Laredo, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Sec. 28-103 sets out the three categories of permitted vending on Laredo's public streets, sidewalks and other public places: contract vending inside the Central Business District under Sec. 28-105, street vendor's permit vending outside the Central Business District under Sec. 28-106, and special event vendor's permit vending under Sec. 28-107. Inside the CBD, Sec. 28-105(b) names the only locations where the city will award an exclusive, competitively bid vending contract: the perimeter of Jarvis Plaza Park, the Tatangelo Park walkway, the west-side access to Bridge #2, Villa Antigua, San Agustin Plaza, Iturbide at Convent, Victoria at Convent (city hall), El Portal south access, El Portal parking lot, Bruni Plaza, Farragut at Flores, Lincoln at Convent, Hidalgo at Convent, and Riverfront Park, where four carts are allowed (one cart at every other site).

Each site's contract runs two years and is awarded by competitive bid, and no vendor may hold exclusive rights to more than two parks at once. Outside the CBD, Sec. 28-106 designates a separate, shorter list of areas, including Santa Maria at Zaragoza, St. Peter's Plaza, the health department, the civic center grounds and Father McNaboe Park, where a $100 annual street vendor's permit allows sales, and a motorized-vehicle vendor may stop for sales of no more than ten minutes before moving at least 250 feet to sell again. Street vendors are barred outright from vending inside the CBD from a motorized vehicle under Sec. 28-106(c).