Aiken County, SC Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Sec. 20 governs vendors wherever Table 1 conditionally permits the use. Clause (1) requires all vending operations to locate at least 20 feet from the nearest street right-of-way and to provide a minimum of two off-street parking spaces. Clause (2) bars a vending operation from occupying or obstructing access to any required off-street parking stall or area, protecting the parking a neighboring business needs to meet its own zoning requirement. Clause (3) limits each vendor to one sign, regardless of where it is mounted or placed, treats advertising material attached to or painted onto a vehicle as a sign for this purpose, caps sign area at 10 square feet, and still requires compliance with the county's general sign standards in Article VI.

Because the section applies broadly to any conditionally permitted vendor rather than a specific vendor type, a mobile food vendor operating under a Table 1 conditional use is held to the same setback, parking, and signage limits as any other vending operation in the county.