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

Plano's Zoning Ordinance treats a "Food Truck Park" as its own land-use category (Use Category: Service, adopted by ZC13-33) rather than folding mobile vending into general retail or restaurant uses. The Nonresidential Districts Use Table marks Food Truck Park with an "S\nR" designation across every commercial and industrial district (O-1 through NBD), meaning the use is never permitted by right, it requires a Specific Use Permit approved under Sec. 100 in each case, and it is additionally subject to the Residential Adjacency Standards of Article 21.

The Residential Districts Use Table leaves the Food Truck Park row blank for every residential zoning category from Agricultural through RCD, which under the table's own legend means the use is prohibited outright in any residential district. Article 21's Residential Adjacency Standards then supply the operative distance rule: "A food truck park shall not be permitted within 150 feet of a residential district" (citing ZC2013-33; Ordinance No. 2014-1-11). That buffer is measured the same way as the article's other RAS distances, from the nearest lot line of the use to the nearest lot line carrying a residential zoning designation, and it applies on top of, not instead of, the underlying SUP requirement.

Parking is separately fixed by the Off-Street Parking Schedule at one space per 100 square feet of dining area only (Sec. 700, citing ZC13-33; Ord. No. 2014-1-11), a formula unique to this use and distinct from the standard restaurant parking ratio. Because approval runs through the Specific Use Permit process, each proposed food truck park site goes to the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council for a public hearing rather than being approved administratively, giving neighboring property owners formal notice and an opportunity to object before a site can open.