Youngstown, OH Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Sidewalk & Mobile Vending (2026)

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Section 761.10(d) of the Codified Ordinances limits a sidewalk vendor's stand, including all merchandise and supplies, to an area no larger than eight feet by six feet; itinerant retailers selling from locations other than sidewalks are capped at a twelve-foot by twelve-foot combined sales and display area. Section 761.10(e) flatly bars placing any trailer, defined by Section 761.05(b) as an enclosed wheeled structure used for business or advertising, on a sidewalk. Section 761.10(f) limits advertising on or by any stand or vehicle to the posting of prices, plus identification of the merchandise or of the itinerant retailer, and bars all other advertising.

Section 761.10(h) bars operating in any one location for more than three consecutive days, and Section 761.10(i) requires vendors to remove all equipment, vehicles and price postings from the site at the end of each day. These size and conduct limits apply on top of the $150 annual, or $50 per 30-day, license the Chief of Police issues under Section 761.02, and the Planning and Zoning verification required before that license issues under Section 761.04. Section 761.99 makes violating any of these stand-size or conduct rules, where no other penalty is specified, a third-degree misdemeanor for a first offense and a first-degree misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.