Food trucks are about to become a more common sight around Huntsville's Courthouse Square.

Downtown Huntsville Inc. is applying for a special event permit from the city that would allow food trucks to serve breakfast on the Square every Saturday morning.

"Our goal is to make the Courthouse Square and the immediate vicinity to best place to grab an artisan breakfast anywhere in North Alabama," said Downtown Huntsville Inc. CEO Chad Emerson.

If the permit is approved, mobile food vendors could park on the Square starting at 6 a.m. Saturdays and serve food until 11 a.m.

Food trucks would also be allowed on Washington Street and Jefferson Street between the Square and Clinton Avenue; and on Clinton Avenue between Jefferson and Washington.

Some rules: food trucks must face the sidewalk; fit in a regular parking space; and serve at least one breakfast dish.

DHI plans to publish a list of participating Saturday morning vendors every Friday.

Emerson hopes to have the first food truck breakfast event on Saturday, July 18. The permit would also allow mobile vendors to serve breakfast downtown on these city-recognized holidays: New Year's Day; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas.

The initial permit would run through the end of October as a trial period.

"We want to see Saturday morning breakfast and food trucks become a new downtown Huntsville tradition," Emerson told AL.com.

The idea grew out of DHI's first-ever "Breakfast Edition" downtown street food gathering on July 3. Despite rainy weather, the event drew a large crowd.

All but one truck sold out of food, said Emerson.