Chandler, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

1 lists the only four ways a mobile food unit that is not operating as a 'mobile conveyance unit' may set up in Chandler: on dust-free private or public property with the property owner's permission (paved with asphaltic concrete, portland cement concrete, or an equivalent penetration treatment), including non-right-of-way City-owned lots and stalls; in a legal right-of-way parking space; as part of a special event, temporary sales and promotional event, or approved block party under Chapter 32; or on real property specifically designated for mobile food unit operation through a Conditional Use Permit the City Council approves under Chapter 35.

Section 21-7(D) then bars mobile food unit operation entirely in an area zoned for residential use, with three narrow carve-outs: catering activities, mobile conveyances (the fifteen-minute, keep-moving units), and approved block parties. Section 21-7 layers on further unlawful-operation grounds that apply everywhere a unit locates, including selling from the street side of the unit, operating adjacent to a special event boundary, and operating in a way that impedes the public or endangers public health, welfare, or safety as an authorized City representative determines. Section 21-9 adds housekeeping duties tied to any approved location, the operator must arrange its own trash receptacles, keep the area free of debris, and direct any lighting downward and away from public streets and neighboring properties.