Gilbert, AZ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

' Section 14-137 requires every mobile food vendor to obtain and maintain a business license from the development services director before conducting business, with a separate license for each vehicle. Applicants must describe the goods sold, submit a vehicle description and photograph, disclose any felony convictions if operating on town property or in the right-of-way, and complete a good neighbor policy form; vendors operating from a vehicle must carry liability insurance. Section 14-138 then controls where sales can happen: vending surfaces must meet sections 30-62 and 30-63, and it is unlawful to conduct business on town property or in the public right-of-way without a written agreement or permit, except that ice cream trucks and human-powered vending vehicles may vend in the right-of-way for no more than ten minutes at any one location.

Vendors also cannot operate inside a public park without a parks and recreation director's permit, in a congested area a police officer judges to impede the public, or without the property owner's written permission carried on-site, and county or town permits must be obtained first. Section 14-139 adds operational limits: signage on the vehicle needs no separate sign permit, a licensed vehicle cannot sit at the same location more than 96 consecutive hours, operators must arrange their own trash receptacles and cannot dump into town bins without paid service, and any truck without a fire-department-approved suppression system must keep a ten-foot separation from other vending vehicles, structures and property lines.