Clovis, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitting agency
- Clovis Police Department
- Application review time
- 45 days from complete application
- School buffer
- 300 feet during school hours
- Freeway buffer
- 500 feet from ramps
- Vendor-to-vendor spacing
- 200 feet apart
- Vending hours
- Barred 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Permit term
- Calendar year, expires Dec. 31
Summary
Selling food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, bicycle, or one's person on a Clovis sidewalk requires a vendor permit from the Police Department under Municipal Code Chapter 5.33. Vendors must clear school grounds by 300 feet during school hours, stay 500 feet from freeway ramps, keep 200 feet from other vendors, and cannot vend between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(a) No vendor shall locate within three hundred feet (300') of the grounds of any elementary or secondary school on any school day while school is in session; (b) No vendor shall locate within five hundred feet (500') of a freeway entrance or exit; (c) No vendor shall locate within fifty feet (50') of any street or roadway intersection, crosswalk, fire hydrant, signal crossing, or bus stop... (f) No vendor shall locate within two hundred feet (200') of any other vendor operating during the applicable vending hours specified in this chapter... (q) No vending shall occur between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Specific types of vending may have shorter permitted hours.
Full Breakdown
04). Applications go to the Police Chief with names, financial interests, the type of goods sold, intended locations, vehicle counts, hours of operation, proof of a required toilet and hand washing facility, liability insurance, and a background check; the Chief must issue or deny the permit within 45 days and applicants are urged to apply more than 45 days ahead. on December 31 unless renewed before November 1; single-event permits max out at 30 consecutive days and one per vendor per year. 05 layers on siting buffers: 300 feet from school grounds on school days, 500 feet from a freeway entrance or exit, 50 feet from intersections, crosswalks, hydrants, signal crossings or bus stops, 200 feet from any other permitted vendor, and no vending in a designated white/yellow/blue/red curb zone or within 60 inches of clear sidewalk width. , and vending is barred along any business's storefront that holds its own sidewalk permit. 03).
Violations & Fines
Vending without a permit is unlawful under § 5.33.04(a), and vendors are subject to the same penalties as unlicensed businesses under Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 3 (§ 5.33.02). Permits are nontransferable and confer no vested property right, so the Police Chief can attach or revisit conditions of approval at any time. Operating outside the buffer zones, vending in a banned residential district, exceeding the 10-minute roaming stop, or vending after 10:00 p.m. all violate the operational standards of § 5.33.05 and § 5.33.06 and can support permit denial, suspension, or citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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