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

5320 requires a written application for a zoning-clearance permit, a nonrefundable annual application fee set by City Council resolution, annual renewal, and possession of the permit and a City-issued permit sticker while vending; applicants must supply photo ID showing they are 18 or older, current vehicle registration and insurance, four photos of the wagon, a current Sutter County Environmental Health permit, a City business tax certificate, and a Board of Equalization seller's permit. absent an invitation from the occupant or owner, no obstructing free movement of the public on any sidewalk, street, or public place, no peddling in a private parking lot without written owner permission, and no parking or storing a vending vehicle on a residentially zoned parcel or residential street.

The provision that governs sidewalk carts most directly limits them to the sidewalk itself: peddling from a nonmotorized vehicle, other than a bicycle cart, is confined to the public or private sidewalk, and is expressly prohibited from or within a public street or highway. 5330 spacing rules, 100 feet from an intersection, 200 feet from another vendor, and a required 600-foot move every 30 minutes, which do not apply to a sidewalk cart confined to the sidewalk.