Doña Ana County, NM Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

1, the Land Use Classification Matrix that governs which uses are allowed in each of the county's transect and use zones. Within a permitted location, the vending vehicle must stay at least 20 feet from any roadway, and the vendor needs written approval from the property owner before setting up. The same subsection separately allows a mobile food vendor to operate from legal parking spaces with permission from the property owner or business controlling that lot, as long as adequate parking remains available for all other uses on the site, which effectively lets a truck park in a shopping center or business lot with the landowner's sign-off even outside a dedicated vending pad.

Subsection J(3) layers on site-plan and operating conditions that apply wherever the truck sets up: an approved site plan must be submitted with the vendor's business registration, display signs cannot obstruct traffic sightlines, clear sight triangles, or public views, and the vendor must keep at least one thirty-gallon waste receptacle on-site at all times. 1 varies by zone, a mobile food vendor's exact list of eligible zones depends on that matrix rather than a single blanket district, but the roadway setback and property-owner consent apply everywhere in the unincorporated county.