Food Truck Permission Letter

A food truck permission letter is a short signed statement from a property owner (or their authorized manager) giving your truck consent to park and operate on their land. Cities ask for it because most food trucks operate on private lots, and the permitting office wants proof the landowner actually agreed. Several cities publish their own fill-in forms — for example the City of Fort Myers property owner permission letter, the City of Pittsburg, TX food truck letter, and the City of South Fulton, GA, whose administrative-use permit requires notarized written permission from the property owner. If your city publishes a form, use theirs. If it doesn't, the template below covers what permitting offices look for.

Free food truck permission letter template

Copy this, replace the bracketed parts, and have the property owner sign it. Check whether your city wants it notarized before you submit.

Two things trip vendors up. First, some cities want one letter per location — if you rotate between three lots, that's three letters, each naming the specific address. Second, the letter is separate from your food permit: you still need the health department permit itself, and if the property isn't zoned for vending you may also need a zoning or administrative-use permit. Our food truck permit cost guide covers what those layers cost, and the starting a food truck checklist puts the whole sequence in order.

A permission letter's close cousin is the commissary agreement letter — the signed statement from your commissary kitchen that most health departments also require. A fill-in commissary letter template is included in the $6.99 Inspection-Day Prep Pack below.