Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Michigan (2026)

Michigan's Food Law of 2000 requires statewide licensing for mobile food establishments through MDARD or local health…

Detroit requires food trucks and other mobile food establishments to hold a vendor license from the Buildings, Safety…

Flint requires its own City Clerk license, on top of state vehicle registration, before anyone can sell ice cream or…

Every food truck or cart selling in Lansing must carry a City Clerk license before setting up. Zoning Code §…

Shelby requires every vendor truck to hold a Village Clerk-issued license before operating, with a Council-set fee, a…

Troy requires every mobile food vending unit to carry an annual City Clerk license, non-transferable and renewed each…

Operating a food truck in Clinton Township requires two separate approvals: a food truck license from the Fire Marshall…

Every food truck operating in Dearborn needs a license from the city clerk under Article VIIA, plus fire inspection, $1…

Grand Rapids requires mobile food businesses to hold a City Clerk-issued license before operating on public property…

Mobile food vendors operating anywhere in Oakland County must hold a Michigan Food Law license issued by the Oakland…

Every mobile food truck or trailer operating in Sterling Heights needs a fire department operational permit, plus proof…

Warren has no general food-truck article; the only mobile food vending it licenses by name is the 'ice cream vending…

Food trucks operating in Westland must obtain an annual license from the city clerk, backed by a state food service…

Mobile food vendors in the City of Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) need a mobile food vendor license plus a general…

Food trucks may not simply park and vend anywhere in Dearborn -- the city limits sales to designated city parks under a…

Grand Rapids confines licensed mobile food vending to about 19 designated public locations, plazas, parks, and metered…

Lansing's Zoning Code walls off its downtown core from everyday food truck vending. Section 1250.02.10(c) bars mobile…

Shelby confines licensed vendor trucks to commercial and industrial zoning districts, so a truck cannot legally set up…

Warren confines its ice cream and mobile confectionery vending vehicle rules to residential streets and one-half mile…

Westland food trucks may only operate on private property with the owner's written permission, and need city council…

A Clinton Township food truck also needs a separate location permit from the Building Department before it can vend…

In Detroit, mobile food establishments and special transitory food units can vend only in designated Food Unit Zones…

Flint's peddler ordinance limits sidewalk food sales to the area immediately in front of a licensed premises and…

Livonia treats food trucks as drive-in restaurants under its Zoning Ordinance, confining them to the C-3 District as a…

Sterling Heights limits mobile food vending units to daytime hours, 8 p.m., or 9 p.m. in summer, and bars them from…

Troy food trucks cannot park on a public roadway or highway to sell; they may vend on private property with owner…

Wyoming, Michigan confines mobile food vendors to Commercial and Industrial zoning districts, PUD commercial areas, and…

Farmington Hills bans peddling and soliciting within any public right-of-way, including sidewalks, street corners, and…

Dearborn requires anyone selling food, beverages, goods or merchandise on a public street or sidewalk from a stand or…

Detroit requires stationary and foot sidewalk vendors to keep a 10-foot-wide sidewalk, a 6-foot clear path, and stay…

Sterling Heights requires anyone operating a mobile vending cart, ice cream trucks, hot dog carts, and similar…

Warren's peddler ordinance, covering anyone who travels place to place selling goods including food from a cart or…

The City of Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) flatly bars mobile food vendors from operating within any public street…

Ann Arbor requires a revocable permit from the City Administrator to occupy street or sidewalk space for selling goods…

Flint peddlers who vend goods from a motorized vehicle on city streets and sidewalks must pass a police vehicle…

Grand Rapids caps Downtown Vending Carts at 10 feet tall, 10 feet long, and 5 feet wide, requires an attached litter…

A Lansing food truck cannot block the sidewalk it parks next to. Zoning Code § 1250.02.10(d) bars mobile food vending…

Westland restricts street food and sidewalk vendors to daytime hours, banning sales between 9 p.m. and 9 or 10 a.m…