Provo, UT Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- SC1-3, FC1-2, DT1-2, GW, WG, CG, ITOD, CM, M1-2, PIC, PF, OSPR
- Private property
- Allowed with owner's prior consent
- Near parks
- Written Parks Director consent required in OSPR
- Alcohol
- Sales banned from any mobile food business
- Sidewalk clearance
- Minimum 4 feet kept clear
Summary
Provo confines mobile food business right-of-way vending to specific commercial and industrial zones under Provo City Code 6.32.030(2), such as SC1-SC3, downtown DT1-DT2 and adjacent zones, and bars vending next to parks in the OSPR zone without written consent.
(2) Mobile food businesses are allowed to operate in the public right-of-way only within the SC1, SC2, SC3, FC1, FC2, DT1, DT2, GW, WG, CG, ITOD, CM, M1, M2, PIC, PF, and OSPR zones in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Mobile food businesses shall be allowed to vend on private property within all the aforementioned zones in Provo, with prior consent from the private property owner. (3) It shall be unlawful for any mobile food business to operate adjacent to a public park in or next to an OSPR zone without the prior written consent of the Director of Parks and Recreation or the Director's designee.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-17, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
01 before operating at all. Subsection (2) then limits right-of-way vending to a defined list of zones: SC1, SC2, SC3, FC1, FC2, DT1, DT2, GW, WG, CG, ITOD, CM, M1, M2, PIC, PF, and OSPR. Vending on private property is allowed in those same zones, but only with the private property owner's prior consent. Subsection (3) adds a park-specific restriction: operating adjacent to a public park in or next to an OSPR zone requires prior written consent from the Director of Parks and Recreation or the Director's designee.
Subsection (4) lets the City Special Events Review Committee bar right-of-way vending along designated high-traffic corridors during large public gatherings when public safety personnel specifically find that anticipated weather or traffic conditions require it to preserve safety and reduce gridlock. The chapter separately bans alcohol sales from any mobile food business under Subsection (5), and Subsection (6) requires vendors to keep at least four feet of clear, continuous sidewalk width so pedestrian lines and the truck itself never block passage.
Violations & Fines
Vending outside the zones listed in Section 6.32.030(2), operating near a park without the Parks and Recreation Director's written consent under Subsection (3), or vending during a Special Events Review Committee restriction under Subsection (4) is a Title 6 violation that can support license denial, suspension, or revocation under the chapter's grounds in Section 6.32.140, in addition to enforcement under the City's general parking and traffic rules in Title 9.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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