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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Linden, NJ (2026)

2 verified food trucks & mobile vendors rules for Linden, New Jersey, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Food Truck Permits

Linden defines a mobile retail food establishment as any movable truck, van, trailer, bicycle or hand-carried unit selling food or beverage, and requires a license before operating anywhere in the city. The Board of Health charges $100 per year for a mobile food truck license.

Linden Mobile Food Truck Licensing Requirements

Some Restrictions

Linden City Code § 4-2.1, § 4-2.6, § BH6-2

MOBILE RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT Shall mean any movable truck, van, trailer, bicycle or other movable unit, including hand-carried, portable containers in or on which food or beverage is transported, stored or prepared for retail sale or given away at temporary locations. ... It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant, itinerant vendor, itinerant merchant, peddler, hawker, mobile retail fo...

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Peddlers and solicitors generally cannot sell on Linden's public rights-of-way, but the Code carves out an exception for mobile retail food establishments. A food truck cannot stand at the same spot, defined as within 200 yards, for more than 15 minutes.

Linden Public Right-of-Way Food Vending Limits

Some Restrictions

Linden City Code § 4-2.5

§ 4-2.5. Prohibition from Using Public Streets. ... It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant, itinerant vendor, itinerant merchant, peddler, hawker, or solicitor to sell, buy, dispose of or offer to sell or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other things of value or services in or on any portion of a public right-of-way. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any ...

Looking for Union County county-wide rules?

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

Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Union County