Florissant, MO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Restaurant buffer
- 150 feet minimum
- Operating hours
- 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
- Residential districts
- Banned except churches, schools (R-1 to R-6)
- Private property
- Written owner consent required, no overnight parking
- Park exception
- Koch/Bangert Parks off Memorial Day-Labor Day
Summary
Florissant limits where and when a licensed mobile food unit can operate: written consent from any private property owner, a 150-foot buffer from existing restaurants, no residential districts except at churches and schools, and no sales between 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.
Mobile food vendors shall not operate on private property without first obtaining written consent from the property owner. A private property owner shall not allow parking of a mobile food vendor operation until a business license has been granted by the City and that license is in effect. Overnight parking is prohibited; ... Mobile food vendors shall not operate within one hundred fifty (150) feet of an existing restaurant located in the City limits of the City of Florissant; ... Mobile food units shall not operate in residential zoning districts (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, or R-6), with the exception of at churches and schools; ... Mobile food vendors shall not operate between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., except that mobile food vendors operating in public parks shall only be permitted to operate during park hours, as set forth in Section 245.030 of the Code of Ordinances.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4989395; v43 updated 2026-05-26; through 05-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
590's operating rules for licensed mobile food vendors, added by Ordinance No. 9051 in March 2025, control location as much as conduct. A vendor cannot set up on private property without first getting the owner's written consent, and the property owner cannot allow that parking until the vendor's City business license is in effect; overnight parking is banned outright. Vendors must stay at least 150 feet from an existing restaurant within City limits, and the truck cannot operate at all in the R-1 through R-6 residential zoning districts except when parked at a church or school.
030. The rules also block cooking, sales or distribution from happening outside the mobile unit or its vending window, forbid BBQ pits, canopies and indoor seating, require a self-closing trash receptacle serviced by the vendor, and require any lighting to be shielded so it does not shine onto neighboring businesses or homes. Vendors in Koch Park and Bangert Park cannot operate between Memorial Day and Labor Day except during special events.
Violations & Fines
Selling from an unapproved location, inside the 150-foot restaurant buffer, in a residential district without a qualifying church or school, or outside licensed hours breaches Section 605.590. Section 605.595 ties any Article XXII violation to the Code's general enforcement tools and Section 100.080's penalty of up to $1,000.00 in fines or three months in jail, with each day of continued operation a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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