Bloomfield, NJ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Section 408-12 opens with 'No peddler shall' and lists the conduct that is off limits for every peddler licensed under Article II of Chapter 408. Section 408-10D(2) refers to the holder of any of the food vehicle class licenses as a peddler, so the list reaches food truck and food vending operators. Subsection A deals with carts. A peddler cannot use a vehicle or conveyance that is not registered and insured under New Jersey motor vehicle laws, and carts parked along the sidewalk are prohibited because the Township has determined that sidewalks are not wide enough to support a cart and pedestrian traffic. The definition of 'vehicle' in § 408-9A backs that up: no licenses will be provided to individuals with carts or other types of conveyance.

Where a vehicle does stand next to a sidewalk, subsection G prohibits parking, stationing or maintaining it, or letting it remain on any sidewalk, if that would reduce the unobstructed pedestrian right-of-way to less than six feet. Subsection C bans stationing a vehicle so as to substantially restrict, obstruct, interfere with or impede the pedestrian's right-of-way or the ingress or egress from abutting property, and it requires a clearly marked litter receptacle for anyone selling food, drinks, ice cream or confections for immediate consumption. The distance rules follow: closer than 10 feet from intersecting streets or sidewalks (F), within 10 feet of any depressed curb (H), within 60 feet of a bus stop (J), within 15 feet of any fire hydrant, crosswalk or driveway (K), and within 50 feet of the entranceway to any building, store, theater, library, school, museum, movie house, sports area or other place of public assembly (L).

Time and housekeeping limits apply as well. A vehicle cannot stay at one location more than 15 minutes unless a sale is transacted or a customer is stopped at it, must then move at least 30 feet, and cannot return within 30 feet of that spot for two hours (B). Selling between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is prohibited (E), vehicles cannot be left unattended or overnight on any public way (D), and a sequentially numbered written receipt is required for each customer who asks (I). The vehicle must display the certificate of registration from the Director of the Division of Taxation of the New Jersey State Department of Treasury (O).