Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Florida (2026)

Since 2020, Florida statute 509.102 preempts municipal and county licensing, registration, and permitting of mobile…

Clearwater bans selling or peddling from any vehicle, including trucks, vans, wagons and pushcarts, across Cleveland…

Food trucks in Coral Gables face heavy regulation. While Florida law (effective 2020) prevents cities from requiring a…

Cape Coral confines mobile food vendors to commercial and mixed-use zoning districts, bars them from residential and…

Mobile food dispensing vehicles operating on private property in Cocoa need the property owner's city-approved site…

Coral Springs bans selling food, goods, or merchandise from the public rights-of-way unless the city has granted a…

Davie's food-truck rules bar mobile food dispensing vehicles from most residential, agricultural and business…

Hialeah requires every mobile food dispensing vehicle to carry a current state Division of Hotels and Restaurants…

Every mobile food dispensing vehicle (MFDV) in Homestead needs an annual MFDV Zoning Verification Certificate from the…

Miami requires food trucks to hold a business tax receipt, health inspection certificates, and vehicle ID before…

Food trucks selling from a Palm Beach County road right-of-way in the unincorporated area need an Engineering…

Vehicular mobile food sales in Palm Coast run through the City's peddler-license division. Sec. 35-164 bars parking to…

City of Sarasota requires every mobile food truck to carry a business tax receipt, use a purpose-built and properly…

Volusia County requires mobile food dispensing vehicles operating in unincorporated areas to get a conditional-use or…

West Palm Beach requires every mobile food vendor, including food truck operators, to hold a peddler's identification…

Unincorporated Alachua County treats a food truck as a limited zoning use under Sec. 404.69.1. Every state and county…

Apopka requires a Mobile Food Vending permit plus a Florida DBPR Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicle license. FL HB 1193…

Florida preempts food-truck licensing to the state. Under Fla. Stat. §509.102, Bay County and its cities cannot require…

Boca Raton allows mobile food dispensing vehicles only as an accessory use where the underlying zoning district…

Brevard County requires mobile food vendors, trucks selling ready-to-eat food to pedestrians, to hold a business tax…

Unincorporated Broward requires a certificate of use, annual renewal, and $300,000 liability coverage before a mobile…

Citrus County's Land Development Code lets roadside produce stands and food vendors operate on non-residential land…

Food trucks and mobile food vendors in Deltona must file a city application, pay an annual fee, and hold a DBPR mobile…

Doral regulates food trucks through its zoning code and special event permitting. Florida law (2020) preempts local…

Escambia County allows mobile vending units, including food trucks, as a temporary use in specific zoning districts…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires every food vendor working a county-permitted special event to hold an itinerant…

A mobile food unit cannot get a Fort Lauderdale business tax receipt without a Broward County Health Department…

Fort Myers requires county health department approval, a notarized property-owner letter, and a fire marshal inspection…

Gainesville limits food trucks to zoning districts that allow them by right, or planned-development districts that…

Every mobile food-dispensing vehicle operating in Gulfport must be purpose-built for vending and licensed under…

A food truck in Hernando County is licensed by the state, not the county. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts licensing of…

Hillsborough County requires temporary food truck vendors to hold a county occupational license, a state food permit…

Hollywood requires a mobile food dispensing permit before any food truck, lunch truck or food cart operates on public…

A food truck in Indian River County is licensed by the state, not the county. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts licensing of…

Mobile food dispensing vendors need Florida state and City of Jacksonville permits, licenses, and a business tax…

Operating a food truck in Kissimmee requires a city business tax receipt renewed every year and a county or state…

Lakeland requires a mobile food vendor to hold both a state license and a city occupational license before operating…

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Lee County must carry a valid state mobile-food-dispensing license, operate only…

Leon County classifies a food truck as a 'mobile food service operation' under Sec. 10-6.817 only if it is…

Martin County exempts mobile food dispensing vehicles from the standard itinerant-merchant permitting steps. LDR §…

Melbourne does not charge a local permit fee for mobile food dispensing vehicles, but every operator must hold a city…

Miami-Dade County requires every mobile food unit to hold a health department permit before operating, per Code §…

Any food truck operating in Miramar needs a temporary use permit before it can set up, because the Land Development…

Mobile food vendors operating in unincorporated Nassau County must keep on-site proof of the property owner's written…

New Port Richey, a Pasco County, Florida city, requires every mobile food vendor to register and obtain a city permit…

