Mobile food vendors in Westerville require a Franklin County Public Health mobile food service license and a Westerville vendor permit under Codified Ordinance 745. Annual vendor fee around 100 dollars. Operation on public property requires additional permission from the Parks and Recreation or Public Service Department.
Westerville CO 745 regulates mobile food vending. Operators must hold: (1) a Franklin County Public Health mobile food service license (roughly 285 dollars annually under Ohio Administrative Code 3717), (2) a Westerville itinerant vendor permit from the Finance Department (about 100 dollars annually), and (3) a valid Ohio vendors license for sales tax collection. Trucks may operate on private property with owner consent in C-1, C-2, and M zones. Operation on public streets or in parks requires a special use permit. Uptown historic district operation generally limited to sanctioned events like Fourth Friday. Minimum 200 feet from established restaurants during business hours is a practical but not codified standard.
Operating without permit: 250 dollars and cease operations. Health code violation: Franklin County Public Health closure order. Uptown without event permit: 500 dollars.
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