Miramar, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- School buffer
- 1,000 feet from any school, air-line measurement
- Restricted times
- School hours plus 1 hour before/after, and functions
- Exception
- Written permission from the police chief
- Residential limit
- No TUPs in developed single-family residential areas
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Miramar bars vending within 1,000 feet of any school during school hours, an hour before or after, or during school functions, unless the police chief gives written permission, under City Code Sec. 13-10. The Land Development Code separately keeps temporary food vending out of developed single-family residential neighborhoods.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or permit the sale of merchandise or other products within one thousand (1,000) feet by air line measurement from any school measured to the nearest point of the school grounds during school hours or one (1) hour before or after school hours or during school functions or one (1) hour before or after such school functions, except by written permission of the chief of police. ... The temporary use must be compatible with the surrounding lands uses; provided however, TUPs shall not be issued in developed single-family residential areas, except for community garage sales.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. ' The rule, traced to the 1964 Code § 15-30, applies broadly to the sale of merchandise or products, which reaches food truck and mobile vending sales within that radius, and the only way around it is the police chief's written sign-off. On the zoning side, LDC Sec. ' Combined, the two rules keep mobile food and merchandise vending out of established residential blocks and away from active school campuses, funneling permitted vending toward commercial, industrial, and non-residential sites where a TUP can otherwise be approved under Table 8 to LDC Sec. 322.
Violations & Fines
Selling merchandise or food within the 1,000-foot school buffer without the police chief's written permission violates Sec. 13-10 and is punishable under the city's general penalty, Sec. 1-13, with a fine up to $500, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both. A food truck sited in a developed single-family residential area without qualifying as a community garage sale also falls outside LDC Sec. 322.6.1 and can be denied or have its TUP revoked.
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