To: The Virginia State House, The Virginia State Senate, and Governor Ralph Northam
Nova Food Truck Permit
We need 1 universal Health Permit that allows food trucks to vend across the NOVA region; one code that fills requirements for both health and fire departments across the zones. This simplifies and eliminates multiple yearly inspections and costs for food truck vendors in the NOVA region (who vend food in several counties on a weekly - sometimes daily basis).
Why is this important?
Food trucks are being asked to get permits/inspections from health departments and now fire marshals in every county/ territory/town in Virginia... This is costly for a tiny food truck vendor - specifically in the NOVA area (even DMV for that matter) who travels multiple zones for their business. For example, a NOVA food truck could go to Loudoun, Fairfax, Alexandria, Vienna, and Arlington all within a weeks time to vend food. For every permit - a great deal of time and money is spent (hundreds of dollars on each permit). The costs and bureaucracy involved are a heavy burden for the tiny food vendor - it set's up the small business to fail.
We ask for 1 permit for the entire NOVA region that allows Food Trucks to vend freely. 1 permit that works for all fire marshalls and health departments across all zones. We need a universal code for the area that allows food trucks to do business across the region - without the worry of fines. (because they don't have this sticker for Arlington and this paper from Loudoun doesn't work in Fairfax etc... ) 1 Permit for the NOVA region eliminates multiple yearly inspections and costs. Please change the law and allow us to do what we do best - make delicious food affordable and easily available for the consumer.
We ask for 1 permit for the entire NOVA region that allows Food Trucks to vend freely. 1 permit that works for all fire marshalls and health departments across all zones. We need a universal code for the area that allows food trucks to do business across the region - without the worry of fines. (because they don't have this sticker for Arlington and this paper from Loudoun doesn't work in Fairfax etc... ) 1 Permit for the NOVA region eliminates multiple yearly inspections and costs. Please change the law and allow us to do what we do best - make delicious food affordable and easily available for the consumer.