Bloomington, IN Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

030(d) provides otherwise. Trucks cannot park in a city-owned parking lot, space or facility without Board of Public Works approval, cannot locate within fifty feet of the façade or outdoor seating perimeter of a ground-level establishment that also sells food or beverages (measured from an hour before that establishment opens to an hour after it closes), cannot locate in an alleyway, and must keep a reasonable distance from bus stops, crosswalks, driveways, alleyways, street intersections and building entrances. A truck may only sit on private property with written permission from both the property owner and the city, and cannot locate within a block of a permitted special event without the event operator's or Board of Public Works' approval.

140(j) is the core zoning limit: a mobile food vendor cannot locate within any zoning district except commercial general, commercial arterial, commercial downtown, industrial general, business park and institutional, meaning most residential and other districts are off-limits entirely. On qualifying private property, a truck cannot displace required parking or landscaping or block drives, fire lanes, sidewalks or accessible routes, must park no more than one foot from the curb, must avoid blocking sightlines near intersections, and must stay at least fifteen feet from any fire hydrant. m.