Vendor Permits: Mesquite vs Richardson

Street vendors, peddlers, and mobile food units in Mesquite must register with the city, obtain a Dallas County health permit for food, and comply with the itinerant merchant and mobile food vendor sections of the city code.

Street vendors in Richardson generally must obtain a peddler or solicitor permit from the Police Department and, for food, a health permit from Environmental Health. Vending from public right-of-way is restricted, and most operations occur on private property with owner consent.