Pasco, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Sidewalk vending time limit
- 2 hours per location
- Pedestrian clear zone
- Minimum 3 feet
- Customer service side
- Curb side only
- Prohibited obstruction
- Wheelchair ramps, building entrances
- Allowed conveyances
- Food trucks and push carts only
- First-offense fine
- $100
Summary
Pasco caps sidewalk food-cart vending at two hours per location under PMC 5.75.090(3)(b) and requires vendors to keep a 3-foot pedestrian clear zone and avoid blocking wheelchair ramps or building entrances.
(3) Route Vending. Some mobile vendors move more frequently and establish their typical route with the Benton-Franklin Health District. Their permit may not specify their exact location, and thus they shall adhere to the restrictions below. These restrictions also apply to permitted vendors who make use of public space not specified on their permit. (a) Mobile vendors may vend in legal parking spaces for up to two hours per location. (b) Mobile vendors using food carts may vend on sidewalks and public plazas for up to two hours per location. Vendors must not obstruct wheelchair ramps or building entrances. Their presence on the sidewalk shall not reduce the pedestrian clear zone to less than three feet.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
090(3) governs 'route vending,' which covers mobile vendors who move more frequently and register a typical route with the Benton-Franklin Health District rather than a single fixed permit location, as well as any permitted vendor operating in public space not specified on their permit. 090(3)(a), mobile vendors may vend in legal parking spaces for up to two hours per location, and under (3)(b), vendors using food carts may vend on sidewalks and public plazas for up to two hours per location as well. 030 as sidewalk area reserved for pedestrians, free of street furniture, planters, hydrants, and street trees) to less than three feet. 100(1)(e) reinforces the same 3-foot clear-zone standard as a general mobile vendor standard applicable whenever a sidewalk is used. 100(2)). 100(4)).
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the two-hour sidewalk limit or reducing the pedestrian clear zone below 3 feet is a violation of Chapter 5.75 PMC enforced as a code infraction under Chapter 1.40 PMC via PMC 5.75.130: $100 for a first offense, $500 for a second, and 90-day license ineligibility for a third offense within two years. The Community and Economic Development Director may also revoke the mobile vending license outright under PMC 5.75.110 for repeated or unlawful conduct.
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