Pharr, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Street/sidewalk/alley selling
- Flatly prohibited, no permit exists
- Peddler permit fee
- $50
- Peddler bond required
- $2,000
- Open-lot vendor setback
- 20 feet from street
- Peddling hours ban
- Sunset to 8:00 a.m.
Summary
Pharr flatly prohibits selling goods or exhibiting merchandise on any public street, sidewalk, alley, or right-of-way: no permit can authorize it. Vendors may sell only on private open or unimproved lots after obtaining a $50 city secretary permit with a 20-foot street setback.
No person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other form of business entity directly or by or through its agents and employees regardless of the nature, itinerant, transient, permanently, locally or otherwise, shall engage in any type of selling activity described in this chapter, on any public street, right-of-way easement, sidewalk, or alley in the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Under Chapter 26, Article II of the Pharr Code of Ordinances, itinerant and transient vendors ("peddlers") must apply to the city secretary at least ten days ahead, post a $2,000 surety bond, and pay a $50 permit fee before selling any product or service in the city. But Sec. 26-29(f)(1) separately bars all selling activity, permitted or not, on public streets, rights-of-way, sidewalks, and alleys. The only carve-out is a city secretary permit to sell on a private open or unimproved lot, which requires a 20-foot setback from any street or alley and, if a vehicle is used, liability insurance. Peddling is also barred between a half-hour before sunset and 8:00 a.m.
Violations & Fines
Selling on a public street, sidewalk, alley, or right-of-way is unlawful regardless of any permit; violators face a fine up to $500 per day under the city's general penalty provision (Sec. 1-6).
Frequently Asked Questions
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