Baldwin Park, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Vehicle weight limit
- Under 6,000 lbs unladen
- Vending hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Stop limit
- 10 minutes, then move 100 feet
- Permits required
- Operator's (§122.15) + vendor's (§122.16) permits
- Business license
- Required under Chapter 110
- Reapplication bar
- 1 year after permit revocation
Summary
Mobile food and vending trucks in Baldwin Park need both a city business license and an operator's permit under Municipal Code § 122.15, plus a vendor's permit under § 122.16 for each driver, before selling from a vehicle on any public street under § 122.04. Vehicles must weigh under 6,000 pounds unladen and vend only 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or operate any vehicle or conduct any business for the purpose of causing the sale or for offering for sale, any goods or services from any vehicle parked, stopped or standing upon any public street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or other public property in the city except in accordance with all applicable provisions of the code and in compliance with each of the following requirements: (A) Such vending shall be only by means of a vehicle duly registered and licensed by the state with an unladen weight of less than 6,000 pounds. ... (D) Each operator shall possess and at all times display in conspicuous view upon such vehicle an unexpired and unrevoked operator's permit issued pursuant to § 122.15. ... (O) No vending shall be permitted by any operator or conducted by any vendor except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. of each day.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 122 of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code governs sales from vehicles, covering food trucks, ice cream trucks and similar mobile vendors. 04 requires that vending vehicles be duly registered and licensed by the state with an unladen weight under 6,000 pounds, and confines vending to public streets only, not alleys, parkways, sidewalks or other public property. 16. 15 routes the operator's permit application to the Business License Official/Finance Department with a nonrefundable application fee set by City Council resolution, renewed annually with a new fee each year.
04(H) and (O). 04(S) through (V): illuminated 'WARNING CHILDREN CROSSING' signs at least 12 by 48 inches, an orange safety cone placed at the rear when stopped, an unobstructed 200-foot sightline, and a ban on vending on any street posted above 25 miles per hour. 20 for falsified applications, a moral-turpitude or drug conviction while vending, or operating contrary to public safety, and a revoked permit holder cannot reapply for one year.
Violations & Fines
A vendor or operator working without the required business license, operator's permit or vendor's permit is subject to permit denial or revocation by the City Clerk under § 122.20, with no reapplication allowed for one year after revocation under § 122.20(E). Permit holders may appeal a revocation to the City Council within ten days by filing written notice with the City Clerk, and the City Council must hear the appeal within 20 days under § 122.21.
Frequently Asked Questions
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