Loveland, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- City Clerk vendors license, § 12.30.030
- School buffer
- 200 feet from any K-12 school
- Sidewalk path
- Six-foot clear pedestrian passageway required
- Competitor buffer
- 100 feet from directly competing business
- License term
- Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, non-transferable
Summary
Loveland requires a City Clerk-issued vendors license before anyone, including mobile food trucks, sells from a public sidewalk or right-of-way, under Municipal Code Chapter 12.30. Licensed food trucks must serve customers only from the sidewalk, keep a six-foot pedestrian path clear, and stay 200 feet from any K-12 school.
It is unlawful for any person to vend from or upon any public right-of-way without first obtaining a vendors license in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. ... Mobile food trucks must serve the public only from the sidewalk and not from the street or adjacent parking spaces. ... No licensee shall operate in such a manner as to leave less than a six-foot wide, unobstructed passageway for pedestrians along the sidewalk. ... Mobile food trucks shall not stop to vend within 200 feet of the property boundary of any kindergarten or primary or secondary school.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
030 for any person to vend from or upon any public right-of-way, sidewalks included, without first obtaining a vendors license from the city clerk. 070. H). Trucks may never vend from a federal or state highway or an arterial street as defined in the city's master transportation plan, and must use flashing warning lights while stopped in the street portion of a right-of-way. Licenses run January 1 through December 31 and are not transferable. 040.
Violations & Fines
Vending without a license, or violating a licensed operator's restrictions such as blocking the six-foot sidewalk path or stopping within 200 feet of a school, is grounds for the city clerk to suspend or revoke the license on five days' written notice under Section 12.30.130, with a right to a hearing and appeal to the city manager; unattended vending equipment may also be impounded at the vendor's expense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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