Tinley Park, IL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- License class
- Class T, Food Truck Service
- License fee
- $750 (§ 112.33)
- Registration required with
- Health and Consumer Protection Officer
- Staff training
- BASSET certification required
- Noncompliance penalty
- Liquor license pulled
Summary
Tinley Park regulates food trucks through its Class T liquor license for food-truck alcohol service. Every food truck operating in the village must register with the Health and Consumer Protection Officer and follow all operating rules, and the Class T license itself costs $750 to obtain or renew under § 112.33.
Class T License; Food Truck Service. Authorizes an establishment that already holds a liquor license which authorizes the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed premises (hereinafter the “primary liquor license”) to also sell alcoholic liquor for consumption in an outdoor service area via mobile vehicle. ... Food truck vehicles operating in the village must be registered and adhere to all the rules and regulations regarding their operations. Registration with the village’s Health and Consumer Protection Officer is required. Failure to adhere to the rules and regulations will result in their liquor license being pulled.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
20(S) creates the Class T License for Food Truck Service, which lets a business that already holds a primary liquor license also sell alcoholic liquor for consumption in an outdoor service area from a mobile vehicle whose primary function is preparing and serving food and non-alcoholic beverages, including for catering at parties and special events. 30. Hard liquor cannot be sold or distributed neat from a food truck. Paragraph (4) requires that food truck vehicles operating in the village be registered and adhere to all applicable rules, with registration made through the village's Health and Consumer Protection Officer.
Any food truck that wants to take part in a village-sponsored public event must also notify the Marketing Department and may have to go through the separate special-event permit process under Chapter 105. 33, the Class T license costs $750, unchanged by the 2022 fee revision that raised many other liquor-license categories.
Violations & Fines
Failure to adhere to the food-truck rules and registration requirement results in the licensee's Class T liquor license being pulled outright, per § 112.20(S)(4). Selling hard liquor neat from the truck or skipping the required BASSET certifications is also grounds for license action. Beyond the license itself, general Chapter 112 penalties of $25 to $500 per offense apply under § 112.99, with the Local Liquor Control Commissioner empowered to revoke, suspend, or decline to renew the license.
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