High Point, NC Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- High Point Development Ordinance § 4.5.4 C
- Allowed zones
- Business, special, planned development districts only
- Operating hours
- 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
- Permit term
- Up to 12 months, renewable
- Exempt vendors
- 2 or fewer days per 180 days
Summary
High Point limits non-exempt mobile food vendors to lots in business, special, or planned development districts where food sales is already a permitted principal use, running 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Mobile food vendors that are not exempted are permitted on a lot in a business, special, or planned development district, subject to the following standards:(a)The sale of food must be a permitted principal use in the zoning district where the mobile food vendor is temporarily located.(b)Mobile food vendors shall be located on a lot located outside of street rights-of-way, required landscape areas, vehicular circulation areas, or areas where pedestrian access is needed to ensure safe movement through or across a site.(c)Mobile food vendors shall not obstruct visibility for motorists at any street intersection in accordance with the standards of Title 6, Chapter 1, Streets and Sidewalks, of the City's Code of Ordinances.(d)One A-Frame sign in accordance with Section 5.7.7, Signs Allowed Without a Sign Permit, and any sign that is affixed to the vehicle, trailer, cart, or stand, is allowed.(e)The vendor shall properly dispose all solid waste, grease and liquid waste and the vehicle, trailer, cart, or stand shall be removed from the site each day.(f)The maximum period of operation of mobile food vendors shall be from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM, or until the time the principal use on the lot closes, whichever is greater.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9 | Development Ordinance: Supplement 14).
Full Breakdown
Section 4.5.4 C lets mobile food vendors operate on a lot in a business, special, or planned development district, but only where selling food is already a permitted principal use in that zoning district. Vendors must stay out of street rights-of-way, required landscape areas, and pedestrian or vehicular circulation routes, and must fully clear the site, trash, grease, and the vehicle or cart, every day. Operating hours run 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., or until the host business closes, and a permit is capped at 12 months but can be renewed.
Violations & Fines
Vending outside an allowed district, past the 6 a.m.-to-11 p.m. window, or without a valid temporary use permit is a zoning violation, with civil penalties from $50 up to $500 per day for repeat offenses.
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