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Gurnee adopts food-truck licensing ordinance with 500-foot buffer and $500 annual fee
Summary
The Gurnee Village Board approved Ordinance 2025-71 on Oct. 20, 2025, creating a licensing framework for food trucks, including a 500-foot buffer from existing brick-and-mortar food and beverage taxpayers, a $500 annual license for regular sites, and a $50 special-event license (limit 12 events). The ordinance takes effect Jan. 1, 2026.
The Gurnee Village Board on Oct. 20 approved Ordinance 2025-71 to regulate and license food trucks in the village, establishing a 500-foot buffer from existing food and beverage taxpayers and a licensing framework intended to ensure tax collection and address resident complaints.
The ordinance requires food-truck operators to obtain a village license to operate at regular sites outside the 500-foot buffer and establishes a $500 annual license for those regular locations. It also creates a $50 special-event license for food trucks that appear on an occasional basis, limited to 12 events per year; special events run by other taxing bodies and multi-day events available to the…
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