Medford, OR Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

350, Sales on Public Property, otherwise bars leaving a vehicle, cart, or merchandise on a street, sidewalk, or public lot for more than five consecutive minutes to sell food or goods, unless the vendor has prior written approval from the City Manager or designee. 030 that lists the applicant's name and address, the products to be sold (only flowers, produce, and ready-to-eat prepared food are pre-approved; anything else needs separate City Manager sign-off), copies of applicable health permits, a description and photo of the cart, the number of carts, the proposed location from a preapproved map kept by Business Licensing, and the names of everyone who will operate the cart or prepare the food.

Applications route through Planning, Fire, Police, Building and Public Works before final approval, and vendors pay the City business license fee plus a per-location permit fee, good for 90 days and renewable. on Saturdays and Sundays, with carts barred from the sidewalk outside those hours. Subsection (7) sets separation distances of 10 feet from a building entrance or fire hydrant, 20 feet along a curb from an intersection or driveway, and 5 feet of unobstructed sidewalk width. Subsection (8) caps cart size at four feet wide, nine feet long, and four feet high, with canopy clearance of at least seven feet.