Coral Springs, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Default rule
- selling from public ROW is banned
- Exception
- temporary use permit for stationary vendor
- Covers
- vehicles, carts, and on-foot vendors
- Penalty
- vending vehicle impoundment
- Impound fee
- $200.00 plus towing/storage costs
Summary
Coral Springs bans selling food, goods, or merchandise from the public rights-of-way unless the city has granted a temporary use permit for a stationary mobile food vendor. Section 18-4.1(a) makes this a citywide default prohibition covering vehicles, carts, and vendors on foot, with violators facing vehicle impoundment under subsection (b).
(a)No person, natural or corporate, shall conduct any business from within the public rights-of-way within the municipal limits of the city, unless a temporary use permit has been granted by the city for a mobile food vendor at a stationary location. Specifically prohibited under this section is the sale of food of any kind, goods, wares or merchandise from a vehicle whether motorized or not, regardless of the number of wheels affixed thereto, or on foot.(b)Violations: Any vendor found to be in violation of this section shall have its vending vehicle impounded by the City of Coral Springs. Said vehicle shall remain impounded until any and all towing and/or storage fees are paid by the vendor together with a two hundred dollar ($200.00) impounding fee, which fee shall be paid directly to the City of Coral Springs to reimburse the city for the administrative expenses incurred in the impounding process.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 76 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
1(a) prohibits conducting any business from within the public rights-of-way in the city, specifically naming the sale of food, goods, wares, or merchandise from any vehicle, motorized or not, or on foot. The single exception is a temporary use permit the city grants for a mobile food vendor operating at a stationary location; without one, curbside and street-corner food truck sales are unlawful regardless of how many wheels the vending vehicle has. 1 instead targets the public street rights-of-way outside park boundaries. 00 impounding fee, which the city keeps to cover its administrative costs of the impound.
The ordinance dates back to 1981 and was last amended by Ordinance No. 2018-103 in 2018, reflecting the city's long-standing approach of channeling mobile food sales into permitted, stationary locations rather than allowing curbside vending citywide.
Violations & Fines
A vendor caught selling from the public right-of-way without a temporary use permit has its vending vehicle impounded by the city under Section 18-4.1(b). The vehicle stays impounded until the vendor pays all towing and storage fees plus a $200.00 impounding fee, paid directly to the city to reimburse its administrative expenses in the impounding process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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