St. Petersburg, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

The Development Services Department (the POD) administers mobile food truck vending under St. 440. The code splits trucks into three classes: class I mobile kitchens that cook and serve a full menu, class II canteen trucks limited to catering pre-cooked or pre-packaged food to on-site employees, and class III ice cream trucks selling only pre-packaged frozen items. 2 prohibits vending from the right-of-way anywhere inside the downtown center zoning districts unless the operator holds a City-issued permit for a special event; everywhere else in the City, right-of-way vending is allowed subject to the section's parking and access conditions.

On private property, class I trucks may operate in any zoning district that allows retail, restaurant or bar uses, but are barred from vacant or undeveloped lots (except CCT-2 districts), from the DC-C, DC-3 and DC-P downtown center subdistricts, and are capped at two operating days per calendar week and two trucks per property, using no more than 25 percent of existing parking spaces. downtown by POD-reviewed permit. m. Class III ice cream trucks must register as peddlers under chapter 17, may vend on rights-of-way outside downtown, and cannot stop for more than ten minutes unless customers are waiting in line.