Ramapo, NY Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- From Town Clerk, § 199-3
- First-time license term
- 60 days
- Renewal term
- 360 days
- School buffer
- 250 ft, 8am-4pm school days
- Vending hours
- 9am to 30 min after sunset
- Crosswalk rule
- Vehicle may not stop on crosswalk
Summary
In unincorporated Ramapo, anyone selling food from a cart, truck or on foot on a public street needs a peddler's license from the Town Clerk before setting up. The Peddler and Solicitor Law bars vending near schools during school hours and bans stopping vehicles on crosswalks.
No person shall engage in the business of selling or attempting to sell or solicit orders for the sale of any property or any services on any public street or public place. ... A licensed peddler or solicitor shall not: ... Vend his goods, wares and merchandise in any location within 250 feet of any other peddler, solicitor and/or private business vending goods, wares and merchandise of a similar nature. ... Sell any confectionery or ice cream within 250 feet of any school between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days. ... Permit any vehicle used by him to stop or remain on any crosswalk. ... Sell or solicit except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 30 minutes after sunset.
Full Breakdown
Ramapo Code Chapter 199, the Peddler and Solicitor Law, applies to the unincorporated area of the Town (villages like Spring Valley and Suffern license separately). Section 199-3 makes it unlawful to sell or solicit orders for property on any public street or public place without first obtaining a peddler's license from the Town Clerk; the Chief of Police investigates each applicant's background before the Clerk issues the license, which runs 60 days for a first-time applicant and 360 days on renewal. to 30 minutes after sunset.
The section also bars using noisy devices to attract attention, except that ice cream and ice cream product peddlers selling for immediate consumption are specifically exempted from the ban on using a bell. A vendor must carry the license at all times and produce it on demand from police or a prospective customer, and the license is nontransferable.
Violations & Fines
Violating any restriction in § 199-10, including letting a vehicle block a crosswalk or vending within the school buffer, is enforced by the Ramapo Police Department. Selling without a license or transferring a license to another person automatically terminates it. Repeated violations and bond forfeiture under § 199-9 can follow proof of a Town Code violation by the licensee or an agent.
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