Woodland, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

Woodland Municipal Code Chapter 5.40 requires a Sidewalk Vendor Permit for anyone selling food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, cart, wagon, or similar nonmotorized conveyance, or from one's own person, on a public sidewalk or pedestrian path. Exemptions cover event vendors already holding a Temporary Use or Special Event Permit, peddlers and solicitors regulated separately under Chapter 9.56, and vendors of newspapers, leaflets, or items they personally created. Applicants file with the Community Development Department and must supply identification, a Yolo County Environmental Health Department permit for food sales over 25 square feet, proof of a City business license, a $100,000.00 general liability policy naming the City as additional insured, and, for stationary vendors, a site plan showing the proposed sidewalk location and operating hours.

The Director issues, denies, or renews permits, which run for one year and must be renewed between 90 and 30 days before expiration; permits are nontransferable and must be surrendered within five days of a sale or closure. A permit can be denied for a materially false application, a permit revocation within the prior 12 months, or a disqualifying criminal conviction tied to the vending business, subject to rehabilitation-certificate exceptions under Penal Code Section 4852.01. Every permitholder must keep the permit with the conveyance and present it on demand to any City employee authorized to enforce this chapter.