Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Madera County, CA (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Madera County, California.

Verified from official government sources

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

Vending Zones

Mobile food and itinerant vendors in unincorporated Madera County can only set up on private property zoned commercial, industrial, or highway frontage, and only with the landowner's written OK.

Madera County Itinerant Food Vendor Zoning

Significant Restrictions

Madera County Code § 5.24.020(E)

Itinerant vendors may operate only on privately owned real property within the commercial, industrial, or highway frontage zoning districts, and only with the written permission of the owner of the property.

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Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Mobile food and other itinerant vendors are flatly barred from operating on sidewalks, streets, and other public rights-of-way anywhere in unincorporated Madera County.

Madera County Sidewalk Vending Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Madera County Code § 5.24.030(A)

No itinerant vendor shall operate within or upon, and shall not sell, solicit, or barter, transact or solicit business within or upon, any right-of-way, public street, road, sidewalk, highway or public property. An itinerant vendor must be located at least thirty-five feet back from the paved edge of any roadway...

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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors by City in Madera County

1 cities in Madera 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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3 verified rules • Food Truck Permits, Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

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