Lee County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 34-3052(c) lists five categories of permitted locations for a mobile food vendor: any conventionally zoned Community Facilities, Commercial, Marine-Oriented, or Industrial district; any Agricultural district if the vendor is tied to an agritourism activity as defined in Section 34-2; a common recreation element of a conventionally zoned Residential, Mobile Home, or Recreational Vehicle district; the non-residential portion of a Community Facilities, Commercial, Industrial, or Mixed-Use Planned Development; or a Residential, Commercial, or Mixed-Use Planned Development's approved recreation area. Section 34-3052(d) then prohibits vending within any street right-of-way or easement, within a required preserve or landscape buffer, in a manner inconsistent with the vehicle visibility rules of Section 34-3131, within 50 feet of a residential lot unless separated by a permitted opaque wall at least six feet high, or on undeveloped property.

Vendors must also clear minimum operating setbacks under Section 34-3052(e): 50 feet from any outdoor dining area or the main entrance of a nonresidential business, 20 feet from a street right-of-way, and ten feet from an internal drive or curb cut, unless the vendor is parked in a designated parking space. 241 and any other applicable state licenses before setting up.