Pembroke Pines, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Where allowed
- Private commercial/industrial lots only
- Sidewalk/ROW sales
- Prohibited citywide
- Max sales area
- 3 spaces or 600 sq ft
- Operating hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Overnight parking
- Not permitted
- Licensing authority
- Preempted to state, F.S. 509.102
- Trucks per parcel
- 1 (under 0.5 ac), 2 (over)
Summary
Pembroke Pines bans selling food, goods, or merchandise from vehicles anywhere in the city except under Section 155.518's mobile food vendor rules, which confine trucks to private commercial or industrial lots with owner authorization. Sidewalk and right-of-way vending is flatly prohibited: displays and wares must never encroach onto a public street, easement, or right-of-way.
(B) Products permitted to be sold. No products other than foods may be sold, offered for sale, or dispensed in any fashion from a mobile food dispensing vehicle unit within the city. Alcoholic beverages may not be sold from a mobile food vendor unit. This section is not intended to sanction the sale of products from vehicles in any fashion. Except as permitted herein, no sales of products, goods, or merchandise from vehicles is permitted within the city. ... (C)(2) No display areas, merchandise, or stored items in association with the vendor or those associated with the principal use on the property, which are displaced due to the vending activity, shall encroach onto any public street/right-of-way or easement, or onto any adjacent private property without express permission from that property owner.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
518(B) makes clear the default rule: no products other than food may be sold from a mobile unit, and no sales of products, goods, or merchandise from vehicles are permitted within the city at all outside this section's exceptions. 518(C)(1),(10)). 518(C)(2)), and the truck must sit back per the underlying land use's principal-structure setbacks (C)(3). The sales area, including a required customer waiting zone, is capped at three parking spaces or 600 square feet, whichever is greater, with one customer parking space required per 100 square feet of vendor area (C)(4).
Trucks cannot stay overnight or when not in active use (C)(5), must comply with the Chapter 96 noise ordinance (C)(6), cannot discharge fat, oil, grease, or wastewater into the sewer system (C)(7), and can display only signage physically affixed to the unit (C)(8). , contingent on restroom facilities being available to patrons (C)(9). Public property use requires prior written city authorization or a special event permit (C)(11). 518(D)(4)). S. 102, preempts local licensing, registration, and fees for mobile food vendors, leaving the city free only to regulate where and how they operate. , curb-side vending with four-way flashers, and a mandatory trash receptacle.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 155 is enforced through the city's Code Enforcement Board under Section 32.050, which covers zoning and technical code violations. A Code Inspector's notice can lead to a Board order and, if uncorrected, fines up to $250 per day for a first violation and $500 per day for a repeat violation under Section 32.058, recordable as a lien against the property. Where no specific penalty applies, the general penalty in Section 10.99 allows a fine up to $500 or 90 days' imprisonment, with each day a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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