Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Honolulu County, HI (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Honolulu County, Hawaii.
Verified from official government sources
Food Truck Permits
Any food truck, lunch wagon, or mobile food vendor selling on a public street, sidewalk, or highway anywhere on Oahu needs an annual peddler's license from the city under ROH § 13-6.2(a), plus a Hawaii general excise tax license under HRS § 237-9. Operating without both is unlawful island-wide, and the code also bars vending outright in 13 named public areas.
Honolulu Food Truck Peddler License Rules
Significant RestrictionsROH § 13-6.2(a)-(c)
(a) It is unlawful for any person to peddle on a public place without a peddler's license issued by the city, except as otherwise provided by § 13-6.1. (b) It is unlawful for any person, whether exempt or licensed under § 13-6.1, to peddle on a public place, unless such person is also duly licensed under HRS § 237-9 to engage in and conduct such business as required by HRS § 237-9. (c) Notwiths...
Vending Zones
Food trucks and lunch wagons selling on Oahu streets must move every 3 hours and can't return within 300 feet for 3 hours after leaving.
Where Food Trucks Can Vend in Honolulu
Some RestrictionsRevised Ordinances of Honolulu § 15-13.6
It is unlawful for any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster to carry on or solicit business in one location on any street or on any public highway for a period beyond the parking time limit set for a parking space, as designated by official signs, or beyond three hours where there is no posted time limitation for the space. Upon vacating one location, it is unlawful for the itinerant vendor, ...
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
In Chinatown, College Walk Mall, Sun Yat Sen Mall, and Historic Moiliili, a store's food peddling on the adjoining sidewalk can't include on-site cooking, cutting, or food prep.
Honolulu Sidewalk Food Peddling Restrictions
Some RestrictionsROH § 13-6A.3
A merchant of a store may peddle on a portion of an abutting sidewalk or mall only goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs, refreshments, or other kinds of property or services of the same or a similar character as available in the merchant's store... A merchant of a store shall not cook, cut, trim, or otherwise prepare food for sale or consumption on the portion of a sidewalk or mall usable by t...
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