Skokie, IL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Ice cream truck fee
- $50.00 per truck
- Limited service truck fee
- $100.00 per truck
- Full service truck fee
- $200.00 per truck
- Application review time
- 30 days
- State standard adopted
- Food Service Sanitation Code, 77 Ill. Admin. Code Part 750
Summary
Skokie, Illinois requires a valid food permit before operating any food delivery vehicle or mobile food unit under Skokie Village Code Sec. 54-321, with license fees tiered by truck type under Sec. 46-73: $50.00 for ice cream trucks, $100.00 for limited-service trucks, and $200.00 for full-service food trucks.
Mobile Food Vender: (1)Ice cream truck, pert truck . .50.00(2)Limited service food truck, per truck . .100.00(3)Full service food truck, per truck . .200.00 ... Food delivery vehicle means every vehicle used to transport food within the Village. ... It shall be unlawful for any person to ... operate a food service establishment, food vending machine or food delivery vehicle within the Village without a valid food permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 205 | Zoning: Supplement 89).
Full Breakdown
The Village's mobile food vendor fee schedule in Sec. 00 per truck. Those fees sit under the Village's broader food service establishment framework in Chapter 54, Article VIII. Section 54-291 defines a food delivery vehicle as every vehicle used to transport food within the Village, and defines food service establishment broadly enough to include a moveable operation where food or beverages are sold, prepared, stored, handled or transported. Section 54-321 then makes it unlawful for any person to operate a food service establishment, food vending machine, or food delivery vehicle within the Village without a valid food permit.
To get that permit, Sec. 54-322 requires an application on forms the Village Manager or designee prescribes, Sec. 54-323 requires evidence of compliance with the State Department of Public Health's food handler certification requirements, and Sec. 54-324 obligates the Village to act on the application within 30 days. Before issuance, Sec. 54-326 requires an inspection of the food service establishment, food vending machine, or food delivery vehicle to confirm compliance with all applicable Village, State, and federal codes; a permit issues once that inspection confirms compliance.
The Village has also adopted the Illinois Administrative Code's Food Service Sanitation Code, Title 77, Chapter 1, Part 750, by reference under Sec. 54-297, so a mobile vendor must also meet those state sanitation standards.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the required food permit under Sec. 54-321 is unlawful. Violations of the food service article carry the same enforcement path as other Chapter 54 provisions: a notice of violation with an opportunity to appear in court under Sec. 54-293, a Village Manager stipulated settlement option under Sec. 54-294 upon a showing of compliance, and the Sec. 54-292 penalty tied to Sec. 1-6, a fine of up to $750.00 for each day the violation continues. Operating a food service establishment in violation of the article is also declared a public nuisance under Sec. 54-295, letting the Village Manager recommend the Corporation Counsel seek injunctive relief.
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