Pueblo, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Park buffer
- 100 feet
- Restaurant buffer
- 100 feet
- Service
- pedestrian only, no drive-thru
- Zone
- only where use table approves
Summary
Pueblo confines mobile food units to zone districts where the use is approved and bars them within 100 feet of any park or restaurant unless the park department authorizes an exception.
Shall not be located in a park or within one-hundred (100) feet of a park, as determined by direct measurement from the property line of the park to the closest point of the mobile food unit, unless authorized in writing by the Director of the City's Department of Parks and Recreation. ... Shall not be located within one-hundred (100) feet of a restaurant, as determined by direct measurement from the front property line of the restaurant to the closest point of the mobile food unit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 109).
Full Breakdown
Pueblo Municipal Code § 17-4-51(c)(27) governs where mobile food units may set up. They may operate on private property or the public right-of-way only within the zone districts where the permitted-use table approves mobile food units, and only with the property owner's written permission if on private land. Units cannot sit within 100 feet of a park, absent written Parks and Recreation authorization, or within 100 feet of a restaurant. Service must be pedestrian-only from an adjacent sidewalk or curbside; no drive-thru sales are allowed.
Violations & Fines
Placing a mobile food unit in an unapproved zone district, inside the 100-foot park or restaurant buffers, or offering drive-thru service violates § 17-4-51(c)(27) and can void the mobile food unit's permitted-use status.
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