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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Rockville, MD (2026)

2 verified food trucks & mobile vendors rules for Rockville, Maryland, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Vending Zones

Rockville's zoning code defines food trucks as a 'Mobile Use' and requires, wherever the use is sited, that the unit not be bolted to a foundation and that vendors follow the City's hawkers' and peddlers' rules in Chapter 12.

Rockville Mobile Food Vending Rules

Some Restrictions

Rockville City Code § 25.6.4.21

(b) Use standards. In all zones, the following standards apply: (1) Mobile Uses must not be permanently affixed to a foundation. (2) Mobile Uses providing goods or services are subject to the Hawkers and Peddlers regulations in Chapter 12.

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Rockville's zoning code classifies food trucks and similar movable units as a 'Mobile Use': permitted in every zone but never allowed to be permanently affixed, and still bound by the City's Hawkers and Peddlers license.

Rockville Food Truck Zoning Rules

Some Restrictions

Rockville City Code § 25.6.4.21

Mobile Use means a self-contained mobile unit in which permitted uses are operated, and in which all functional necessities for the operation of the use such as water, sanitary facilities, and power are self-contained. ... Mobile Uses must not be permanently affixed to a foundation. Mobile Uses providing goods or services are subject to the Hawkers and Peddlers regulations in Chapter 12.

Looking for Montgomery County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Rockville city rules.

Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Montgomery County