Prescott Valley, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

The location rules in § 13-08-050 of the Prescott Valley Town Code start with a residential prohibition: a mobile food vendor shall not operate in an area zoned for residential use or within 250 feet of one. There are three exceptions. A vendor selling only ice cream can operate on public rights-of-way in residential zones. A vendor can operate on private property in a residential area with a separate agreement with the property owner, for a maximum of six hours within a 24-hour period. And for not more than four hours in any day while food is being loaded or prepared, one unit can be parked on a single-family lot where the vendor resides, provided the lot has the facilities required for a commissary under Arizona Administrative Code section R9-8-110 and the Town has issued a conditional use permit for commercial food preparation.

Street vending is tied to the legal parking space, defined as an area designated for vehicle parking in the Town right-of-way, paved or unpaved. A parking space in a parking lot on property owned by the Town does not count. A unit and any semi-permanent structure used with it can use no more than one legal parking space unless the vendor has a separate agreement with the Town. A unit exceeding 24 feet cannot park diagonally in a diagonal space or occupy more than one diagonal space, and the serving window cannot face street traffic.

Time limits apply as well. A unit follows all posted limits, and where no other restriction exists it cannot occupy a legal parking space for more than six hours in a 24-hour period, with occupy meaning within 100 feet of where it first parked. A vendor cannot claim an exclusive right to a street location unless the space is used for a permitted event. On private property the vendor needs written permission from the owner.