Miami-Dade County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted districts
- BU, IU, urban center/area, GU
- Operating hours
- 7am-10pm weekdays, 7am-11pm weekends
- Max vending area
- 600 square feet
- Residential setback
- 20 ft (10 ft with 6-ft wall)
- Permit required
- Certificate of Use per site
Summary
Unincorporated Miami-Dade County confines mobile food, sales, and banking operations to BU, IU, urban center, urban area, and GU zoning districts, plus limited residential and AU-district uses, each requiring a Certificate of Use.
Mobile operations are permissible only in the following zoning districts:(a)BU, IU, urban center, urban area, and GU (where trended for industrial or business use);...(c)In the AU District as provided in Section 33-279.(2)Mobile operations may only be conducted from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on weekends...(5)Mobile operations shall not be located on the public right-of-way.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 135).
Full Breakdown
Section 33-14.1 lets food trucks, mobile sales carts, and mobile banking units operate on private property in unincorporated Miami-Dade's BU, IU, urban center, urban area, and GU districts, in the AU district under Section 33-279, or at museums, hospitals, schools, or religious facilities in residential zones. Operators need the owner's written consent and a County Certificate of Use, may run only 7 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m.-11 p.m. weekends, must sit 20 feet from residential lot lines (10 feet behind a six-foot wall), cap the vending area at 600 square feet, and cannot use the right-of-way, sell alcohol, or run sound amplification. Only unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA) is covered -- the 34 cities set their own rules.
Violations & Fines
Vending from the public right-of-way, operating without a Certificate of Use, exceeding permitted hours, or ignoring zoning-district and setback limits is unlawful; the Director can revoke the CU immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a food truck park on a public street to vend in unincorporated Miami-Dade?
Does this zoning-district rule apply inside Miami or Miami Beach?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Miami-Dade County
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