Bulloch County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Zoning Ordinance Section 1433 controls not just whether a vendor may operate but where. Subsection (c) flatly bars sales of merchandise on vacant private lots, so a food truck cannot simply park on an empty parcel and start selling; subsection (d) requires evidence of permission from the property owner, and from every tenant if the site is part of a group development like a shopping center. Subsection (e) sets a 15-foot buffer: the truck, its equipment, and any displays must stay at least 15 feet from the edge of a driveway, a utility box or vault, an ADA-required ramp or parking space, a building entrance, a sidewalk, a fire lane, or a fire hydrant.

Subsection (f) adds that the vendor's footprint cannot interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic and cannot sit inside the public right-of-way or a required landscape buffer area. Subsection (h) requires that all vehicles, equipment, parking, and any customer seating tied to the mobile business sit on an improved surface such as asphalt, concrete, or gravel, not on bare ground. Roadside stands selling agricultural products grown on the same site are exempted from the underlying permit but still have to meet these siting rules. A vendor that ignores these siting limits, parks on an unapproved vacant lot, or blocks a fire lane or ADA ramp is treated the same as an unpermitted vendor for enforcement purposes.