Gillette runs on energy, and its crews and the CAM-PLEX event calendar keep food trucks busy. The city rewrote its vendor rules in June 2025. This guide was rewritten in October 2026 from the current city code.
Plan review, handled. Before the Wyoming Department of Agriculture licenses a truck, it wants a plan review: the layout, the equipment list, and the water and wastewater plumbing. We provide the build documentation, plumbing schematics and equipment specs your health department asks for, and we build to pass the inspection the first time. Most of our Wyoming trucks are built at our Denver shop, Mile High Food Trucks; see their Gillette food truck builder page and the Wyoming permits guide. Call or text 719-722-2537.
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The health license
The state food license under W.S. 35-7-124 is $200 new and $100 a year to renew, runs one year from the date it is issued, and comes from either the Wyoming Department of Agriculture or a local health department. You need one license, not two.
Campbell County does not run its own food program, so trucks based in Gillette get the license directly from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture’s Consumer Health Services.
The Gillette city permit
Under chapter 10 of the city code, as revised by Ordinance 4062 in June 2025, each truck needs a Mobile Food Vendor License from the City Clerk: $75 per unit for the calendar year. The application needs proof you have applied for the health license, a state sales tax permit, and written consent from any private property owner. A health officer, the fire department or the police may inspect the truck as the clerk requires. The $50 itinerant vendor license is a different license and does not cover a food truck.
Where you can and cannot park
Trucks stay 100 feet from a restaurant’s main entrance unless the owner consents in writing, 15 feet from hydrants, 10 feet from crosswalks, loading zones and transit stops, and 5 feet from accessible parking and ramps. No alleys, no diagonal parking or multiple spaces, and no selling to people in cars. Streets and other public right of way are off limits unless closed under a parade or special event permit ($25), residential lots are off limits except under those permits, and city parks and the Energy Capital Sports Complex need written permission from the City Administrator. Clean up within 25 feet.
Fire inspection
The Gillette Fire Department may inspect as part of the license. Inspectors look for a Type I hood with a UL 300 suppression system serviced every six months, Class K and ABC extinguishers, propane cylinders secured outside the cab with leak tested lines, and a propane alarm.
Sales tax
Campbell County’s combined rate is about 5 percent; confirm it on the Department of Revenue’s current chart.
Where trucks sell in Gillette
CAM-PLEX events, which run their own vendor process outside the city code with a service provider agreement and insurance naming CAM-PLEX, plus energy company lunches, special events and private property locations.
In order
Get the state food license from the Department of Agriculture. Get a state sales tax permit. Apply for the $75 Mobile Food Vendor License with property owner consent. Pass any inspection the clerk requires.
Common Reasons Food Trucks Fail Gillette Inspections
- Operating without the new city vendor permit. The 2025 ordinance changed the rules. City code enforcement does check, especially during summer events.
- Plan review submitted without commissary letter. CHS won’t accept it.
- Wastewater tank undersized. 15 percent rule.
- Suppression tag past six months. Common fail point on used trucks bought from out of state.
- Cold weather propane install inadequate. Single small cylinder won’t vaporize fast enough on a 0°F morning. Inspectors don’t fail on this directly, but you’ll fail in operation when you can’t keep the equipment fired during a busy contractor lunch.
- K-Class extinguisher missing or in the wrong location.
- No food handler documentation visible. Have cards on the truck.
- Generator carbon monoxide migration into the customer queue area. Fire marshal may flag.
- Cold holding equipment can’t make 41°F under load. Especially on hot summer afternoons after a long day at a mine site.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a food truck license in Gillette?
$75 per truck for the calendar year from the City Clerk, on top of the state food license ($200 new, $100 to renew).
Can food trucks park on the street in Gillette?
No, unless the street is closed under a parade or special event permit. Trucks work private property with written consent.
How do I sell at CAM-PLEX?
CAM-PLEX runs its own vendor process with a service provider agreement and insurance naming CAM-PLEX; the city license rules do not apply to its events.
Related guides
Wyoming food truck permits · Cheyenne · Casper · Laramie · Rock Springs · Sheridan · Jackson
Building a truck for Gillette
We build every truck to pass the plan review, the health inspection and the fire inspection on the first visit: a Type I hood with suppression installed by a licensed company, a three compartment sink and a hand sink with hot water, tanks sized for a full day, and propane in secured cylinders with a leak detector. Wyoming winters are hard on trucks, so we heat and insulate water lines and tanks on every Wyoming build. Custom food trucks start at $55,000 and trailers at $40,000. Call or text 719-722-2537 with your menu.
Jacob Varghese
Zion Foodtrucks
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Zion Foodtrucks builds custom food trucks, trailers, and concession trailers from our shop in Monument, Colorado and delivers them ready to pass inspection across the Mountain West. Owner Jacob Varghese and our team work with first-time owners every day, sourcing the vehicle and handling the full build so you do not have to. Questions about permits or your build? Call or text Jacob at 719-722-2537 or see our custom build services.
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Already Have a Truck? We Do the Compliance Work Too
Passing an inspection is one thing, staying current is another. We handle the recurring items out of our Colorado shop:
- LP gas pressure testing, $350. Required annually, and again after any modification.
- Fire suppression inspection and service, $300. The code interval is every 6 months, not annual, which catches a lot of operators out.
- Hood and exhaust cleaning, with the written report and logbook entry inspectors ask to see.
Booked together they are one visit and one day off the road instead of three. Call or text 719-722-2537.
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We design and build custom food trucks and trailers compliant with the regulations on this page. From a single phone call to keys-in-hand in 6 to 8 weeks for most builds.
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