Tigard, OR Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Chapter 18.750 limits where a food cart can sit in the City of Tigard, Oregon, and the limits turn on the property and its surroundings. Under § 18.750.060, the cart must be on a property with an existing legal nonresidential use, no more than three carts can be present on the property, and the entire footprint must sit on a paved surface. Setbacks are six feet from any street property line and the base zone's new nonresidential building setbacks along other lines, rising to a minimum 20-foot setback where the property is adjacent a residential zone. Carts keep five feet from any other cart or building, stay out of public access and utility easements, stay out of required vision clearance areas under Chapter 18.930, and cannot obstruct areas designed for pedestrian or vehicle movement.

Service windows must face so that customer queues do not extend into vehicle maneuvering areas, pedestrian paths or public rights-of-way. A cart must keep its wheels permanently attached and functional. Canopies and awnings need seven feet of vertical clearance, must be entirely supported by the cart, and must be fully collapsed when the cart is not in operation.

A food cart pod under § 18.750.070 must be in a base zone that allows Indoor Sales and Services uses and must include at least one permanent building that provides public restrooms. A pod cannot include more than 20 food cart stalls. Each stall is a maximum of 375 square feet with no more than one cart, sits on a paved area, and is demarcated on the pavement in a permanent manner. Pod stalls follow the same six-foot street setback, five-foot separation between stalls and 20-foot setback next to a residential zone. Temporary storage containers are prohibited on a pod property. Temporary food truck uses fall outside the chapter under § 18.750.020.C.