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

LDC Sec. 13(b)(4) allows a mobile vending unit as a temporary use only within eight zoning districts: the Agricultural district (Agr), Commercial district (Com), Heavy Commercial and Light Industrial district (HC/LI), Industrial district (Ind), and, on Perdido Key, the Commercial district (Com-PK), Commercial Core district (CC-PK), Commercial Gateway district (CG-PK), and Planned Resort district (PR-PK). A food truck or cart cannot legally operate as a temporary use on a parcel zoned for any of the county's residential districts, such as Low Density Residential or High Density Residential, or in districts like Recreation, Conservation, or Public that aren't on this list, regardless of who owns or controls the site.

Within the allowed districts, the vendor still needs the occupational license required by subsection a and must avoid the nuisance and placement conditions covered separately by subsections b and c, including keeping out of sidewalks, driveways, and rights-of-way. Because the vending unit is classified as a temporary use rather than a permanent one, it also falls under the article's general temporary-use time limits: without a specific permit extending it, a use established on a parcel for more than 30 days needs county land use approval, and more than 180 days requires full LDC compliance review as if it were permanent development.