South Fulton, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Right-of-way vending
- Prohibited outright
- Buffer from right-of-way/driveway
- 25 feet
- Permit required
- Administrative Permit, city-wide, 1 year
- Governing section
- Zoning Ordinance § 304.03(d),(l)
Summary
South Fulton food trucks cannot conduct business in the public right-of-way. Section 304.03(d) bars sidewalk and street operation outright, and subsection (l) keeps vendors at least 25 feet from any right-of-way, entryway, curb-cut or driveway even on private property.
(d) Food trucks shall not conduct business or operate under this section in the public right-of-way. ... (l) Food truck vendors shall not be located within 25 feet of any right-of-way, entryway, curb-cut or driveway.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
03(d) of the South Fulton Zoning Ordinance states plainly that food trucks shall not conduct business or operate under this section in the public right-of-way, so a truck cannot legally set up on a sidewalk, street shoulder, or other public right-of-way and sell to passersby. That prohibition is reinforced by subsection (l), which sets a 25-foot buffer: food truck vendors shall not be located within 25 feet of any right-of-way, entryway, curb-cut or driveway, even when they are parked on private property with the owner's permission.
m. Trucks also cannot operate without the property owner's notarized written permission, and that permission has to match the current Fulton County GIS tax record for the parcel or a recent deed if ownership changed. 03 entirely under subsection (t). Together these rules mean sidewalk and street vending, the classic food-cart model, is not legal in South Fulton; every truck has to operate from a permitted, off-right-of-way private site.
Violations & Fines
Operating in the public right-of-way, or within 25 feet of a right-of-way, entryway, curb-cut or driveway, violates Section 304.03(d) and (l) and can result in permit revocation as well as prosecution under City Code § 5-1005 for the underlying zoning violation, with written notice, a correction deadline, and misdemeanor charges in Municipal Court for continued operation, each day counted separately.
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