Pompano Beach, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- School buffer
- 500 feet from any school
- Park buffer
- 500 feet from any public park
- Bus stop buffer
- 50 feet from any bus stop
- Intersection buffer
- 25 feet from any intersection
- Street sales
- Limited to abutting property occupants only
Summary
Pompano Beach bars mobile food vendors from setting up near schools, parks, and bus stops, and limits street sales to occupants of the abutting property. Code of Ordinances Section 115.18(E) sets 500-foot buffers around schools and parks, while Section 115.18(D) adds distance rules for bus stops and intersections.
(E) In addition to the restrictions and requirements contained in subsections (C) and (D) of this section, no mobile vendor located on public or private property shall: (1) Vend within 500 feet of any kindergarten, nursery, elementary, middle, or high school; (2) Vend within 500 feet of any public park, public parking facility, or other public institution; ... (D)(5) No mobile vendor shall be located within 50 feet of any bus stop. The distance restrictions shall be measured from the nearest point of any structure(s) associated with the bus stop or from an area designated as a bus stop, whichever is greater. ... (9) No mobile vendor shall stop, stand, or park a vending vehicle in order to make a sale within 25 feet of any intersection including, but not limited to, private drives, accessways, or intersecting rights-of-way.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-122: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through 2026-35, passed 7-29-26).
Full Breakdown
18(E) prohibits any mobile vendor, whether on public or private property, from vending within 500 feet of any kindergarten, nursery, elementary, middle, or high school, or within 500 feet of any public park, public parking facility, or other public institution. 18(D)(3) further limits sales from vehicles on the right-of-way to occupants of the abutting property only, not to passing traffic in roadway areas paved or designated for vehicular traffic. 18(D)(5) adds a 50-foot buffer from any bus stop, measured from the nearest point of any structure associated with the stop or the designated bus stop area, whichever is greater.
18(D)(9) bars a vendor from stopping, standing, or parking a vending vehicle to make a sale within 25 feet of any intersection, including private drives, accessways, or intersecting rights-of-way. These zone restrictions apply on top of the general rule that a mobile vending vehicle may not remain stationary for more than ten minutes after the last sale. The section was last amended by Ord. 2021-10 in 2020.
Violations & Fines
A mobile vendor caught vending inside a prohibited zone first gets a warning from law enforcement or code enforcement to stop immediately. A vendor who ignores that warning or repeats the violation anywhere in the city can then be charged under Section 10.99, the city's general penalty: up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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