Ascension Parish, LA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Section 13-208 sets twelve specific conditions for food truck and trailer vendors working the parish's public rights-of-way. 00 in liability insurance naming the Parish of Ascension as an additional insured, and the vehicle, including attachments, cannot exceed 102 inches wide, or the width of a parking space if narrower, and 35 feet long. The truck must be legally parked and cannot occupy more than two on-street parking spaces. on school days, and within 100 feet of a street intersection with a crosswalk, traffic light or stop sign, or within 100 feet of a bus stop, with no obstruction of sight distance at any driveway or intersection.

Vendors must organize customer queuing so it does not block pedestrians, serve food only from the side facing away from the street, and cannot let any part of the truck, seating or equipment, other than required trash receptacles, encroach on a public sidewalk, while keeping an eight-foot vertical clearance for pedestrians. Smoke and odors from food preparation cannot become a public nuisance, and a truck cannot set up within 500 feet of a permitted special event in progress without the event organizer's written authorization. m.