Montgomery County
Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division
In short
Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division issues 5 permits we publish for Montgomery County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCHD Food Service Establishment Permit | Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division | $85–$265 a year, by seating capacity — 0 to 25 seats $85 (code 668), 26 to 75 seats $175 (code 670), more than 75 seats $265 (code 672); MCHD Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| MCHD Public Swimming Pool / Spa Permitonly if it applies to you | Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division | $85 a year, per pool (code 642); MCHD Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| MCHD Mobile Food Unit Permit | Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division | MCHD's own Mobile Food Guidelines require every mobile food unit and its commissary to be separately permitted and require the unit to be self-contained (potable-water/wastewater tanks) unless it handles only prepackaged food, but the guidelines publish no distinct annual 'Mobile Food Unit' permit fee line of their own; the only dollar figure the guidelines state is a $115 plan-review fee charged when a mobile unit changes commissaries | not stated as a distinct annual cycle in MCHD's own materials; the unit and its commissary are each separately permitted | 2026-09-28 |
| MCHD Retail Food Service Permitonly if it applies to you | Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division | $85–$175 a year, by store size — under 2,500 square feet $85 (code 674), 2,500 square feet or more $175 (code 676); MCHD Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| MCHD Day Care Health Permitonly if it applies to you | Montgomery County Health Department / Montgomery County Board of Health, Environmental Health Division | $85–$175 a year, by enrollment — 40 children or fewer $85 (code 646), more than 40 children $175 (code 647); MCHD Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule | annual | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
MCHD Food Service Establishment Permit
Every restaurant and coffee shop preparing and serving food to the public in Montgomery County needs this annual permit from the Montgomery County Health Department (MCHD), Environmental Health Division, before operation. The fee tiers by seating capacity under MCHD's own Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule: $85 for 0 to 25 seats, $175 for 26 to 75 seats, and $265 for more than 75 seats. That fee schedule is printed 'Effective Date July 1, 2004,' and it is the schedule MCHD currently publishes on its own website. A late-renewal penalty of $40 and a $30 returned-check fee apply under the same schedule. This permit is separate from, and in addition to, the county general privilege license recorded as a separate requirement.
MCHD Public Swimming Pool / Spa Permit
A fitness studio, gym or health club operating a swimming pool, spa or hot tub in Montgomery County needs this annual permit from MCHD, priced at $85 a year under MCHD's own Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule (the same schedule, printed 'Effective Date July 1, 2004', that MCHD currently publishes). The Montgomery County Board of Health holds real, independent local rule-making authority for this program — its 2018 pool and spa rules, adopted February 15, 2018, expressly cite Ala. Code §§22-3-2(4) and 22-3-2(10) as the source of that authority, and adopt Chapters 3 through 6 of the 2015 ICC pool/spa code by reference — even though the dollar fee itself lives in the older, confirmed-unchanged 2004 fee document; both facts are true at once. The rule document names only 'the City of Montgomery Building Department, or other municipality' as the pool-construction plan reviewer; for a pool built in the unincorporated area, confirm the plan-review office with the Montgomery County Engineering Department. A studio without a pool, spa or hot tub has no obligation under this program.
MCHD Mobile Food Unit Permit
A food truck, cart or trailer operating in Montgomery County needs its own MCHD permit, and its commissary (the fixed base facility it services from) needs a separate permit as well, under MCHD's own Mobile Food Guidelines, revised February 23, 2017. The guidelines require the unit to be self-contained with potable-water and wastewater tanks unless it handles only prepackaged food, and set out detailed construction and operational requirements, but they publish no distinct annual dollar fee for the mobile-unit permit itself — the only dollar figure anywhere in the guidelines is a $115 plan-review fee charged when a unit changes commissaries. A one-off event instead uses MCHD's temporary food permitting process rather than this ongoing mobile-unit permit.
MCHD Retail Food Service Permit
A retail store in Montgomery County that prepares or handles food for sale on-site — for example a grocery deli counter or a market selling prepared foods — needs this annual Retail Food Service permit from MCHD, priced by store size under MCHD's own Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule: $85 for under 2,500 square feet and $175 for 2,500 square feet or more. As with the food establishment permit, this fee schedule is printed 'Effective Date July 1, 2004' and is the schedule MCHD currently publishes on its own website. A retail store that only resells sealed, already-packaged food made elsewhere does not need this particular permit.
MCHD Day Care Health Permit
A Montgomery County childcare center that prepares or serves food on-site needs this MCHD day care health permit, in addition to its state Department of Human Resources childcare license, recorded at the state layer. MCHD's own Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule prices this by enrollment: $85 a year for 40 children or fewer, and $175 a year for more than 40 children. This is the same MCHD fee schedule, printed 'Effective Date July 1, 2004', that MCHD currently publishes on its own website. A childcare center that neither prepares nor serves any food on-site would not trigger this particular MCHD permit, though it would still need its state DHR license.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Montgomery County
- Phone
- 334-293-6400 (main); 334-293-6452 (Environmental Health Division)
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Food Establishment Sanitation program pageAlabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- MCHD Environmental Health Division Fee Schedule (printed effective date July 1, 2004; confirmed unchanged via Wayback Machine CDX snapshots, Aug 2024-Nov 2025)Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Mobile Food Guidelines (revised 2/23/17) — construction/operational requirements and the $115 commissary-change plan-review feeAlabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Rules Governing the Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Public Swimming Pools and Spas, Montgomery County, Alabama (adopted by the Montgomery County Board of Health, Feb 15, 2018, under Ala. Code §§22-3-2(4) and 22-3-2(10))Montgomery County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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