Jackson, TN Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Street/sidewalk stands
- banned unless city-allotted
- Traffic lanes
- no selling or soliciting
- Noise
- no calling out except parade/festival
- Posted 'No Peddlers' signs
- entry banned
- Applies to
- peddlers, street barkers, food trucks
Summary
Municipal Code § 9-105 bars any peddler, street barker, or solicitor, including a mobile food vendor operating under that permit, from setting up a booth or stand on a street or sidewalk unless the city has allotted that space for a fee. The section also bans blocking building entrances, working in traffic lanes, and running a 'road block.'
9-105. - Restrictions on peddlers, street barkers and solicitors. No peddler, street barker, solicitor, solicitor for charitable purposes, or solicitor for subscriptions shall: (1)Be permitted to set up and operate a booth or stand on any street or sidewalk, or in any other public area within the city except where stalls, stands, or space is allotted on payment of fixed rents or fees or where such area has been set aside for that purpose.(2)Stand or sit in or near the entrance to any dwelling or place of business, or in any other place that may disrupt or impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic.(3)Offer to sell goods or services or solicit in vehicular traffic lanes, or operate a "road block" of any kind.
Full Breakdown
Section 9-105 lists specific things no peddler, street barker, solicitor, or subscription or charity solicitor may do while working the city's streets and sidewalks. First, none of them may set up and operate a booth or stand on any street, sidewalk, or other public area unless the city has allotted stalls, stands, or space for a fixed rent or fee, or has otherwise set the area aside for that use, which means an unpermitted sidewalk stand is unlawful even for someone who holds the underlying peddler's permit.
Second, they cannot stand or sit in or near a dwelling or business entrance, or anywhere else that disrupts pedestrian or vehicle traffic. Third, they cannot offer to sell or solicit in vehicle traffic lanes or run any kind of 'road block.' Fourth, they cannot call attention to their business by crying out, blowing a horn, ringing a bell, or making other noise, except that a street barker may cry out during a recognized city parade or festival. Fifth, none of them may enter or try to enter property posted with a 'Peddlers or Solicitors Prohibited' sign or similar language.
Because a mobile food unit operates under this same peddler and solicitor permit, these street and sidewalk restrictions apply to food trucks and carts working the sidewalk just as they apply to any other peddler.
Violations & Fines
Setting up an unpermitted booth on a street or sidewalk, blocking an entrance or traffic lane, making noise to attract customers outside a festival, or entering property posted against peddlers all violate § 9-105. Because § 9-105 sits in the same chapter as the permit requirement, a violation can also support suspension of the permit by the city recorder or revocation by the city council under § 9-107.
Frequently Asked Questions
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