West Valley City, UT Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Police I.D. card
- Selling hours
- 1 hr after sunrise-1 hr before sunset
- Max street speed limit
- 25 mph
- Vehicle equipment
- Backup alarm + flashing beacon
Summary
Selling goods from a vehicle on West Valley City public streets requires a police I.D. card and compliance with strict safety and daylight-hours conditions.
It shall be unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or display for sale any goods on public streets unless done in full compliance with the requirements of this Title.
(2) Each person or business selling, offering to sell, or displaying for sale any goods on public streets shall comply with the following requirements:
a. Any vehicle shall have an audible backup warning device and a flashing yellow beacon activated while goods are available for sale;
b. The vehicle shall have a convex mirror to permit the driver to see any area obscured by the hood;
c. Goods shall not be sold, offered for sale, or displayed earlier than one hour after sunrise or later than one hour before sunset;
d. Goods shall not be sold, offered for sale, or displayed on any street where the speed limit exceeds 25 miles per hour;
e. Goods shall not be sold to any person standing in a roadway;
f. Goods shall not be sold unless the vehicle is completely stopped and lawfully parked;
g. Vehicles shall not be reversed or moved backward in order to sell goods; and
h. Each person selling, offering to sell, or displaying for sale any goods shall obtain a police I.D. card as set forth in Part 17-2-100P. (Ord. No. 18-24 Enacted 06/19/2018)
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
West Valley City Municipal Code section 17-2-1104 makes it unlawful to sell, offer, or display goods on public streets except in full compliance with Title 17. Vendors must equip vehicles with a backup warning device and flashing beacon, sell only between one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset, avoid streets with speed limits over 25 mph, never sell to a person standing in the roadway, and each seller must obtain a police I.D. card under Part 17-2-100P.
Violations & Fines
Selling goods on a public street without meeting these vehicle, hours, and location conditions, or without a police I.D. card, is a citable violation of Title 17.
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