Citrus County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Section 3130 of the Citrus County Land Development Code, Roadside Produce Stands/Food Vendors, permits "roadside produce stands and food vendors" on non-residential designated properties located along arterial and major collector roadways, or as otherwise authorized under the Florida Right to Farm Act. The stand or vendor must sit at least 30 feet back from the street right-of-way line and no closer than ten feet to any lot line. It has to be a temporary structure, "put up and taken down on a daily basis," and it cannot contain an electric installation, which rules out a permanently wired setup.

Site layout must leave adequate off-street parking and safe ingress and egress, and the operation can't occupy required parking spaces, buffers, or visibility triangles serving neighboring businesses. Signage is capped at one sign per direction of travel, no taller than 30 inches and no larger than 12 square feet. F specifically exempts "a roadside produce stand" from needing a separate site development permit, provided it still meets every requirement of the section; the text does not carry that same explicit exemption for an operation running purely as a food vendor, so operators should confirm with the Land Development Division which classification applies before setting up.

Section 3130 was last amended by Ordinance No. 2018-A01, adopted January 23, 2018. This rule governs only unincorporated Citrus County; a food truck or stand operating inside Crystal River or Inverness needs that city's own permit.