You will require a permit if you intend to sell food or drinks from a mobile food vehicle on council land or road reserves.
This includes specifically purposed vans, trucks or other fully contained vehicles with wheels, which hold a valid vehicle registration.
How to apply
What happens next?
- Please allow 10 business days for processing of your application.
- If all required documents are not provided, processing may be delayed.
- If approved you will be issued with an invoice to compete payment and a permit will be issued.
You cannot trade on Council land without a valid permit from Council.
Conditions placed on approved permits
- The permit holder must maintain a policy of public liability insurance to the value of at least $20 million, during the entire term of the permit
- Any alterations to the permit must have written authorisation from Council
- Items placed on the footpath must comply with Council’s Community Local Law No.2
- Council reserves the right to alter or cancel the permit should any breech occur Items on the footpath must be placed directly outside the premises to which the permit relates
- There must be a minimum 1.8 metre clearance between the building or property line and anything on the footpath at all times
- Under no circumstances, should any goods, advertising signs, displays, ancillary items, tables and chairs be placed against the shopfront window
- There must be a minimum 0.7 metre clearance from the kerbside at all times
- Advertising signs and displays must be removed from the footpath during extreme weather conditions
- Advertising signs must be no more than 1.0 metre high and 800 millimetres wide Public seating, rubbish bins and other public facilities must remain accessible at all times
- All items must be removed from the footpath at the end of each business day