James City County, VA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

James City County does not fold food truck siting into Sec. 24-49 itself; instead, each zoning district's use list in article III of chapter 24 states district-by-district whether mobile food vending vehicles are allowed. In the General Business District, B-1, Sec. 24-390's use table lists 'Mobile food vending vehicles in accordance with Section 24-49' with a 'P' in the Permitted Uses column, meaning the use is allowed by right in B-1 without a special use permit, so long as the operator still satisfies every operational standard in Sec.

24-49, including the administrative permit, the 100-foot residential and restaurant setback, and the hours-of-operation match with the host business. The same use-list entry recurs in the use tables for several other commercial and mixed-use districts, each carrying its own 'P' designation, which is how the county extends food truck vending into those districts without rewriting Sec. 24-49's operating rules for each one. Because the use is tied to compliance with Sec. 24-49, a district's 'P' designation does not exempt an operator from the underlying permit, health inspection, fire inspection, or property-owner consent requirements; it only establishes that food truck vending is a recognized use in that zoning district rather than one requiring a rezoning or special use permit application to the board of supervisors. A district whose use table omits the food truck line item does not authorize the use at all in that district.