Dunwoody, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

The § 27-72 use table, which governs uses allowed in nonresidential and mixed-use zoning districts, lists 'Food truck' under the Eating and Drinking Establishments subcategory with a 'P' entered in all nine district columns: O-I, O-I-T, O-D, OCR, NS, C-1, CR-1, C-2 and M. That means a food truck is permitted by right, without a special land use permit or special exception, on a qualifying site in any office, mixed-use, neighborhood-service or commercial district citywide, subject to the operating standards of § 27-138 covering density per site, spacing from restaurants, hours and setbacks.

The residential use table in § 27-57, covering districts from R-150 through R-50, RA-5, RA-8 and the RM series, contains no 'food truck' entry at all, so the use is not allowed on residentially zoned property. Two special-purpose overlays narrow the citywide picture further. In the Perimeter Center districts, the use table permits food trucks in PC-1, PC-2 and PC-3 but not PC-4. In the Dunwoody Village overlay, the use table permits food trucks in DV-1, DV-2 and DV-4 but withholds the use in DV-3.

In every district where the use is allowed, § 27-138 still requires the truck to sit on a lot with an existing principal building or use, so a food truck cannot be the sole use on an empty commercially zoned lot.