Coconut Creek, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 16-3 of the Coconut Creek Code sets the map for mobile food vending in this Broward County city. Its prohibition covers temporary mobile vending, sales from a state-licensed mobile food dispensing vehicle, and temporary stationary accessory outdoor uses. All are barred except in the B-2, B-3, B-4 districts and the commercial land use modules of PUD or PCD districts, or under subsection (a).

Subsection (a)(1) adds ongoing construction sites. Vending and state-licensed food trucks are permitted on them in any zoning category, with the property owner's written permission filed with the application. Chapter 16 defines an ongoing construction site as a place where materials are being placed permanently or substantial demolition or excavation is under way, and a valid city building permit has been issued. The second exception is any site specifically named in a special event permit.

On private property the operation must be self-contained. Vendors cannot store equipment unless it sits inside a totally and permanently enclosed vehicle, and outside the vehicle no tables, displays, tents, canopies or umbrellas can be used to show merchandise or conduct business.

Time and place limits follow. Under subsection (f), hours of operation for vendors and mobile food dispensing vehicles are 8:00 a.m. to sunset, Monday through Sunday, unless a special event permit says otherwise. A truck cannot stay in one location, meaning one zoning lot or construction zone, for more than two hours unless the city approves otherwise. No mobile vendor can operate in any required parking, loading, or unloading space unless a special event permit or other city approval designates it. Signs are capped at a cumulative 480 square inches.

Temporary stationary accessory outdoor uses on private property get their own limits: no more than two days per week, hours between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. including setup and removal, and vehicles parked in a rear or side yard out of view from the public right-of-way. Sec. 16-4 separately bans vending from public and private rights-of-way citywide.