Longview, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 67-4
- Covers
- sidewalks, streets, all rights-of-way
- Stationary vending
- prohibited outright
- Moving mobile food units
- exempt while in transit
- Enforcing office
- City Planner / Police
Summary
Longview bars vending, selling, or displaying merchandise from any public sidewalk, street, or right-of-way inside city limits, with only narrow permitted exceptions.
No person shall occupy public property or the public rights-of-way in the city for the purpose of vending, selling, distributing, soliciting, or offering for sale any merchandise or services, or for the purpose of charitable, political, or religious solicitation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: June 2026: This code is current through Ordinances 4635 passed 06.25.26).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 67-4 prohibits occupying public property or public rights-of-way, a definition that explicitly includes sidewalks, for vending, selling, distributing, or soliciting any merchandise or services. A vendor sets up on a sidewalk without a listed defense and is in violation. The defenses that survive are narrow: official government business, a city concession contract, a Parks and Recreation permit for park property, an outdoor event or parade permit under Chapter 79, a vehicle-for-hire operating under Chapter 103, or a mobile food unit that keeps moving along the right-of-way under Chapter 46 rather than parking to sell.
Violations & Fines
Setting up a stand, cart, or table on a public sidewalk or street to sell food or goods without one of the Sec. 67-4(c) defenses.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I set up a food stand on a Longview sidewalk?
Does a food truck that keeps moving get an exception?
Sources & Official References
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