Troup County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 7.6(9), "Mobile food vendors," inside the UDO's Commercial uses article sets out a full permitting scheme. Under subsection (a), it's unlawful to sell food from a commissary, mobile retail food establishment, pushcart, or temporary food establishment without a permit issued under this section and a license under Chapter 50 of the county code, except for county-sponsored events; the permit application goes to the Community Development Director and is valid only through December 31 of the calendar year it's issued. The application under (a)(iii) must include the vendor's name, the vending unit's make, model, and license plate, owner and operator contact information, the type of vendor, a copy of the vendor's approved permit from the Troup County Health Department and Troup County Fire Department, a list of operating locations and times, and signed consent from each property owner where the vendor will operate.

Subsection (b) lists the operating rules: except for ice cream trucks, a mobile food vendor cannot conduct business in the public right-of-way, cannot operate on private property without the owner's prior consent, and cannot make sounds or announcements to attract attention while traveling or stationary; the vendor must carry a $1,000,000.00 liability policy naming Troup County as an additional insured, with 30 days' notice before the policy can be canceled. The zoning-district restriction sits at subsection (b)(vii): except for ice cream trucks, mobile food vendors are allowed only in zoning districts that permit commercial uses, which rules out operating in a purely agricultural or residential district.

The license itself must be visibly attached to the vending unit at all times under (b)(v), and any driver of a motorized vending unit needs a valid Georgia driver's license under (b)(vi).