Aurora, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Restaurant separation
- 175 feet while open
- Home separation
- 50 feet from single-family lot line
- Hours
- 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
- Licenses required
- Aurora business + state mobile food license
- City property
- Not allowed unless separately authorized
Summary
Aurora food trucks must stay 175 feet from open restaurants and 50 feet from single-family homes, and follow separate rules for private lots, schools, and public right-of-way.
Mobile Food Trucks are subject to following location restrictions: a. Separation Distance Requirements. Mobile Food Trucks may operate only in locations that are: i. At least minimum of 175 feet distance from any restaurant, while the restaurant is open for business... ii. At least 50 feet from any single-family detached dwelling within the City... d. City-Owned Property. Mobile Food Trucks may not operate on City property regardless of the zone district unless authority to operate is provided for elsewhere in the Aurora City Code or otherwise authorized by the City Manager.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-30, passed June 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Aurora's Unified Development Ordinance regulates where a Mobile Food Truck may operate under UDO § 146-3.3.6.K. Trucks need both an Aurora business license and a State of Colorado mobile retail food service license, displayed at all times, and may run only 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. On private property the operator needs the owner's written permission on hand; near a Pre-K-12 or postsecondary school, written permission from a school representative. Trucks cannot park on City-owned property unless separately authorized, but may operate in the public right-of-way in a legal parking space, serving only from the sidewalk or curb side. This section yields whenever a food vendor is separately authorized under the Aurora City Code.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the required separation distance, business license, or state mobile retail food service license is an enforceable UDO violation; the City can also cite unauthorized vending on City property or right-of-way misuse.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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