Sahuarita, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Parking time limit
- 1 hour per 8-hour period
- Same-location radius
- 300 feet
- School zone restriction
- 600 ft, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Park concession buffer
- 600 feet
- Park vending
- Requires parks director permit
Summary
Sahuarita bars street vendors from parking more than an hour in any eight-hour window at one spot, from selling within 600 feet of a school during school hours, and from vending in public parks without a parks-director permit. Vending is also barred within 600 feet of a park concession.
A. Parking Restrictions. No street vendor shall park a vehicle or series of vehicles or set up a stand or any other movable or temporary contrivance on any public street or alley for more than one hour in any eight-hour period at one location. The parking of a vehicle within 300 feet of the original location is considered one location. ... C. Park Street Prohibitions. Street vending on a street or parking lot within a public park shall be prohibited, unless the street vendor has applied for and has been granted a permit issued and signed by the parks and recreation director.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745395; v0 updated 2025-12-08; through 12-08-2025).
Full Breakdown
090 sets four location-based restrictions for all street vending, including food trucks. Under subsection (A), no vendor may park a vehicle, series of vehicles, or a stand at one public street or alley location for more than one hour in any eight-hour period, and moving within 300 feet of the original spot still counts as the same location; vendors also cannot serve customers from the street side of the vehicle or block pedestrian or vehicle movement. , though school boards may arrange vending locations on school property itself.
Subsection (C) bans vending on any street or parking lot within a public park unless the vendor obtains a permit signed by the parks and recreation director. Subsection (D) extends that ban to streets abutting a park, prohibiting vending within 600 feet of a lawfully established park concession even outside the park boundary. 080(A).
Violations & Fines
Vending beyond the one-hour parking limit, within 600 feet of a school during restricted hours, or in a park without the parks director's permit violates STC § 5.15.090 and, combined with a licensing violation under § 5.15.110, each day of continued activity is treated as a separate offense. A license may be suspended or revoked under § 5.15.120 for a code violation, fraud, or a felony or misdemeanor conviction.
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