STREET VENDOR

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. VI, ch. 250, pt. 6

in effect

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 250.601 Street vendor.

Sec. 250.601. - Street vendor. (a) A street vendor is a person who sells or offers for sale any merchandise from inventory stored or located on a vehicle authorized by law to travel on a public street. (b) No person shall engage in the business of street vending without first obtaining a permit pursuant to this Part. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 250.602 Excessive noise.

Sec. 250.602. - Excessive noise. (a) It shall be unlawful for any street vendor to sell or attempt to sell any commodity: (1) By means of any outcry, sound, speaker or amplifier, or any instrument or device which can be heard for a distance greater than 300 feet, or when passing a hospital. (2) Within 500 feet of any school during the school year. (b) It shall be unlawful for any such vendor to use, play or employ the use of any sound, outcry, amplifier, loud speaker, radio, phonograph with a loud speaker or amplifier or any other instrument or device when the vehicle such vendor is using is stopped. (c) The use by any such vendor of any outcry, sound, amplifier, loud speaker, radio, phonograph with a loud speaker or amplifier or any instrument or device which emits a sound which can be heard at a distance of greater than 50 feet shall be prohibited before the hours of 9:00 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. on Sundays, or after 7:00 p.m. on any day. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 250.603 Prohibitions.

Sec. 250.603. - Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any such vendor to: (a) Exceed a speed of 12 miles an hour when driving on two-lane, two-way streets seeking sales or when attempting to make a sale; (b) Stop anywhere within 25 feet of an intersection when making a sale or attempting to make a sale; (c) Double park, or park in any manner contrary to any ordinance or statute relating to parking when attempting a sale or when making a sale; (d) Make a U-turn on any block; (e) Drive the vehicle backwards to make or attempt any sale; (f) Sell to any person who is standing in the street; (g) Permit any person to hang on the vehicle or permit any person to ride in or on the vehicle except a bona fide assistant or assistants; (h) Remain standing or stopped on any public right-of-way for a period of time exceeding 30 minutes unless the vendor is not selling or attempting to sell and is not displaying any merchandise. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 250.604 Street restrictions.

Sec. 250.604. - Street restrictions. Street vendors may sell or attempt to sell merchandise only while lawfully upon two-lane, two-way streets or while lawfully parked on a City right-of-way next to a sidewalk. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1)

Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITVIBUTROC_CH250MIBURE_PT6STVEFetched: 10/27/2026