Bloomfield, NJ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 408-12.1 sets the location rules for temporary mobile retail food establishments in Bloomfield Township, added 3-22-2021 by Ord. No. 21-7. Subsection C lists what is unlawful. A vendor cannot sell on streets where the permitted speed limit is 30 miles per hour or more, cannot sell to a person standing in the roadway, and cannot occupy a location in a residential zone. A street location that immediately abuts a residential zone on either side is considered a residential zone, which removes both sides of a boundary street. In any other zone a vendor cannot occupy a temporary location longer than 1/2 hour, cannot occupy the same temporary location twice within one twenty-four-hour period, and cannot operate on the same site more than three times per calendar week. During the school calendar year no location within 200 feet of the property of any elementary, middle or high school, public or private, is available. No vendor can operate within 200 linear feet of a brick-and-mortar retail food establishment building, except that a Class 5 licensee can operate in front of their own food establishment building. Subsection D limits food and drink sales to 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The license class decides the permitted ground under § 408-10D. Class 1 covers sales within 30 feet of or within the boundaries of Township property, and the Township Administrator or designee decides where in each park the licensee stands. Class 2 ice cream licensees sell in any zone except areas in which a Class 1 license is required, with no sale stop longer than 15 minutes. Class 3 food trucks cannot sell in any residential zone, and Class 3 licenses are limited to one designated location at the Lackawanna Train Station and two at the Watsessing Train Station. Class 4 sales are limited to private property with the permission and invitation of the property owner and are barred in residential zones. Class 5 belongs to the owner or operator of a Bloomfield Township brick-and-mortar retail food establishment.

Section 408-12P(1) prohibits peddling on the Green, at Felton Field, Memorial Park, Vassar Field and Wrights Field, or at any public school without permission of the Board of Education. Under § 408-12.1H(2) a police officer keeps discretion to make a vendor move from an otherwise permitted location in the interest of public safety or the adequate movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.