Austin, Texas · mobile food vendors
Austin Fire Mobile Food Vendor Permit
AFD’s documented MFV permit/inspection administration and annual-permit process for the earliest fully supported current fee/detail set; this is not a claim of permit inception.
Scope and meaning
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Jurisdiction
- City of Austinapplies in
Responsible agency
- Austin Fire Departmentinspector
- Austin Fire Departmentissuer
- Austin Fire Departmentprocessor
Activity relationship
- Use an appliance producing grease-laden vaporstriggers
Operational facts
What the governed record says
- Publication
- Published · BPG reviewed
- Version / effective period
- 1 · 2025-10-01 · current
- Recorded fee
- $222.00 · AFD Fire Inspection fee component of the Austin Fire permit process; not an unconditional permit fee. The independent 4G fee/FACT evidence remains preserved.
Official description
AFD processes MFV applications, collects fees, schedules/performs inspections, and issues an annual permit after successful inspection.
Official process
Open official application/process pageEvidence ledger
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Source record
Mobile Food Vending Fire Inspections | Austin Fire
- Live official source
- Open live official source: Mobile Food Vending Fire Inspections | Austin Fire
- Archived snapshot
- 00e034c6-7260-4bd6-b404-76d97b77100e
- Captured
- 2026-08-09
- SHA-256 content hash
- e2de75d031d96b792da58f36f955b87b5b0e7fa8b5cc00edc67aba585e0b1ce1
Evidence claims linked to this snapshot
Application Process
Source anchor: Application Process / How to Apply
Submit the online MFV permit application to begin the process of applying for an Austin Fire Mobile Food Vendor permit.
Fee
Source anchor: Fire Inspection Fees
The MFV Fire Inspection fee is $222.
Processing Time
Source anchor: Application Process
Allow up to three business days for the application to be processed.
Renewal
Source anchor: Fire Inspection Fees
The MFV Fire Inspection fee is $222. An annual permit will be issued once the MFV unit successfully passes inspection.
Requirement Identity
Source anchor: Mobile Food Vending Fire Inspections / opening statement
Austin Fire is responsible for processing applications, collecting fees, scheduling and performing fire inspections for mobile food vendors (MFV) operating in Austin that have propane or any appliance (including electric) that produces grease-laden vapors.
Source record
Environmental Health Services Retail Program Changes | Austin Public Health
- Live official source
- Open live official source: Environmental Health Services Retail Program Changes | Austin Public Health
- Archived snapshot
- 071912ab-a6e1-49e4-a92e-fb1a43d20a46
- Captured
- 2026-08-09
- SHA-256 content hash
- 4b884a98cb5ec617110c3c58df0b66c57ffbc2500155e7a03d2690e222953a48
Evidence claims linked to this snapshot
Effective Date
Source anchor: Permit Fee Changes / Fire Fees
All new fees will take effect on October 1, 2025.
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