Wichita, KS Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Sec. 070(a) is the operative location rule for Wichita's Mobile Food Vendors and layers several distance and use restrictions on top of the Unified Zoning Code's underlying district permissions. 11. Units burning flammable liquids or gas must keep 10 feet of separation from any other unit and 20 feet from building openings such as doors and windows, reducible to 10 feet with the building owner's written consent. Trucks must stay 150 feet from an open restaurant's front door unless the restaurant's owner or manager authorizes closer vending in writing, and that authorization must be carried on the unit.

The same 500-foot buffer applies around any permitted community event during its operating hours unless the event promoter authorizes an exception in writing. Every unit must remain stationary while vending and, on a street, alley, or right-of-way, must be legally parked with no sales to anyone standing in the street. 03, specifically Sec. 200, allow. Sec. 070(b) separately requires written permission from the property owner, manager, or tenant for any vending on private property or on public property other than the right-of-way; on city-owned property that permission must come from the City Manager or a designee, and it must be kept on the unit for inspection. Sec. m. A law enforcement officer may order a unit closed or relocated under Sec. 15 license.