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

UDC Sec. 9 opens by stating that temporary uses, which include Mobile Food Establishments under Sec. 2, are only allowed in the zoning districts specified in the code. 1 lists the district-by-district permission for the 'Mobile food establishment' use category, coded CUP (Conditional Use Permit), P (Permitted) or '—' (not permitted) across the county's fifteen zoning districts: AG-1, AR-1, V-C, R-1-L, R-1, R-TF, R-X, R-MF, MHP, O-I, S-S, H-B, M-U, I-1 and I-2. The table marks CUP for AG-1 and AR-1, meaning a truck can only vend there after Planning Commission approval of a conditional use permit under Sec.

2. It marks a dash for V-C, R-1-L, R-1, R-TF, R-X, R-MF and MHP, meaning a mobile food establishment cannot operate as a temporary use in any residential or manufactured-home-park district, including front yards or driveways of homes. It marks P for O-I, S-S, H-B, M-U, I-1 and I-2, meaning the use is permitted outright in office, shopping, highway-business, mixed-use and industrial districts without a conditional use hearing, subject to the licensing and property-owner-permission standards of Sec. B. A vendor planning to set up in a residential subdivision or on agricultural land needs to check this table first, since the zoning district controls the vending location before any of the operational permit paperwork applies.