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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Nassau County, FL (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Nassau County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Food Truck Permits

Mobile food vendors operating in unincorporated Nassau County must keep on-site proof of the property owner's written authorization, their state mobile food license under F.S. § 509.102, and any required commissary approval. Every unit must be sponsored by a business with a physical location in the county. Nassau County Code § 18½-100 sets these documentation and licensing conditions before a truck can vend legally.

Nassau County mobile food vendor rules

Some Restrictions

Nassau County Code § 18½-100

A mobile food vendor shall, at all times during operations, maintain the following documentation on-site and be able to produce the documentation upon inspection by a county official or designee. Failure to produce the required documentation upon request may subject the property owner and/or the mobile food vendor to penalties defined in this article.1.Written authorization from the owner of th...

Vending Zones

Mobile food vending is confined to developed commercial or industrial sites, developed private property hosting a permitted civic, institutional or recreational use, or county property during a county-sponsored event. Nassau County Code § 18½-100 lists these as the only zones where a mobile food vending vehicle may set up in the unincorporated county.

Where food trucks may vend in Nassau County

Some Restrictions

Nassau County Code § 18½-100

Mobile food vending is permitted in the following locations subject to the siting requirements in subsections (2)b—i of this section:1.On developed commercial or industrial sites, having a commercial or industrial zoning classification throughout the unincorporated areas of the county;2.On developed private property used for legally permitted civic, institutional, or recreational purposes; and3...

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Selling from a mobile food vehicle in the public right-of-way, including sidewalks, is banned outright in unincorporated Nassau County. Section 18½-100 bars a MFVV from operating in county rights-of-way or on county property outside an approved county event, and forbids sending customers to park in the ROW.

Nassau County bars food trucks from sidewalks

Heavy Restrictions

Nassau County Code § 18½-100

In no case shall customers utilize the public ROW for parking. It is the intent of this article to prohibit the use of a MFVV on undeveloped parcels of land or developed sites that lack adequate space and infrastructure to support a MFVV. ... The MFVV may not operate within county rights-of-way or on county property, or on any state roadway or right-of-way or state property other than those app...

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