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NEW Mobile Food Vendor Application — File 208322
Mobile Food Vendor Application
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City of Somerville
Mobile Food Vendor Economic Development Application
Please fill this application and submit it to the City of Somerville’s Economic Development Department.
This application will provide Economic Development Department with a better understanding of your
food truck and locations you would like to vend. Please, make sure to attach the copies stated in the Food
Truck Information Section. Applications are due by June 10.
Applicant Information
1. Applicant’s Name
2. Owner’s Name
3. Business Email
4. Business Phone Number
5. Website
6. How many years have you been operating your Food Truck?
7. How many Food Trucks do you own?
8. Are you a Somerville Resident?
YES
NO
9. Have you obtained a Somerville food truck license before this Pilot?
YES
NO
10. Is your Food Truck currently licensed to operate in Somerville?
YES
NO
11. Do you own a brick-and-mortar Restaurant in Somerville?
YES
NO
● If Yes, where?
12. Do you own a brick-and-mortar Restaurant in Massachusetts?
YES
NO
● If yes, where?
13. Length of Food Truck
14. How many spaces will your truck occupy?
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Food Truck Information
A. Food Truck Name
B. Food Truck License Plate
C. Copy of Menu
D. Copy of Certificate of Insurance showing active dates.
E. Copy of the National Restaurant Association ServeSafe Certification.
F. Copy of Commissary Kitchen Health Permit
G. Please select all that applies to you:
□ Minority-owned business
□ Woman-owned business
□ Veteran-owned business
□ Your business is 2 years old or less
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Locations
Please select the location (s) and shift you desire to vend. After the initial application is reviewed, the
Economic Development Department will suggest which locations will be assigned to each food truck.
Please note that we may do a lottery pick if some locations exceed the number of available spaces.
Please mark with an X. Please see the locations map for more information.
-
Innerbelt Rd New
Washington St at
Zero New
Washington Park
(see map for exact
location)
City Hall 81
Highland Ave
(adjacent to the
City Hall
Concourse)
Wilson Square
680 Somerville
Ave (Adjacent
to Somerville
Car Wash and
Detail Center)
Monday
11am-3pm
Tuesday
11am-3pm
Wednesday
11am-3pm
Thursday
11am-3pm
Friday
11am-3pm
Saturday
11am-3pm
Sunday
11am-3pm
Davis
Square
394 Highland Ave adjacent to
Kenney Park**
77-79 Meacham Rd adjacent to 7 Hills Park**
Monday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
Tuesday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
Wednesday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
Thursday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
Friday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
10pm-2am
Saturday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
10pm-2am
Sunday
11am-3pm
10am-2pm
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Assembly Row
Revolution
Drive adjacent
to Home Depot
(see map for
exact location)
Grand Union
Blvd. Across
Saks OFF 5TH
(see map for
exact
location)
Monday
11am-3pm
Tuesday
11am-3pm
Wednesday
11am-3pm
Thursday
11am-3pm
Friday
11am-3pm
Saturday
11am-3pm
Sunday
11am-3pm
Tufts University Professor's Row from Curtis St to Packard Ave (see map for exact location)
Monday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
Tuesday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
Wednesday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
Thursday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
Friday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
10pm-1am
Saturday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
10pm-1am
Sunday
11am-3pm
6pm-9pm
10pm-1am
Union Square ** Somerville Ave at 508 Somerville (see map for exact location)
Monday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
Tuesday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
Wednesday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
Thursday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
Friday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
8pm-12am
Saturday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
8pm-12am
Sunday
11am-3pm
4pm-8pm
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Mobile Food Vendor Document Checklist
The following is a checklist of documents you will need to apply online (CitizenServe) for the Mobile
Food Vendor License. You will need to submit all of these documents when applying online. The City
of Somerville reserves the right to apply additional criteria before accepting interested food trucks.
□
ISD’s Health Department Certificate
□
Fire Prevention Bureau Permit
□
Massachusetts Hawkers and Peddlers License
□
Menu
□
Insurance
□
Fees
□
Cori Letters (if Ice Cream Trucks)
□
All taxes, fees, or fines owed to the City of Somerville must have been paid
Certification
I certify that the information in this document and any attached documents is true and correct.
Print Applicant’s Name
Applicant’s Signature
Date
Print Food Business Owner’s Application Name
Tax ID#
Food Business Owner’s Signature
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License Conditions
Food Trucks operating in the City of Somerville are required to follow these conditions:
● This license is required to operate anywhere within Somerville city limits, but it does not by
itself give permission to operate in areas not under the City’s control, including private
property and certain streets and areas owned by the state. The City may require evidence that
the Licensee has permission to operate in these areas at any time.
● No materials of any kind may be placed on the public sidewalk. This includes, but is not
limited to, tables, chairs or other seating, A-frame signs, coolers, or promotional materials
unless otherwise permitted to do so by the City Council.
● The Licensee shall not operate at, or within 500 feet of, public events legally permitted by the
City, unless explicitly requested and authorized by the event organizer and approved by the
Inspectional Services Department/Health Division.
● The Licensee shall operate only at the locations and times described and approved in its
application.
● The Licensee shall not use Styrofoam products.
● Parking on the sidewalk is prohibited at all times. The Licensee shall not park adjacent to a
bus stop, taxi stand, or loading zone, or handicap ramp, within 30 feet of an intersection, or
directly in front of a property entryway. Pedestrian walkways of at least 6 feet must be
maintained on the service side of the mobile food vehicle.
● Parking at a metered space shall only be allowed at an operational metered space, complying
with all posted requirements and fees. Parking at a designated short-term metered space shall
not be permitted.
● The Licensee shall not park at a designated short-term metered space, occupy more than 2
metered parking spaces, or operate at a hooded metered space or a parking meter that is
temporarily out of service. The Licensee shall only park at the approved location.
● When any portion of the mobile food vehicle, including any accessories, extends into an
adjacent parking space, then that space shall be considered occupied by the mobile food
vehicle and the licensee must indicate as such in their application and comply with all posted
meter requirements.
● Please contact The City of Somerville Police Department Non-emergency line at (617) 625-
1600 in case another vehicle is parked in the space you were assigned. The Police
Department will dispatch a unit to ticket and tow the vehicle.
● The Licensee shall not reserve a metered parking space by blocking, barricading, hooding,
signing, or in any other manner preventing another vehicle from occupying the space.
● The Licensee shall not park in such a manner so as to create a traffic hazard.
● Sales by licensee shall be made on the curbside only and the vehicle shall be parked within 1
foot of the curb.
● The Licensee shall not sell, lend, lease, or in any manner transfer this license.
● The Licensee shall post this License in a place visible to all customers.
● The Licensee shall set out a trash and recycling receptacle for the use of the public while at a
vending site. Said receptacles, and all papers, containers, garbage or other litter shall be
removed by the Licensee. The Licensee shall regularly remove any litter found on adjacent
streets, sidewalks and alleys, within 100 feet of the vending site.
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● No alcohol of any kind may be sold or distributed.
● Food Trucks are not allowed to park within 50 feet of an entrance of a restaurant.
● At least one approved restroom facility for every 3 food handlers shall be provided within
200 feet of each truck.
● If assigned location occupies a parking space at a parking meter, must follow fee schedule.
If you have any questions contact:
Daniela Carrillo
Telephone: [phone removed] ext. 2546
Email: dcarrillo@somervillema.gov