Mobile Retail Food Establishment Application – Marietta, GA

The Mobile Retail Food Establishment Application is the City of Marietta, Georgia, application for a Mobile Retail Food Establishment License, the license the City requires of businesses operating a mobile food truck. It comes with a checklist of the items the applicant must provide.

The City of Marietta handles the license through its Business License Division. The checklist printed on the form, titled "Mobile Retail Food Establishment Additional Requirements and Checklist," lists ten items:

• the occupation fee, in certified funds (cash, money order or cashier's check);
• a copy of the applicant's driver's license, or both sides of the Permanent Resident Card for a permanent resident;
• approval from the Cobb Environmental Health Department, with a copy of the health inspection report;
• color pictures of the truck (front, back and both sides);
• a copy of liability insurance of $1,000,000.00;
• a Private Employer Affidavit;
• a Citizenship Affidavit;
• LLC or Articles of Incorporation documents;
• a Zoning Application Form, completed and emailed to Zoning;
• an acknowledgment of the selling hours.

The City's applications page also says this license requires the prior written consent of the real property owner. The checklist sets limits on selling hours: no sale or offer for sale between 9:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. in residentially zoned areas, and between 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. in all other zoning classes.

This form is different from the City's Transient Vendor/Temporary Business License, which covers businesses that are temporary in nature, and from the General Business License used by most other businesses.

Businesses that operate a mobile food truck within the city limits of Marietta, Georgia, use this application. The City's applications page says Mobile Retail Food Establishment Licenses are required for businesses operating a mobile food truck.

Conditions tied to the application:

• The applicant must provide a copy of a driver's license. A permanent resident provides a copy of both the front and back of the Permanent Resident Card.
• The truck needs approval from the Cobb Environmental Health Department, shown by a copy of the health inspection report.
• Businesses organized as an LLC or corporation provide their LLC or Articles of Incorporation documents, as the checklist lists them.
• The license requires the prior written consent of the real property owner.

Not covered by this form: temporary businesses, which the City places under the Transient Vendor/Temporary Business License (valid for 45 consecutive days and available twice a year), and businesses selling or manufacturing alcohol, which need an Alcoholic Beverage License. Most other businesses use the General Business License application.

Submit the application when your business is ready to operate a mobile food truck in Marietta, because the City requires this license of businesses operating a mobile food truck. Neither the checklist nor the City's applications page sets a separate deadline for this application.

Gather the supporting items before you submit: the health inspection approval from the Cobb Environmental Health Department, the truck pictures, the insurance copy, the affidavits and the written consent of the property owner. The license fee is due in certified funds upon submission of the application. For zoning questions before you apply, the City lists the Planning & Zoning Department at 770-794-5669.

You can submit the application by mail or in person to the Business License Division, and the Zoning form travels by email.

• In person: Business License Division, 205 Lawrence Street, Marietta, GA. Bring the application, affidavits, forms, identification and payment.
• By mail: City of Marietta, Business License Division, PO Box 609, Marietta, GA 30061-0609.
• Email (Zoning form only): the checklist says the completed Zoning Application Form is to be emailed to Zoning. The checklist prints no address for it; the Planning & Zoning Department is listed at 770-794-5669.

The License fee applies and is due in certified funds upon submission, as the City's page says. The checklist names cash, money order and cashier's check; the amount is printed on the checklist itself. The City's page states that the license requires the prior written consent of the real property owner. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.