Troup County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Section 7.6(9)(a) of the Unified Development Ordinance makes it unlawful to sell or offer food from a commissary, mobile retail food establishment, pushcart or temporary food establishment in unincorporated Troup County without a permit under this section and a business license under Chapter 50, except at county-sponsored events. The Community Development Director develops the application form, and every mobile food vendor permit issued under it expires on December 31 of the calendar year it was granted, so vendors must reapply annually. The application must list the vendor's name, the make, model and license plate of the vending unit, the owner's and operator's contact information, whether the unit is a street vending unit or a sidewalk vending unit, a copy of the vendor's Troup County Health Department and Troup County Fire Department permits, the planned operating locations and times, and signed consent from the property owners at each planned location.

Section 7.6(9)(b) layers on operating rules once the permit issues: a $1,000,000.00 liability insurance policy naming Troup County as an additional insured, a valid Georgia driver's license for anyone driving the unit, restriction to zoning districts that permit commercial uses (ice cream trucks excepted), a ban on sales between 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. outside an approved special event, and a requirement to remove the vending vehicle from the site when not operating. The vendor also signs an indemnity agreement releasing the county from liability, and pays whatever permit fee the county establishes under Section 7.6(9)(d).