Rancho Cucamonga, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RCMC § 10.44.110(B)
- Permit issued by
- City traffic engineer
- School buffer
- 1,000 ft, 7am-4pm school days
- Bona fide sale stop
- Max 10 minutes per location
- Revocation bar
- 6 months after conviction
- Private-property events
- Need separate temp-use permit
Summary
Selling food from a lunch wagon or food truck on a Rancho Cucamonga street requires a written permit from the city traffic engineer under Municipal Code § 10.44.110(B), which also fixes exactly where the truck may stand and bars food sales within 1,000 feet of a school during school hours.
No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, food truck, or vehicle from which articles of food are sold or offered for sale, without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the city traffic engineer which shall designate specific location where such vehicle shall stand.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4999536; v21 updated 2026-07-15).
Full Breakdown
44 on stopping, standing and parking, governs mobile food sales from public streets. 35 or to deliveries made to a fixed business by prior arrangement. Subsection B is the operative rule for food trucks and lunch wagons: no person may park or stand a lunch wagon, food truck, or other vehicle selling food on any street without first obtaining a written permit from the city traffic engineer, and that permit must designate the specific location where the vehicle is allowed to stand. Subsection D backs the permit with an enforcement tool: if a permit holder is convicted of violating the section, the city traffic engineer revokes the permit on receiving the conviction record, and the operator cannot reapply for six months. on days school is in session, though this does not stop deliveries made solely to households or businesses. 110.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the required written permit, standing outside the location the permit specifies, or selling within the 1,000-foot school buffer during restricted hours is enforced as a general municipal infraction under Chapter 1.12, and a conviction triggers automatic revocation of any existing permit plus a six-month bar on reapplying under § 10.44.110(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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