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Village adopts mobile food vendor ordinance and sets annual permit fee at $300
Summary
Village of Waukesha adopted an ordinance regulating mobile food vendors (commonly called food trucks) and a companion resolution establishing an annual permit fee of $300 with a prorated half fee for applications filed after Aug. 1; appeal language was added to the draft.
The Village of Waukesha on June 12 adopted an ordinance establishing rules for mobile food vendors and approved a companion resolution setting annual permit fees at $300, with a pro rata fee (half price) for permits issued after Aug. 1 for the remainder of the calendar year.
The ordinance frames mobile food vendors (commonly referred to as food trucks) within the village code and borrows definitions and standards used by peer communities. The draft clarifies that mobile vendors must respect licensing requirements for food service facilities and includes operational provisions such as prohibited locations within a set radius of licensed restaurants (using state food-service language) and a permitting process. The ordinance text was edited to move fee language to a separate resolution; the board then adopted the fee resolution as its companion.
Village trustees also added an appeals procedure (section 22-151) so applicants denied or whose permits are revoked can petition the Village Board. The stated annual permit fee of $300 is between fees observed in other communities; the board accepted staff’s recommendation and the mechanism for prorating after Aug. 1. The ordinance and the fee resolution passed on unanimous votes.
Board members discussed whether the title should explicitly include the phrase “food truck” but kept the broader label “mobile food vendor” to cover trucks, trailers and other mobile food operations.
