Aurora, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Under the Aurora Unified Development Ordinance, a Mobile Food Truck operator must obtain an Aurora business license and a State of Colorado mobile retail food service license, both displayed at all times, and may operate only between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Location rules require 175 feet separation from an open restaurant (waivable with written permission) and 50 feet from any single-family detached home unless the truck is an accessory to a permanent business with written permission. Trucks may operate on private property or at schools only with prior written permission from the owner or a school representative, kept on hand for inspection, and parked on a paved surface clear of fire lanes and sight triangles. Trucks cannot operate on City-owned property, but may operate in the public right-of-way in a legal parking space, serving only from the sidewalk or curbside.