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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Citrus Heights, CA (2026)

2 verified food trucks & mobile vendors rules for Citrus Heights, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Food Truck Permits

Food trucks (Mobile Food Facilities) in Citrus Heights require a Sacramento County Environmental Management Department health permit plus a city business license. SB 946 (Safe Sidewalk Vending Act) regulates sidewalk vendors separately. State AB 1999 governs mobile food facility operations.

Food Trucks: Food Truck Permits

Some Restrictions

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 114294 et seq. (SB 972, 2022 - Mobile Food Vending)

Existing law provides for the regulation of microenterprise home kitchen operations and limits those operations to not serving more than 30 individual meals per day and not more than 60 individual meals per week and to no more than $50,000 in verifiable gross annual sales, as adjusted for inflation. Existing law authorizes the local enforcement agency to decrease the limit on the number of indi...

Vending Zones

Under SB 946 (Safe Sidewalk Vending Act), Citrus Heights cannot criminalize sidewalk food vending. Cities may adopt time, place, and manner regulations that are directly related to health, safety, and welfare. Stationary vending requires commercial-zone compliance.

Food Trucks: Vending Zones

Some Restrictions

California Government Code Section 51036

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Sidewalk vendor" means a person who sells food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path. (b) "Roaming sidewalk vendor" means a sidewalk vendor who moves from place to place and...

Looking for Sacramento County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Citrus Heights city rules.

Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Sacramento County