San Angelo, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

A mobile food unit in San Angelo needs two layers of City approval. First, Sec. 7.06.031 of the Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to operate any food establishment, including a mobile one under Sec. 7.06.005(a), without a permit from the health regulatory authority, with the fee set in the appendix A fee schedule referenced in Sec. 7.06.032. Sec. 7.06.005 layers on health-specific rules: the unit must comply with Sec. 228.221 of the Texas Food Establishment Rules, cannot run on a permanent electrical connection, must return to its central preparation facility at least weekly to empty waste and refill potable water and log each servicing, and if it operates from a stationary spot, needs a proper restroom with hot and cold water within 100 feet.

Second, Sec. 419 of the Zoning Ordinance governs where and when the truck can park. It is allowed by right in commercial and manufacturing districts, the Central Business District, Office-Warehouse districts and wherever industrial uses are permitted. In residential areas without an approved conditional or special use, it can run up to six hours in a 24-hour period and, except for snow cone and prepackaged vendors, has to stay at least 100 feet from a residential structure. Outside a commissary, a unit can work one location for three consecutive days, then must vacate for at least three more before returning. City-wide, mobile food units cannot operate in residential areas or parks between 10:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and must stay 200 feet from a school and 100 feet from a competing restaurant's entrance absent written consent. The health authority can suspend a permit without a hearing if it finds an imminent health hazard under Sec. 7.06.033, and can revoke it after a hearing for serious or repeated violations under Sec. 7.06.034.