Flagler County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Use category
- Special exception, not by-right
- Competitor buffer
- 500 feet from a similar permanent business
- License required
- County occupational license
- Districts covered
- AC Agriculture and C-2 General Commercial
- Scope
- Unincorporated county only
Summary
Flagler County treats mobile roadside vending as a special exception, not a by-right use. In the unincorporated county's AC Agriculture and C-2 General Commercial districts, a roadside vendor must operate from an approved site at least 500 feet from an existing permanent business selling the same goods or services, provide safe ingress and egress, and hold a county occupational license.
13.Roadside vendor subject to the following provisions:(a)Limited to operation at an approved site, but not within five hundred (500) feet of an existing permanent business offering the same services or products.(b)Must provide safe ingress and egress to the site.(c)Must obtain county occupational license.
Full Breakdown
Flagler County's Land Development Code does not create a general mobile food vending use; instead it regulates roadside vending as a permitted special exception that must be approved district by district. 13 lists roadside vendor as a special exception in the AC Agriculture district, subject to three conditions: the vendor must operate at an approved site, that site cannot sit within 500 feet of an existing permanent business offering the same services or products, the operation must provide safe ingress and egress, and the vendor must obtain a county occupational license.
12, so a roadside food vendor proposing to set up along a commercial corridor in unincorporated Flagler County faces the same 500-foot competitor buffer, access and licensing requirements as one proposing to operate on agricultural land. Because roadside vending is listed as a special exception rather than a permitted principal use, an applicant must first obtain special exception approval, which in Flagler County runs through the planning and development board and, for larger or contested applications, the board of county commissioners, before the county's growth management department will issue the occupational license referenced in the ordinance.
These district-level standards apply only to unincorporated Flagler County; Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Bunnell and Marineland set their own separate rules for mobile vendors and food trucks within their city limits, so a vendor working a route that crosses jurisdictional lines needs separate approval in each one.
Violations & Fines
Operating a roadside vending site without special exception approval, without the required 500-foot buffer from a competing permanent business, or without a county occupational license violates LDC section 1.10.00. The county may pursue the case through the code enforcement board or the courts, with each day of continued operation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I set up a food truck anywhere in unincorporated Flagler County?
What do I need to operate legally?
Does this cover Palm Coast or Flagler Beach?
Sources & Official References
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