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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Johnson County, KS (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Johnson County, Kansas.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Johnson County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Vending Zones

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Johnson County cannot sell from public property, roadways, or right-of-way: sales must happen on private property with the owner's consent and a permit.

Food Truck Vending Zones in Johnson County

Significant Restrictions

Sec. 50-180

(a)Use of public property or right-of-way. No person shall conduct any itinerant sales, in whole or in part, upon public property of the county or upon any public roadway or right-of-way of the county. (b)Use of vehicles. No sales shall be allowed, conducted or made from any vehicles while moving or from any vehicle stopped in the public roadway.

Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Selling food from a cart, stand, or vehicle on a public sidewalk or road right-of-way is banned outright in unincorporated Johnson County, even for permitted itinerant vendors.

Sidewalk Food Vending Rules in Johnson County

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 50-182(f)

Any vendor, transient merchant, or other person conducting itinerant sales pursuant to a permit issued under this article shall not erect any stand or other structure nor store or display any goods, wares or merchandise, nor conduct any sales activities within any public right-of-way or upon any sidewalk or within any setback area established for the normal use of that property location by the ...

Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors by City in Johnson County

2 cities in Johnson County have their own food trucks & mobile vendors rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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