Trenton, NJ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Trenton Code Chapter 206, Article III governs pushcart and vending-unit sales on city streets and sidewalks. A. , and § 206-20 requires City registration through the Licensing Bureau: a completed application, two photographs, proof of liability insurance ($100,000 per person/$300,000 per occurrence, $50,000 property damage), an annual $250 registration fee per vending unit, and renewal each January 1. with no vending during that window, must be attended at all times (with breaks capped at 20 minutes, no more often than every two hours), and vendors selling food or beverages for immediate consumption must provide a public waste receptacle and may not mix food and nonfood items for sale on the same unit.

Section 206-24 requires food vendors to comply with the City's Retail Food Establishment Code, display a certificate of health compliance issued by the Health and Human Services Department, and submit to monthly inspection of the vending unit. A violation draws an ordinance summons under § 206-26; if vending does not stop, the unit can be towed, and the City Clerk may suspend or revoke the registration under § 206-27 for fraud, nuisance conduct, or any ordinance violation, with appeal to Superior Court.