REGULATIONS AND MINIMUM EQUIPMENT.
Fort Worth City Code § 22-342
in effect§ 22-342 REGULATIONS AND MINIMUM EQUIPMENT.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any mobile vending vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle on any public street or thoroughfare when ice cream, frozen desserts or other edible or potable substances are sold or offered for sale, from such vehicle, unless such vendor before making any such sale and at the time of such sale shall operate his or her vehicle in the following manner:
(1) Such vehicle shall be equipped with front and rear blinking caution lamps. The front lamps shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall display simultaneously flashing amber lights, and the rear lamps shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall display simultaneously flashing amber or red lights or any shade of color between amber and red, which warning lights shall be illuminated when and only when such vending vehicle stops prior to conducting any sale or offering to sell;
(2) Such vehicle shall be parked at the right curb, within 18 inches of such curb before any sale or offering of sale shall be made;
(3) Such vehicle shall not park within 100 feet of any street intersection;
(4) Such vehicle shall not park within 35 feet of any other vehicle that may be parked on the street;
(5) Customers shall be served only from the curb side of such vehicle, and at no time shall a customer be served who is not standing on the curb or otherwise off the street or thoroughfare, or by a driver who remains in his or her driver’s seat;
(6) Customers shall be served only when the mobile vending vehicle is parked, and at such stops, the vehicle’s motor shall be cut off unless its operation is essential to producing or maintaining the product sold;
(7) No sale or offering to sell shall be made from any mobile vending vehicle on any public street or thoroughfare between sunset and 9:00 a.m.;
(8) No sale or offering to sell shall be made from any mobile vending vehicle of any ice cream, frozen dessert or other edible substance within two blocks of any school, or on any park or other municipal recreation facility, or directly in front of any commercially or industrially zoned property;
(9) No sale or offering to sell shall be made on any street where the lawful speed limit exceeds 30 mph; and
(10) If any mechanical or electronic sound producing device is employed to attract attention to such mobile vending vehicle, it shall not be operated so as to be audible beyond a distance of 200 feet in any direction. Such sound producing device shall not be used between the hours of 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m.
(b) The provisions herein shall not apply to any person making regular deliveries to customers in their homes.
(1964 Code, § 27-43)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-25265Fetched: 10/26/2026