Longmont, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Where allowed
- Nonresidential zoning districts only
- Restaurant buffer
- 250 feet, direct line
- Buffer waiver
- Written OK from restaurant owners
- Exception
- Ice cream vendors allowed in residential
Summary
Longmont limits mobile food trucks and pushcarts to nonresidential zoning districts and requires them to sit at least 250 feet from any restaurant unless nearby restaurant owners give written permission; ice cream vendors are exempt.
Mobile retail food establishments and pushcarts are permitted in all nonresidential zoning districts subject to the following separation requirements: i. They shall be located at least 250 feet from any restaurant, measured in a direct line from the mobile retail food establishment or pushcart to the nearest edge of the building of a restaurant, unless written permission is obtained from all restaurant owners within 250 feet of the proposed... location. ii. Exception: Ice cream vendors are permitted in residential zoning districts.
Full Breakdown
Under Longmont Municipal Code § 15.04.050.D.4.a, mobile retail food establishments and pushcarts may operate in all nonresidential zoning districts but must be located at least 250 feet from any restaurant, measured in a direct line to the nearest edge of the restaurant building, unless the vendor gets written permission from every restaurant owner within that 250-foot radius. The rule carves out one exception: ice cream vendors may operate in residential zoning districts, where general food trucks and pushcarts are not permitted at all.
Violations & Fines
Vending in a residential district without qualifying as an ice cream vendor, or operating within 250 feet of a restaurant without its owner's written consent, violates the zoning limit.
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