Beaumont, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- City Engineer, within ten days of a completed application
- Spacing from other vendors
- 200 feet
- Intersection buffer
- 100 feet from a street intersection or traffic signal
- Cart size limit
- Four feet long, four feet wide, ten feet high
- Vending hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset
- Citation range
- $100 to $500 permitted, $250 to $1,000 unpermitted
Summary
In the City of Beaumont, California, sidewalk vendors need a City Engineer permit under Chapter 5.66, cannot vend within 200 feet of another vendor or within 100 feet of a street intersection, and stationary vendors are barred from residential zones. Vending runs 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset, and carts cannot exceed four feet by four feet.
A.Except as otherwise permitted in this Chapter or the Municipal Code, no sidewalk vendor shall vend in any of the following locations:1.To the fullest extent permitted by law, any public property other than a sidewalk, including, without limitation, streets, alleys, and City-owned parking structures;2.Within 200 feet of any other sidewalk vendor; ... 4.Within 100 feet of a street intersection or traffic signal; ... 13.If a stationary sidewalk vendor, within any residential zone of the City. ... C.Sidewalk vending is permitted only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset, whichever comes first, except that the hours of operation in non-residential areas shall not be more restrictive than the hours of operation imposed on other businesses or uses on the same street. ... S.Not including an attached litter receptacle, vending carts shall not exceed a length of four feet, a width of four feet, or a height, including a roof, umbrella, or awning, of ten feet provided that any umbrella or awning shall be no less than seven feet above the surface of the sidewalk.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 5.66 of the Beaumont Municipal Code regulates sidewalk vending in the City of Beaumont, Riverside County, California. A sidewalk vendor sells from a vending cart or from one's person on a public sidewalk or paved pedestrian path, and is either stationary or roaming. Section 5.66.020 requires an application to the City Engineer with a nonrefundable fee set by City Council resolution, the cart dimensions, a California seller's permit number, an indemnity agreement, and for food vendors a Riverside County food handler certificate. Applications are due at least 30 days before the requested issuance date, the City Engineer grants the permit within ten days of a completed application and proof of a City business license, and permits last one year and cannot be transferred.
Section 5.66.150 fixes where vending is off limits: within 200 feet of another sidewalk vendor, within 100 feet of a street intersection or traffic signal, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within ten feet of a driveway or marked crosswalk, within 200 feet of a Police or Fire Station, and within 200 feet of a certified farmers market or swap meet during its hours. Stationary vendors are excluded from residential zones and from parks with a concession stand under a City concession agreement. Vending is permitted between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset, whichever comes first. A stationary vendor who stays in place for one hour or longer must be within 300 feet of a publicly accessible restroom.
Carts cannot exceed four feet by four feet, or ten feet in height, with any umbrella or awning at least seven feet above the sidewalk. Carts need locking wheels, cannot be left unattended or overnight on public property, and cannot lean against poles, signs, trees, hydrants or buildings. One chair and one umbrella are allowed. Food vendors keep hand sanitizer and display a Riverside County mobile food facility permit and grade, and every vendor keeps a ten foot radius clean with a marked litter receptacle. Lottery tickets, alcohol, cannabis, adult oriented material and tobacco products are prohibited.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 5.66.160 and Government Code section 51039, violations are punished only by administrative citation. A permitted vendor faces up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within one year and $500 for each additional one, and the City can revoke the permit on the fourth violation. A vendor without a permit faces up to $250, $500 and $1,000, reduced to the permitted amounts on proof of a valid permit. Each hour is a separate offense, and the ability to pay is considered.
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