Eagan, MN Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed districts
- PF, PD, LB, NB, GB, CSC, I-1, BP, RD, CG
- Permit authority
- City Clerk
- Max run per permit
- 90 days
- Permits per year
- 4 per property
- Governing section
- Eagan City Code § 11.70, Subd. 22
Summary
In the City of Eagan, outdoor food sales, meaning prepared food or drink sold from a temporary stand or a mobile food unit, are permitted only in the Public Facility, Planned Development, Limited Business, Neighborhood Business, General Business, Community Shopping Center, Limited Industrial, Business Park, Research and Development, and Cedar Grove zoning districts under City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 22.A.3, and only after the city clerk issues a permit.
A.Restrictions. All outdoor storage, temporary outdoor events and seasonal outdoor events shall comply with this subdivision. ... 3.No cultural/entertainment event or outdoor food sales shall be permitted except in the public facility (PF), planned development (PD), limited business (LB), neighborhood business (NB), general business (GB), community shopping center (CSC), limited industrial (I-1), business park (BP), research and development (RD), and Cedar Grove (CG) districts. In no event shall a cultural/entertainment event or outdoor food sales be permitted except upon the city clerk granting of a permit as set forth herein. ... (k)Outdoor food sales on a property shall be restricted in duration and occurrence as follows: (1) up to 90 days per each issued permit; and (2) no more than four permits per calendar year.
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 22 defines outdoor food sales, per Sec. 11.30, as the sale or service of prepared food or beverage from a temporary structure or stand or a mobile food unit as defined by Minnesota state law. Subdivision 22.A.3 confines outdoor food sales, grouped with cultural and entertainment events, to ten zoning districts: Public Facility (PF), Planned Development (PD), Limited Business (LB), Neighborhood Business (NB), General Business (GB), Community Shopping Center (CSC), Limited Industrial (I-1), Business Park (BP), Research and Development (RD) and Cedar Grove (CG); a food truck or stand cannot operate as outdoor food sales in a residential, agricultural or general industrial district.
The subdivision further requires a permit from the city clerk before any outdoor food sale can begin, so a vendor cannot simply show up in a qualifying district without city sign-off. Once permitted, Subd. 22.C.5(k) caps the run at up to 90 days per issued permit and no more than four permits per calendar year for the same property. The related standards for temporary and seasonal outdoor events in the same subdivision, reviewed by the city clerk alongside the chief of police and director of public works for site and traffic plans, apply to the surrounding event when food sales are paired with a larger outdoor gathering.
Violations & Fines
Operating outdoor food sales outside the ten districts listed in Sec. 11.70, Subd. 22.A.3, or without the city clerk's permit, or beyond the 90-day-per-permit or four-permit-per-year cap in Subd. 22.C.5(k), violates the City Code. Sec. 1.03 makes any City Code violation punishable as a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor, and the city clerk's office and Community Development can deny or revoke a permit for noncompliance.
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