivery licenses may be issued to the following: (a)Mobile food vending vehicle on which is sold or served previously prepared food that is enclosed or wrapped for sale in individual portions, coffee, other beverages, whole and uncooked fruits and vegetables to the public;(b)Mobile food preparation vehicle on which food is prepared and sold or served to the public. All licenses shall be subject to the same rules and regulations of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
21 makes it unlawful to operate, use, or maintain any vehicle, motorized or not, for food delivery purposes unless it has secured a food delivery license and passed all required health and safety inspections. The section splits licensing into two categories: a mobile food vending vehicle, which sells or serves previously prepared food enclosed or wrapped in individual portions, plus coffee, other beverages, and whole uncooked fruits and vegetables to the public; and a mobile food preparation vehicle, on which food is actually prepared and then sold or served to the public.
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Violations & Fines
Operating a food truck without a valid food delivery license and completed health and safety inspections violates section 110.21 and, more broadly, section 110.02's requirement that any business or activity in the village first obtain a license. There is no dedicated penalty clause in chapter 110, so violations default to the Code's general penalty in section 10.99: a fine of $100.00 to $50,000.00, with each day of unlicensed operation counted as a separate offense.
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