Spring Hill, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Florida HB 1193 (2020), codified at Florida Statute § 509.102, limits Hernando County's ability to restrict food-truck locations in unincorporated Spring Hill. The statute provides that 'a municipality, county, or other local governmental entity... may not prohibit mobile food dispensing vehicles or temporary commercial kitchens from operating within the entirety of the entity's jurisdiction.' Under this preemption, Hernando County cannot enact: a countywide ban; district-wide bans that effectively exclude food trucks from districts where comparable food businesses are allowed; proximity buffers from brick-and-mortar restaurants (e.g., '500 feet from any restaurant'); or duration / operating-hours rules targeted specifically at food trucks rather than applied generally. Hernando County controls food-truck location through generally applicable zoning under Appendix A (Zoning) of the Code of Ordinances: food trucks must operate in zoning districts that allow retail food sales, with the property owner's written permission. Operations on County rights-of-way (curb, sidewalk, swale) require a Right-of-Way Use Permit from Hernando County Public Works; operations in County parks (Veterans Memorial Park, Anderson Snow Sports Complex, Linda Pedersen Park, Hernando Beach Park) require advance authorization from Parks & Recreation or a special-event permit. Operations within or adjacent to Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport (KBKV) property require Hernando County Aviation Authority authorization. Sound ordinances, fire safety (LP-gas and cooking equipment under the Florida Fire Prevention Code), lighting, and grease / wastewater discharge regulations apply equally to food trucks and to all other commercial activity. Hernando County does NOT require a Local Business Tax Receipt (repealed effective August 1, 2007), eliminating one common location-tied requirement. The City of Brooksville (the only incorporated city in Hernando County) has its own separate rules that do not govern Spring Hill. Violations of generally applicable rules are enforced through Hernando County Code Enforcement (352-754-4056, option 5) and the Hernando County Special Magistrate under FS 162.09, with fines up to $250/day for a first violation and $500/day for repeats. The County cannot fine for absence of a food-truck permit or for proximity to a restaurant.