Manatee County
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (County Administrator)
In short
Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (County Administrator) issues 2 permits we publish for Manatee County, last verified 2026-10-09. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoholic Beverage Hours of Sale and Bar/Nightclub Age Rulesonly if it applies to you | Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (County Administrator) | No fee | ongoing conduct rules | 2026-10-09 |
| Ice Cream Truck Inspection Certificate and Operator Permitonly if it applies to you | Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (County Administrator) | Code §§2-19-22(b) and 2-19-23(b) provide that the inspection fee and the operator permit fee are set by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. A fee amount is not published in the Code of Ordinances; contact the Manatee County Sheriff's Office for the vehicle inspection and the County Administrator's office for the operator permit. | vehicle inspection certificate valid 1 year; operator permit valid 3 years from issuance | 2026-10-09 |
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
Alcoholic Beverage Hours of Sale and Bar/Nightclub Age Rules
Chapter 2-3 of the Manatee County Code sets conduct rules and charges no fee. Section 2-3-2 makes it unlawful for an alcoholic beverage establishment in Manatee County to stay open, let the public remain, or allow alcohol to be consumed between 2:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; restaurants, hotels and motels may stay open during those hours but may not sell or allow consumption of alcohol. Section 2-3-4 bars persons under 21 from entering or remaining in a stand-alone bar or nightclub while it is selling or serving alcohol for on-premises consumption, with exceptions for employees, contractors, deliveries, officials and alcohol-free events such as a “teen night”, and requires each stand-alone bar or nightclub to adopt a written age-verification policy and give a copy to the Manatee County Sheriff and to the police chief of the municipality where it is located. Section 2-3-9 makes the Sheriff the enforcing officer and sets a $500 fine for an offence by a stand-alone bar or nightclub. The alcoholic beverage license itself is a state DBPR product.
Ice Cream Truck Inspection Certificate and Operator Permit
Code chapter 2-19, article on ice cream trucks, states that it applies throughout the unincorporated area of Manatee County and covers any motor vehicle from which ice cream, frozen dairy products, flavored ice or other confections are sold at retail. Before vending, the truck must be inspected and certified by the Sheriff's Office (§2-19-22) and carry liability insurance of at least $50,000 per occurrence, and each operator must hold an operator permit from the County Administrator or designee (§2-19-23), which expires three years from issuance and is renewed like a new application. Section 2-19-24 limits vending to 10:00 a.m. until sunset, on roads posted at 30 mph or less, and away from schools during school hours. This record applies only to ice cream trucks.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Manatee County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.mymanatee.org/
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.
- Manatee County Code of Ordinances (Supp. 125), chapters 2-3 (alcoholic beverages), 2-4 (animals), 2-6 art. V (contractors) and 2-19 (ice cream trucks)Manatee County, via Municode Library · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
Other offices serving Manatee County
- Manatee County Development Services Department, Building Division
- Manatee County Development Services Department, Planning and Zoning
- Florida Department of Health in Manatee County, Environmental Public Health
- Manatee County Animal Services / Animal Welfare
- Manatee County Building Division, Contractor Licensing Section
- Manatee County Tax Collector
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