Kennewick, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- License class
- Class II license, KMC 6.23.020
- Who needs it
- Peddlers, solicitors, itinerant vendors selling place to place
- Application info
- Address, supplier, goods type; KMC 6.23.060
- Fee
- Set by City's Master Fee Schedule
- Penalty range
- $25 to $500 civil penalty, KMC 6.23.080
Summary
Selling food or goods on Kennewick sidewalks as a peddler, without a fixed storefront, requires a City-issued Class II peddler's license under KMC 6.23.020 before any sale, delivery, or order-taking begins, per the license mandate in KMC 6.23.040. The license covers anyone "traveling from place to place" offering goods, including foot and cart vendors working the sidewalk rather than a fixed lot.
6.23.020: - Class. A peddler's license is a Class II license. ... 6.23.040: - License Required. No peddler, solicitor, or itinerant vendor shall expose for sale, deliver or sell any goods or services or offer or take orders for sale or delivery without first procuring a license under this Chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
12. 030 defines a "Peddler" as "any person traveling from place to place offering, exposing for sale or selling any goods, merchandise, service or produce," and an "Itinerant Vendor" as anyone who "engages in a temporary business of or offering or taking orders for the sale or delivery of goods or services within the City from a fixed or temporary location"; a sidewalk food vendor without a storefront fits either definition depending on whether they move location to location or work one spot. 050. 250(5), which is a zoning provision rather than a peddler's license.
Violations & Fines
Selling on a Kennewick sidewalk without the Class II peddler's license is enforced under KMC 6.23.080: the License Officer, or the Hearing Examiner on review, can suspend or revoke the license for any fraudulent, illegal, or deceptive practice, and may assess a civil penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, plus order restitution to anyone injured by the violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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