Yuba County, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Non-itinerant permit
- temporary use permit, 1-year term
- Renewal cap
- up to 4 years total
- Required displays
- tax cert, health permit, vending permit
- Governing section
- § 11.32.170(2), (4)(a)
Summary
Non-itinerant food truck vending on private or public property in unincorporated Yuba County requires a temporary use permit good for up to one year, plus a health permit and mobile vending permit displayed on the vehicle.
Non-itinerant vending on private property, public property or in the public right-of-way requires a temporary use permit, pursuant to the procedures of Chapter 11.58, Temporary Use Permits... A temporary use permit for non-itinerant vending shall not exceed a period of one year. ... The mobile food vendor shall display current business tax certificate, health department permit (and decal) and mobile food vending permit in plain view and at all times on the exterior of the food vending vehicle.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 6).
Full Breakdown
Yuba County splits mobile food vending into two permit tracks. Itinerant, roving vendors need only meet the Chapter's location and site standards. Vendors who park at one non-itinerant location, on private property, public property, or in the right-of-way, need a temporary use permit under Chapter 11.58, capped at one year but renewable in one-year increments up to four years total. Every mobile food vendor, itinerant or not, must display a current business tax certificate, health department permit and decal, and mobile food vending permit in plain view on the exterior of the vehicle at all times.
Violations & Fines
Operating a fixed-location food truck without the required temporary use permit, or failing to display the business tax certificate, health permit, and mobile vending permit on the vehicle, violates § 11.32.170(2) and (4)(a).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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