Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Yakima, WA (2026)

Yakima Municipal Code §§ 5.57.010, 5.57.020

"Motorized food preparation vehicle" means a commercially manufactured motorized vehicle or trailer vending unit in which ready-to-eat food is cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed or portioned for service, sale or distribution. Motorized food preparation vehicles include, but are not limited to, food trucks. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of a mobile or street vendo...

Yakima Municipal Code § 5.57.040(3), (4)(a)-(b)

No mobile or street vendor shall sell or vend any wares from his vehicle or conveyance within a residential zoning district unless associated with a special event or private catering function... Within three hundred feet of any public or private school grounds during the hours of regular school session, classes, or school related events in the public or private school, except when authorized by...

Yakima Municipal Code §§ 5.57.010, 5.57.020

"Street vendor" means a vendor selling food or nonalcoholic beverages within a public or private parking lot, pedestrian plaza, sidewalk, or public property using a non-motorized cart or temporary structure. All business licenses for mobile and street vendors must be prominently displayed upon all vehicles, conveyances, or temporary structures from which a mobile or street vendor conducts busin...