Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Summit County, OH (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Summit County, Ohio.

Verified from official government sources

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

Vending Zones

Summit County keeps mobile vendors away from schoolchildren and off the clock. Section 775.07(b) bars any itinerant vendor from parking or stopping to sell within 200 feet of a school between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the school term, and Section 775.07(c) confines all licensed peddling and soliciting to the hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. countywide.

Summit County Bans Vending Within 200 Feet of Schools

Some Restrictions

Summit County Codified Ordinances §775.07(b),(c)

No itinerant vendor, hawker, peddler, solicitor, or canvasser shall park, stand or stop, for the purpose of making any sale, within 200 feet of any school between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during the school term. ... All peddling or soliciting done under license issued by virtue of this Chapter shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

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Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Summit County licenses every itinerant vendor, peddler, hawker and canvasser, including mobile food operators like ice cream and snack trucks, through the Office of Consumer Affairs. Section 775.07(d) bars any of them from making a sale or delivery to a customer standing in a public street, alley or right of way used by motor vehicles, so roadside food truck transactions have to happen off the traveled roadway.

Summit County Bars Food Truck Sales From Roadways

Some Restrictions

Summit County Codified Ordinances §775.07(d)

No itinerant vendor, hawker, peddler, solicitor, or canvasser shall make any sale or any delivery to any person from any motor vehicle or other conveyance while such person is standing on, or is within, any public street, alley or right of way normally used by motor vehicles.

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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors by City in Summit County

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

AkronPop. 190,469

2 verified rules • Food Truck Permits, Vending Zones

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