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

2 rules for unincorporated Tehama County, California.

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

Food Truck Permits

Tehama County requires a use permit before any mobile food vending unit can operate on private property in the unincorporated area, and bars vending on vacant or purely residential lots.

Tehama County Mobile Food Vending Permit

Significant Restrictions

Tehama County Code § 17.82.030

No mobile food vendor may operate in Tehama County on private property without a valid use permit issued in accordance with Chapter 17.70 of this Code. Mobile food vending shall not be permitted upon any premises within the unincorporated area of Tehama County unless the premises also contains a permitted commercial or industrial use...Mobile food vending shall not be conducted on any vacant un...

Vending Zones

In unincorporated Tehama County, mobile food vending on private property is confined to C-1 through C-4, M-1, M-2, and PO zones, and requires a discretionary use permit before a truck or trailer can operate.

Tehama County Mobile Food Vending Zones

Significant Restrictions

Tehama County Code § 17.82.030

"No mobile food vendor may operate in Tehama County on private property without a valid use permit issued in accordance with Chapter 17.70... Mobile food vending shall not be permitted upon any premises within the unincorporated area of Tehama County unless the premises also contains a permitted commercial or industrial use... Mobile food vending may be permitted within C1, C2, C3, C4, M1, M2, ...

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