O'Fallon, MO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- O'Fallon Code §§ 655-020, 655-030
- Permit required
- Annual permit per truck, effective Jan. 1, 2025
- Site consent
- Written property owner consent kept on site
- Traffic rule
- Cannot block roadways, fire lanes, or drive aisles
- Fee
- $50 annual permit fee; waived for licensed restaurants
Summary
O'Fallon requires every mobile food establishment operating anywhere in the City to carry an annual permit under Chapter 655, obtain the property owner's written consent for wherever it parks, and avoid blocking roadways, fire lanes, or parking needed for the site's primary use.
Beginning January 1, 2025, any mobile food establishment operating within the City of O'Fallon must have a valid permit. A separate annual permit shall be required for each individual mobile food establishment to be operated and serve prepared food for consumption within the City. ... Written consent from the property owner where the mobile food establishment is parked shall be kept on site with the mobile food establishment and made available for inspection by the City upon request. ... The operation of a mobile food establishment shall not block any roadways, fire lanes, emergency vehicles, drive aisles or create any impediments to the normal flow of traffic in the vicinity where it is located.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4860992; v58 updated 2026-05-14; through 05-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
020(A). The permit application must include the establishment's name, the owner and operator's name and address, its license plate number, a copy of the St. Charles County Mobile Food Unit License, a retail sales tax license and certificate of no tax due, proof of insurance, and documentation that sales tax for the location where it sells will be collected and remitted; a truck serving alcohol must also provide City, County, and State liquor licenses and a daily caterer's license. 030(A): the operator must keep on site, and produce on request, written consent from the property owner where it is parked, and the site must have sufficient parking for its primary use so the truck creates no off-site overflow parking and blocks no accessible spaces.
Subsection (A)(5) adds that the operation 'shall not block any roadways, fire lanes, emergency vehicles, drive aisles or create any impediments to the normal flow of traffic,' covering not just where the truck sits but where customers line up. 050, though they still need the decal and permit itself. 330(A)(10), governs food truck parks as a distinct conditional-use development, requiring electric hookups, a dump station, a permanent bathroom, and a landscaped dining area.
Violations & Fines
Operating a mobile food establishment in O'Fallon without the Section 655.020 annual permit requires the truck to cease operating immediately, and Section 655.040(B) subjects violations of the Chapter's requirements, including the property owner consent and no-blocking rules in Section 655.030, to the general penalty in Section 100.010; the permit itself can be suspended or revoked under Section 605.060.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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