Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Tazewell County, IL (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Tazewell County, Illinois.
Verified from official government sources
Vending Zones
Tazewell County confines commercial vending on its own property, including mobile food carts and stands, to the County Courthouse and Courthouse Square, and only with the County Administrator's advance consent. Section 130.11(A)(1) bars anyone from exposing goods for sale or setting up a stand, cart, or vehicle there without that permission.
Tazewell County confines vending to courthouse square
Significant RestrictionsTazewell County Code of Ordinances § 130.11(A)(1)
(1) No person in the Courthouse and the Courthouse Square shall expose or offer for sale any article or thing, nor shall a person station or place any stand, cart, or vehicle for the transportation, sale, or display of any such article or thing except with the consent of the County Administrator.
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Tazewell County lets sidewalk food and beverage vendors already licensed by the City of Pekin operate on the sidewalk next to the Courthouse Square, but bars glass or styrofoam containers there and requires each vendor to sign a county consent form before setting up, per §130.11(A)(2).
Tazewell County sidewalk food vendor rules
Significant RestrictionsTazewell County Code of Ordinances § 130.11(A)(2)
(2) Any vendor who has obtained a license to convey food or beverage in the City of Pekin on a sidewalk adjacent to the Courthouse Square will not sell either food or beverages in glass or styrofoam containers. Additionally, any such person shall execute a consent for sidewalk or street vendors application on forms supplied by the County Administrator.
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