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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Redondo Beach, CA (2026)

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

Verified from official government sources

Vending Zones

Redondo Beach regulates truck-based food vending mainly through a school buffer, not a citywide vending-zone map. Municipal Code § 3-7.2302 bars any "mobile vendor," defined to include food trucks, from operating within 500 feet of a public or private school unless the vendor is on school grounds with the administrator's prior authorization.

Redondo Beach Mobile Food Vendor School Buffer

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach Municipal Code §§ 3-7.2301, 3-7.2302

"Mobile vendor" shall mean any vehicle as defined in Section 670 of the California Vehicle Code, which is equipped and used for retail sales of prepared, prepackaged, or unprepared, unpackaged food or foodstuffs of any kind on any public street, alley, highway, or private street, alley or property within the City. ... Mobile vendors shall not operate within 500 feet of a school except on school...

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Redondo Beach Municipal Code Section 3-7.2003 requires anyone vending food or merchandise from a cart on a public sidewalk to hold both a business license and an annually renewed sidewalk vending permit from the Finance Director, which is non-transferable and creates no property right to keep operating.

Redondo Beach Sidewalk Vending Permit Requirements

Some Restrictions

Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 3-7.2003

(a) No person, either for themselves or any other person, shall conduct or engage in sidewalk vending within the City without first obtaining a business license and a sidewalk vending permit pursuant to this chapter. (b) A written application for a sidewalk vendor permit shall be filed with the Finance Director on a form provided by the City. Such application shall be accompanied by a nonrefund...

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