Logan, UT Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Chapter 5.35 of the Logan Municipal Code governs sidewalk vendors and sidewalk cafes. A sidewalk vendor is a person licensed under the chapter who sells or offers to sell food, nonalcoholic beverages, balloons, cut flowers, caps, clothing, accessories, souvenirs, handmade crafts or like products on a public sidewalk (§ 5.35.010). Section 5.35.020 makes it unlawful to display, offer for sale or sell retail goods on a public sidewalk or other public right of way without first complying with the chapter and obtaining a business license as a sidewalk vendor. Material changes to the operation, ownership, product or location require a new application and review, and renewal is annual, based on continual compliance.

Section 5.35.040 sets the operating rules. Vendors conduct business only as approved in the license application. A photograph or drawing of the cart is submitted with the application, and the cart is maintained as approved. Each license specifies the approved location, no operation occurs anywhere else, and no cart stays on the sidewalk when not open for business. Vendors cannot obstruct business display windows and signs, and keep five feet (5') from any building entrance or walkway, twenty feet (20') from any driveway, six feet (6') of unobstructed sidewalk width at all times, and twenty feet (20') from an intersection and outside the sight distance triangle. Section 5.35.030 requires the applicant to indemnify the city and carry commercial general liability insurance naming the city as additional insured.

Applications under § 5.35.050 include a site diagram, a zoning and planning form, a business license form, a right of way permit form, a cart and signage drawing with proposed colors, and a list of all products. Public works, planning, zoning, building, fire, police and health review them. The applicant must be an adult under Utah law, hold business and sales tax registration and food handler permits as applicable, and cannot be approved with criminal convictions or unresolved criminal proceedings for conduct that has the potential to threaten public safety.