Sedona, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Undeveloped-lot rule
- Requires CUP, § 8.4.B
- Vendors per lot
- One, absent a CUP
- Residential buffer
- 150 ft from single-family use/vacant lot
- Special events
- Extra vendors need temporary use permit
- Governing section
- SLDC § 3.3.C(9)a
Summary
Sedona limits where a mobile food vendor can set up. Operating on an undeveloped lot or one with unoccupied structures needs its own conditional use permit, only one vendor is allowed per lot without a CUP, and no mobile food vending can sit within 150 feet of a single-family home or vacant lot in a single-family district.
a. Location and Separation Standards
1. Mobile food vending on undeveloped lots and lots with unoccupied structures or unimproved surfaces requires conditional use permit approval pursuant to Section 8.4.B, Conditional Use Permit.
2. Only one mobile food vending is allowed per lot unless otherwise approved through a conditional use permit. More than one mobile food vendor may be permitted on one lot during special events with approval of a temporary use permit pursuant to Section 3.5.E(4).
3. Mobile food vending shall not be located within 150 feet of any single-family residential use within a single-family residential zoning district or vacant property within a single-family residential zoning district.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Initiative Ordinance 2026-01, approved by voters at the July 21, 2026 election).
Full Breakdown
B, Conditional Use Permit. E(4) can add extra vendors for special events without the full CUP process. The clearest siting limit protects single-family neighborhoods: mobile food vending shall not be located within 150 feet of any single-family residential use within a single-family residential zoning district, or of vacant property within a single-family residential zoning district, so a truck cannot park just outside a house's property line even on an adjoining nonresidential parcel if that 150-foot buffer reaches into an RS district. 1 separately shows Mobile Food Vending permitted by right in the M1 through L districts and conditional in the OC district, so the 150-foot separation standard functions as an overlay limiting where within those otherwise-open commercial districts a vendor can actually park.
Violations & Fines
Vending on an undeveloped lot without the required conditional use permit, running more than one vendor per lot without approval, or setting up within 150 feet of a single-family use or vacant residentially zoned lot is a Land Development Code violation. Under Section 1.7.A that is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and the City may also issue a civil citation or seek an injunction to stop the noncompliant vending.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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