Pembroke Pines, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

518(C), a mobile food dispensing vehicle can set up only on private property designated and used for commercial, industrial, recreational, or other non-residential purposes, and only as an accessory or complementary use to whatever principal business already occupies the parcel; it cannot be the sole use of the site. The truck must sit within the underlying property's principal-structure setbacks under (C)(3), and its sales area, including any waiting area for customers, cannot exceed three parking spaces or 600 square feet, whichever is larger, under (C)(4); the vendor must also provide one additional customer parking space per 100 square feet of vending unit area, without cutting into the parking the principal use already needs.

Trucks cannot stay overnight or when not actively vending under (C)(5), must comply with the citywide noise ordinance in Chapter 96 under (C)(6), cannot dump grease, fat, oil, or wastewater into the sanitary sewer under (C)(7), and must keep all menus and signs affixed to the vehicle, since detached signage isn't allowed under (C)(8). under (C)(9), provided restroom facilities are available to patrons, and the operator needs the property owner's written authorization under (C)(10). 518(D)(4) further limits parcels under half an acre to one truck and larger parcels to two, though the Zoning Official can approve more case by case after reviewing the site plan. 518(E)(4) when moving through neighborhoods.