Food trucks operating in North Miami must hold a valid Florida DBPR mobile food dispensing vehicle license and…

North Port requires mobile food vendors to hold a state license, operate only 7 a.m. to midnight, and stay at least 100…

A single food truck is a permitted use on most parcels in unincorporated Orange County, but only within set hours…

Orlando food trucks must be state-licensed as a Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicle and hold a city Business Tax Receipt…

Palm Bay regulates where mobile food vendors may operate through zoning rules: city property only in Mayor-designated…

Every food cart or truck operating in unincorporated Pinellas County needs zoning approval under Code §…

Pompano Beach doesn't issue a separate 'food truck permit,' but Code of Ordinances Section 115.18 makes every mobile…

Mobile food trucks and temporary commercial kitchens in Port St. Lucie may only run from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. under…

Safety Harbor exempts mobile food vendors from the peddler permit but still requires a state DACS food permit, a $25…

Section 124-157 of the Unified Development Code sets the operating standards every mobile food dispensing vehicle must…

A mobile food unit operating in the City of Satellite Beach must hold a Florida self-sufficient mobile food dispensing…

Every mobile food truck in St. Petersburg needs a City business tax receipt and a vehicle built specifically for…

Florida preempts food-truck licensing to the state. Under Fla. Stat. §509.102, Sunrise cannot require a separate local…

Every food truck operating in Tampa must follow eight standards in Sec. 27-282.30: 6 a.m.-to-10 p.m. hours, no…

A Titusville food truck needs a current state license under F.S. § 509.102 plus a zoning-authorized location under Code…

Winter Haven requires every mobile food vendor to pay the applicable business tax under Chapter 9 before operating…

Florida law preempts Charlotte County from licensing food trucks: under Fla. Stat. § 509.102(2), the county can't…

Florida law strips Okaloosa County of authority to license mobile food trucks. Fla. Stat. § 509.102(2)(a) bars any…

Plantation regulates mobile food vending under its ambulatory peddler ordinance. You cannot vend within 2,500 feet of a…

Mobile food dispensing vehicles in Boca Raton may operate only as accessory uses in zoning districts whose regulations…

In unincorporated Brevard, a mobile food vendor may sell from the public road right-of-way only on residential streets…

Broward County limits mobile food units on private property in unincorporated business districts to one hour per stop…

Class I and II mobile food trucks are banned from the central business district, single-family residential zones, and…

Mobile food vendors may operate inside a Coral Springs city park only when contracted by the city or by an event holder…

Davie limits mobile food dispensing vehicles to the B-3, UC, and CR zoning districts on lots of at least 5 acres, plus…

City Code section 18-6 bars anyone from conducting business, including selling food, from a vehicle or on foot within…

Doral limits Class I and Class II mobile food trucks to the Industrial Commercial (IC), Industrial (I) and…

Flagler County treats mobile roadside vending as a special exception, not a by-right use. In the unincorporated…

Fort Lauderdale bans mobile food and merchandise vending everywhere except B-2, B-3 and B-3-C zoning districts. Sec…

Gulfport bans mobile food-dispensing vehicles from public rights-of-way and public property except under a special…

Hialeah food trucks may operate only on property zoned C-2, TOD, or NBD, or in the public right-of-way on a first-come…

Hollywood bans mobile food dispensing vehicles from the Downtown and Beach CRA districts outright and imposes a…

Homestead confines mobile food dispensing vehicles to Commercial zoning districts that aren't adjacent to residential…

Kissimmee confines mobile food vending to the B-3, HC and IB zoning districts, and only on parcels anchored by a retail…

Unincorporated Lake County confines open-air food and merchandise vending to commercial and industrial zoning districts…

Lakeland limits food, confectionery and drink vending in its parks to three named locations: Munn Park, the Lemon…

Martin County confines mobile food trucks and itinerant merchants to one type of site: an existing, legally operating…

Miami limits food truck and mobile-operation vending to Districts 1, 2 (outside downtown), and 5, and bars trucks from…

North Port limits mobile food vendors to one per commercial parcel, kept 100 feet from houses and other food vendors…

In C-1 zoned areas of unincorporated Orange County, a food truck may operate by right only under the principal…

Orlando treats mobile food vendors as accessory to a principal use, not a standalone use: a truck must sit on a site…

Pembroke Pines confines mobile food vending to private commercial, industrial, recreational, or other non-residential…

St. Lucie County bans mobile food vending and unlicensed sales in county parks, preserves and other public-conduct…

