Los Banos, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

3605 requires renewal with a new nonrefundable application fee each year. Applicants must submit a written application to the Community and Economic Development Department along with a background check run through the Los Banos Police Department for the vendor and everyone who operates or vends out of the unit, a City business license, four exterior photographs of the unit, proof of current vehicle registration, a signage rendering, a copy of a current Merced County Environmental Health permit and proof of vehicle insurance. Vendors operating in the public right-of-way or on public property must also carry commercial general liability coverage of at least $1,000,000, naming the City as an additional insured, and sign a hold-harmless agreement; vendors on private property need the property owner's affidavit and a site plan showing adequate parking.

3605(e). Grounds for denying a permit include noncompliance with building, zoning, fire or health law, an inability to pass the background or Fire Department check, a permit suspension or revocation in another California jurisdiction within the prior three years, a material misstatement on the application, or failure to clear Merced County Environmental Health.