Corona, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit review time
- 30 calendar days
- Permit term
- 1 year, non-transferable
- Receptacle size cap
- 50 sq ft, 6 ft height
- Residential curfew
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
- Curb buffer
- 18 inches from curb face
- Unpermitted vendor fine
- Up to $1,000 (3rd violation)
Summary
Corona requires a sidewalk vendor permit before selling food or merchandise from a sidewalk, capping receptacles at 50 square feet and 6 feet tall, banning operation from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. in residential zones, and fining unpermitted vending up to $1,000 for repeat violations.
Dimension of receptacles or display area. Sidewalk vending receptacles or the display area shall not exceed a total area of 50 square feet and a height of six feet. (G) No motorization. No sidewalk vending receptacle shall be motorized. ... (P) Hours of operation. All sidewalk vendors, regardless of whether a roaming sidewalk vendor or a stationary sidewalk vendor, are prohibited from conducting sidewalk vendor activities from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. daily in residential zones.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
35 implements the state Safe Sidewalk Vending Act locally. 16 health permit for food sales, a seller's permit, $1,000,000 in general liability insurance naming the City as additional insured, and a business license. 040 gives the Director 30 days to issue the permit if the vendor has not had a permit revoked in the past 12 months, has not received more than two administrative citations in 12 months, and has paid all fees; permits run one year and are non-transferable. m. 070 bars vending within 18 inches of any curb face, on emergency vehicle accessways, or within 200 feet of a permitted special event. 050 lets the Director suspend or revoke a permit after four violations, barring reapplication for two years after revocation.
Violations & Fines
Section 5.35.090 sets administrative fines only, not criminal penalties: up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for each additional violation within that year. A vendor who cannot show a valid permit faces steeper fines of up to $250, $500, and $1,000 for successive violations, though those fines drop to the lower schedule once a valid permit is shown.
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