Dallas, TX Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Vendor cap
- 75 per day, 100 on 2 specialty days
- Stall size limit
- 10 feet by 15 feet
- Food vendor minimum
- At least 30% of vendors
- Sourcing radius
- 150 miles of Dallas County
- Operating hours
- 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Annual base fee
- $100 plus $25 per 10 vendors
Summary
Dallas street fair-style vendor markets run as "neighborhood markets" under Chapter 42A: capped at 75 vendors per day (100 on two specialty days), a 10-by-15-foot stall limit, and a rule that at least 30 percent of vendors sell food, with all goods sourced or made within 150 miles of Dallas County.
(a) Products that may be sold at a neighborhood market include, but are not limited to, the following: ... (b) At least 30 percent of the vendors participating in a neighborhood market must sell produce or other food items. (c) All products distributed, offered for sale, or sold at a neighborhood market must have been raised, grown, made, crafted, processed, or produced by the vendor in a Texas county completely or partially located within a 150-mile radius of Dallas County, except that the 150-mile radius requirement does not apply to produce or other food items determined by the director to be unavailable from vendors in the radius area. (d) No products may be offered for resale.
Full Breakdown
Sec. m. Sec. 42A-23(d) caps participation at 75 vendors, expanding to 100 vendors on up to two designated holiday or specialty market days, with each vendor stall limited to 10 feet by 15 feet under subsection (e). Sec. 42A-26 governs what can be sold: produce, honey, eggs, meats, dairy, prepared foods, and arts and crafts are allowed, but at least 30 percent of vendors must sell produce or other food items, and Sec. 42A-26(c) requires that everything sold be raised, grown, made, crafted, processed, or produced by the vendor in a Texas county within 150 miles of Dallas County, with resale of goods barred outright under subsection (d) and live animal sales prohibited under subsection (e).
Each vendor must sign an annual written statement attesting to local sourcing and no resale under Sec. 42A-27. Location restrictions in Sec. 42A-22 bar markets from the central business district, single-family zoning districts (absent a waiver), public parks, and sidewalks, and from operating within one mile of another permitted market with overlapping dates.
Violations & Fines
The director must deny a neighborhood market permit application if the market would exceed the 28-days-per-year cap at a location, disrupt an established nearby market, or if the applicant has a revoked permit history within the prior period, per Sec. 42A-28. Selling resold goods, live animals, or goods sourced outside the 150-mile radius violates Sec. 42A-26, and a permit holder must be able to produce each vendor's signed statement to the director or a peace officer on request under Sec. 42A-27(b). Annual application fees run $100 plus $25 per every 10 vendors under Sec. 42A-6(b).
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