Titusville's zoning code lets mobile food dispensing vehicles operate with limitations in select commercial districts…

West Palm Beach limits where food trucks may park under Sec. 94-109 of the zoning code: they may access designated…

Alachua County limits mobile food vending to specified commercial, industrial, TND/TOD, and Mixed-Use zoning districts…

Cape Coral limits mobile food vendors to specific zoning districts under LDC Section 5.11.15.B. MFVs may operate in the…

Cocoa limits accessory mobile vending on private property to commercial districts (C-N, C-G, C-W, C-P), industrial…

Daytona Beach confines mobile food vending to private property with the owner's written consent under Sec. 103-2(c)…

Deltona limits mobile food dispensing vehicles to active, developed commercial properties in the C-1, C-2 and C-3…

Escambia County limits mobile vending units, the code's term for food trucks and carts, to eight named zoning…

Fort Myers limits stand-alone food trucks and carts to CG, CI, IL, and IH zoning districts, while dedicated food truck…

Sec. 30-5.38 of Gainesville's Land Development Code lets food trucks operate only in zoning districts that permit them…

Hernando County cannot shut food trucks out of town. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts food-truck operation to the state and…

Food trucks and other temporary vendors on private property in unincorporated Hillsborough County may set up only on…

Indian River County cannot shut food trucks out of town. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts food-truck operation to the state…

Sidewalk vendors need a Tax Collector permit and must set up only on curbed commercial or industrial streets, clear of…

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Lee County can only set up in commercial, industrial, marine-oriented or…

Leon County only recognizes a food truck as a compliant mobile food service operation if it sets up in a zoning…

Manatee County requires ice cream trucks vending on public roads to hold a Sheriff's Office-inspected vehicle…

Melbourne sorts mobile food vendors into three classes with different zoning access: full-menu food trucks are limited…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County confines mobile food, sales, and banking operations to BU, IU, urban center, urban…

Miramar bars vending within 1,000 feet of any school during school hours, an hour before or after, or during school…

Mobile food vending is confined to developed commercial or industrial sites, developed private property hosting a…

New Port Richey, in Pasco County, Florida, limits stationary food trucks on private property to commercial, industrial…

Okaloosa County cannot shut food trucks out of town. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts food-truck operation to the state and…

Palm Bay lets mobile food vendors set up on designated city property or on private property with the owner's written…

Palm Beach County requires an Engineering Department permit to vend from unincorporated county rights-of-way…

Mobile food trucks and carts that only stop briefly in unincorporated Pinellas County can set up as an accessory to a…

Pompano Beach bars mobile food vendors from setting up near schools, parks, and bus stops, and limits street sales to…

Port St. Lucie confines mobile food dispensing vehicles (MFDVs) and Temporary Commercial Kitchens to lots in the CN…

Safety Harbor exempts mobile food vendors from permitting but restricts where they can set up: industrial or…

Mobile food trucks may only operate in zone districts that list the use as permitted under Article VI of the City of…

Sarasota County confines mobile food dispensing vehicles to ten nonresidential zoning districts, including CG, ILW…

Satellite Beach keeps food trucks well clear of homes and competing restaurants. City Code § 30-560 requires every…

St. Petersburg allows class I mobile food trucks on public rights-of-way citywide except in the downtown center zoning…

In unincorporated Sumter County, mobile vendors may set up only on parcels zoned or designated commercial, mixed-use or…

Tampa's Sec. 27-282.30 sets citywide standards for food trucks: hours limited to 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., no amplified…

Winter Haven mobile food vendors face no operating-hour limit more than 150 feet from AG1, RE, R-1, R-2 or RM…

Mobile food vendors in Cape Coral cannot sell from sidewalks, street rights-of-way, or right-of-way easements under LDC…

Clearwater bans selling any goods, wares or merchandise on a public street, right-of-way, sidewalk or park under City…

Cocoa bans mobile vending, including food trucks and pushcarts, on municipally owned property, sidewalks…

Davie flatly prohibits mobile food dispensing vehicles from conducting business within any public or private…

Daytona Beach bans mobile food vending in all areas of the public right-of-way, including sidewalks and street parking…

Deerfield Beach bans conducting any business, including selling food, from within the public rights-of-way under Sec…

Fort Lauderdale outlaws selling food, drinks or merchandise from any public street or sidewalk under Sec. 23-95(3). A…

