Cicero, IL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Cicero's food truck program is capped and location-restricted under Town Code Chapter 26, Article II. Section 26-147(b) defines a food truck as any motorized vehicle, per the Illinois Vehicle Code, where food is prepared and cooked for public consumption, a definition that distinguishes it from a catering truck (which serves food prepared elsewhere and is licensed separately, also capped at 12 trucks) and from ice cream trucks (licensed under Section 26-148 and capped at seven). 00 annual fee payable to the business license officer. Operators may not park on any public street; Section 26-147(b)(4) confines lawful parking to private property, and only with the property owner's authorization, unless the town has approved a block party or other special event that permits street vending.

A second locational limit bars any food truck from setting up within 500 feet of a restaurant that serves similar food, unless that restaurant's owner consents to the closer distance. Every truck must display its current Illinois Department of Public Health license or sticker while operating, tying local licensing to the state's food-safety inspection regime. No food truck in Cicero may hold a liquor license, and no alcohol may be dispensed from one under any circumstance. Applicants seek their license through the town's business license officer, subject to the same fitness-of-premises and application procedures that govern other Chapter 26 licenses.