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Cedar Park, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Applies to
Semi-stationary MFEs (15+ minutes)
Allowed zones
Commercial, office, industrial, mixed-use
Excluded
Residential districts
Excluded
Dedicated rights-of-way

Summary

A semi-stationary food truck in Cedar Park is treated as an accessory use and may only set up in commercial, office, industrial, mixed-use, or nonresidential planned-development zoning, outside dedicated rights-of-way.

Semi-stationary MFE shall be considered an accessory use, unless operating within an approved mobile food establishment court. MFE shall not be considered an accessory structure. Semi-stationary MFE shall only be permitted: (1) In transitional office, general office, business, public services, hospital... general industrial, heavy industrial, mixed use, open space recreation, as well as nonresidential areas within planned development zoning districts or the downtown district; and (2) Outside of dedicated rights-of-way.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).

Full Breakdown

Section 6.06.005 limits semi-stationary mobile food establishments, trucks or carts that stay put more than 15 minutes, to nonresidential zoning districts: transitional and general office, business, public services, hospital, transitional and general retail, commercial services, light/general/heavy industrial, mixed use, open space recreation, nonresidential planned-development areas, or the downtown district. They are treated as an accessory use (not an accessory structure) unless operating inside an approved mobile food establishment court, and they may not set up within a dedicated right-of-way.

Violations & Fines

Setting up a semi-stationary truck in a residential district or a right-of-way outside the permitted list violates § 6.06.005 and exposes the permit to suspension or revocation under § 6.06.007.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a food truck park in a Cedar Park residential neighborhood?
Not as a semi-stationary vendor. Section 6.06.005 limits semi-stationary MFEs to nonresidential zoning districts like office, retail, and industrial areas.
Is a food truck court an exception to the zoning list?
Yes. Section 6.06.005(a) exempts trucks operating within an approved mobile food establishment court from the accessory-use restriction.

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