Hillsborough County bans nearly all street vending: the only commercial activity allowed in a public right-of-way is…

Homestead bans mobile vending on its streets, sidewalks and private property outright under City Code Sec. 16-377…

Miami Beach prohibits selling, storing or offering food for sale from open-air stands anywhere in the city; food sales…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, mobile food operations cannot set up on a public sidewalk or right-of-way at all…

Selling from a mobile food vehicle in the public right-of-way, including sidewalks, is banned outright in…

Palm Bay prohibits mobile food vendors from operating in any public or private right-of-way, including sidewalks, and…

In the City of Satellite Beach, a food truck cannot set up on a public sidewalk or street. City Code § 30-560 confines…

Boca Raton bans mobile food dispensing vehicles from operating in any public or private right-of-way, including…

Brevard County confines mobile food carts to residentially zoned roads with speed limits of 25 mph or less, bans…

Parking a vehicle on any street, sidewalk, or right-of-way to sell merchandise is banned unless the sale is licensed or…

Coral Springs bans selling food, goods or merchandise from any vehicle or on foot within the public rights-of-way…

Fort Myers requires anyone peddling goods street-to-street, house-to-house, or from a vehicle within city limits to…

Franklin County requires a peddling permit before selling merchandise, including food, from a vehicle, wagon or…

Gainesville requires an annual vending booth permit under Code Chapter 19, Article IV before setting up a food cart on…

Hialeah's peddler ordinance, which by definition excludes food truck operators, bars foot vendors from stopping to sell…

A mobile food vendor in unincorporated Lee County cannot set up in any street right-of-way or street easement, full…

Leon County only lets a food truck skip full site-plan review if it clears eight strict tests under the land…

Melbourne prohibits stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle, whether motorized or not, on any street, public…

Miami requires a Business Tax Receipt to vend food or merchandise from any street, sidewalk, or public park, and bans…

Orange County zoning code bars food trucks and portable food vendors from operating within any public right-of-way…

A cart or vendor that stays parked for three or more days a week, or two-plus vendors on one lot at once, counts as…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bars roadside vendors from any location with a public sidewalk, curbing, driveway or…

Pembroke Pines bans selling food, goods, or merchandise from vehicles anywhere in the city except under Section…

Pinellas County bars food carts and trucks that are fixed or parked at a site from sitting on pedestrian walkways or in…

Pompano Beach keeps mobile food vendors off public sidewalks entirely. Code of Ordinances Section 115.18(D)(6) bars a…

Port St. Lucie bans mobile food trucks and temporary commercial kitchens from operating within any street, public…

Selling goods, food, or crafts from the right-of-way or a roadside spot in Safety Harbor is banned unless the vendor…

Sarasota County's mobile food dispensing rules keep vendors off the sidewalk: Section 124-157 lets the county relocate…

St. Petersburg limits right-of-way pushcart vending to a defined downtown corridor between Bayshore Drive and 8th…

Tampa requires every street or sidewalk vendor, except vending machines, to hold a vendor permit under Sec. 27-132 of…

Volusia County bans selling, displaying or otherwise commercially using any county right-of-way or public land without…

West Palm Beach requires anyone selling food or goods on public streets and sidewalks, including from a cart, wagon or…

Winter Haven bans mobile food vending on public sidewalks and rights-of-way outright unless separately approved under…

Mobile food units get one hour on private property before they must move, can't repeat a location more than three times…

Dade City requires a solicitor's permit from the city clerk before anyone sells food, beverages or merchandise from a…

Escambia County's Land Development Code bars mobile vending units, food trucks and carts included, from parking lot…

Sidewalk vendors citywide need a Tax Collector permit and must keep carts within strict distance limits from driveways…

Kissimmee limits itinerant food vending carts to B-3, HC and IB zones, capped at 10 by 20 feet, operating only 7 a.m…

Lakeland requires a $100.00 permit from the chief code enforcement officer before any mobile food vendor or transient…

Miramar allows sidewalk or parking lot sales only for businesses that already hold a city Business Tax Receipt, and…

New Port Richey, Florida, a Pasco County city, bars mobile food vendors from sidewalks and other public ways without a…

North Port requires a city-issued makers market vendor permit for anyone selling goods at its quarterly maker's markets…

The City of Sarasota requires a city manager-issued commercial vending permit for stationary or mobile vending on…

Titusville makes it unlawful for any merchant, including a mobile vendor, to obstruct a public street or sidewalk to…