VENDORS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Dallas City Code § 50-160
in effectSEC. 50-160. VENDORS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, either personally or through an agent, occupies any privately-owned property within the city for the purpose of operating as a street vendor.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) of this section that:
(1) the business was authorized by a valid certificate of occupancy or was otherwise specifically allowed under the Dallas Development Code or another city ordinance;
(2) the person was conducting the street vending business in the central business district and:
(A) possessed a valid CBD concession license issued under this article;
(B) possessed a valid mobile food unit permit issued by the Department of State Health Services under the Texas Food Establishment Rules, as amended, 25 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 228, if the person was a mobile food unit;
(C) had the written permission of an owner of the private property on which the business was conducted; and
(D) was not conducting the business operation or using any structure in the business operation in violation of any applicable city ordinance or state or federal law or regulation; or
(3) the person was a mobile food unit conducting the street vending business outside the central business district and:
(A) possessed a valid mobile food unit permit issued by the Department of State Health Services under the Texas Food Establishment Rules, as amended, 25 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 228;
(B) had the written permission of an owner of the private property on which the business was conducted; and
(C) was not conducting the business operation or using any structure in the business operation in violation of any applicable city ordinance or state or federal law or regulation.
(c) This section does not apply to the occasional sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand on private property by an individual younger than 18 years of age. (Ord. Nos. 29023; 31375; 33283; 33393)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-126826Fetched: 10/26/2026