Where a food truck may set up in unincorporated St. Joseph County depends on the parcel's zoning district and the owner's permission. The county Zoning Ordinance restricts the kind and intensity of uses, so vending is limited to sites where commercial use is allowed.
St. Joseph County publishes no separate food-truck vending-zone map, but because the Area Plan Commission zones unincorporated land under IC 36-7-4-601, a mobile unit's location is limited to parcels whose zoning allows commercial vending, and it operates only with the property owner's consent. The county health permit addresses food safety, not location. Vending in a county or state road right-of-way is barred by the Highway Department and INDOT. South Bend and Mishawaka impose their own vending-district, distance, and permit rules inside their limits, which are stricter than the county's zoning-only approach in unincorporated areas like Granger.
Vending on a parcel where zoning does not allow it draws Area Plan Commission enforcement; vending without owner consent is civil trespass, and setting up in a road right-of-way draws Highway Department or INDOT removal.
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