Hillsborough County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

02 governs any temporary vendor, including a food truck, that sets up on private property in unincorporated Hillsborough County; no conditional use zoning permit is required. Site requirements confine vendors to parcels zoned commercial or office, excluding O-R, though a nonprofit-sponsored vendor may also operate on land the nonprofit owns in a residential or agricultural district. Multiple vendors may share one parcel at once, but a vendor on a developed lot cannot block driveways, must provide restroom facilities or portable toilets for staff and customers, and must keep merchandise, vehicles and structures set back ten feet from every property line.

; and trash must be cleared every night. A vendor needs a current Hillsborough County occupational license as a retail sales peddler and, unless selling only shelled legumes or fresh produce, a food permit from the Florida Department of Agriculture; both must stay on site during business hours for county review, along with a valid lease from the property owner. Pennant or banner signage is capped at 18 feet in height and one square foot per ten square feet of vehicle, cart or tent footprint, no sign permit is needed for it, and no other freestanding signage is allowed.

Structures require Florida Building Code permits, tents need a Fire Marshal permit, and electrical connections require a licensed contractor. 01 exempts from these Land Development Code requirements entirely.