Williamson County, TN Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

05(D)(13)(a) of the Zoning Ordinance sets the site and location standards for where a food truck may operate on private property in Williamson County. The truck may not operate within, or encroach into, any public right-of-way, and it must meet the nonresidential building setback required for whatever zoning district the property sits in, the same distance a permanent building in that district would have to observe. Two distance rules protect nearby uses: a food truck cannot locate within 200 feet of any permanent eating and drinking establishment that lawfully existed when the Temporary Use Permit was issued, measured in a straight line to the closest exterior wall of that establishment, and it cannot locate within 300 feet of any lawfully existing residence, measured the same way to the residence's closest exterior wall.

Only one food truck is allowed on a property under a single Temporary Use Permit; a second truck on the same site requires Special Event approval instead. A food truck may run alongside a produce stand or seasonal sales use on the same property only if the lot is at least one acre and the Planning Director confirms there is adequate parking, ingress, egress and circulation for both uses together. Trucks cannot occupy parking spaces needed to meet a permanent use's minimum requirement unless the hours do not overlap, cannot block vehicular access ways, parking aisles, fire lanes or required open space, and cannot impede another business's entrance, block its signage, or obstruct emergency access. Where a truck sits on or near a sidewalk, it cannot narrow the clear pedestrian path below six feet.