Roswell, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- Commercial districts only (ice cream trucks exempt)
- Right-of-way
- Banned except for ice cream trucks
- Intersection buffer
- 15 ft from crosswalks/intersections
- Driveway buffer
- 10 ft minimum
- Liability insurance
- $1,000,000 required
- No-sale hours
- 11:00 p.m.-6:30 a.m.
Summary
Roswell, Georgia confines mobile food vendors to commercial zoning districts and bars them from operating in the public right-of-way, under Code of Ordinances Section 10.15.3(g). Vendors must stay 15 feet from intersections and crosswalks, 10 feet from driveways, carry $1,000,000 in liability insurance, and cannot sell between 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.; ice cream trucks are exempt from the zoning and right-of-way limits.
Mobile food vendor shall mean a retail food establishment that reports to and operates from a commissary and is readily moveable, is a motorized wheeled vehicle, or a towed wheeled vehicle designed and equipped to serve food... (a)Except for ice cream trucks, no mobile food vendor shall conduct business or operate in the public right-of-way. (b)A mobile food vendor shall not operate on any private property without the prior consent of the owner. (c)A mobile food vendor shall maintain a one million dollar ($1,000,000.00) liability insurance policy... (g)Except for ice cream trucks, mobile food vendors are allowed only in commercial zoning districts. (h)Mobile food vendors shall not be located within fifteen (15) feet of any street intersection or pedestrian crosswalk or ten (10) feet of any driveway. (i)No sale or offer for sale shall be made by any mobile food vendor between 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless such sale is in conjunction with a city-approved special event or film production permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
1). 2), with the application disclosing the vending unit's make, model and license plate, a copy of the Fulton County Health Department permit, the list of operating locations and times, and signed consent from the property owner at each site. 3(g) restricts where vending can happen: 'Except for ice cream trucks, mobile food vendors are allowed only in commercial zoning districts,' and subsection (a) separately bars vending 'in the public right-of-way' except for ice cream trucks. Vending units cannot sit within 15 feet of a street intersection or pedestrian crosswalk, or within 10 feet of a driveway (subsection (h)), and must carry a $1,000,000 liability policy naming the city as an additional insured (subsection (c)).
unless tied to a city-approved special event or film permit (subsection (i)), and vending structures cannot be left unattended on-site outside those hours (subsection (j)). Vendors may sell only food and non-alcoholic beverages (subsection (n)), drivers must hold a valid Georgia license, and every vehicle needs a reverse-gear alarm and two rear-view mirrors (subsection (m)). 4.
Violations & Fines
Vending outside a commercial zoning district, operating in the right-of-way, or violating the setback, insurance or nighttime-sales rules has no separate fine listed in Article 10.15, so it falls under the Code's general penalty, Section 1.1.3: up to $2,000.00, 180 days in jail, or 180 days of community service. The city may also revoke or suspend the mobile food vendor license outright under Section 10.15.5 for any violation.
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