Horry County, SC Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

1 allows a mobile food unit, other than an ice cream truck, as a conditional use in HC, NC, CC, TRS, RCS, RE-1, RE-2, RE-3, RE-4, EIO, PA1, OPI, PR-1, PR-2, MA-1, MA-2, MA-3, MI, LI, HI, AC, AMI, AM2, and the commercial areas of a PUD or PDD, and only if the site also clears a set of siting rules: a 25-foot front setback (plus the underlying district's side and rear setbacks if the parcel touches a residential area), a principal structure already on site with at least a 30-foot dust-free driveway throat, no unit within 10 feet of another business's public entrance, no more than one unit per parcel (or one per 2 acres on parcels over 30 acres, capped at 15 per parcel), two dedicated parking spaces per unit, no unit within 300 feet of an existing food-service business's entrance (unless that business consents, or a competing restaurant later moves in within two years of the vendor's continuous operation), and no unit within 200 feet of a PreK-12 school entrance without written school approval.

2 carves ice cream trucks out of that zone list entirely: they're a conditional use in every zoning district, provided each stop lasts no more than 30 minutes before the truck moves at least a block, and it may not stop on private property without the owner's consent.