Bristol Township, PA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Chapter 144 of the Bristol Township Code does not draw a map of vending districts. It controls where vending can happen through two sections, both enforced by the Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections.

Section 144-8(B) governs temporary sales from fixed spots. No license can be issued to any person, partnership, firm, organization or corporation to sell or offer for sale on a temporary basis from a roadside stand, vacant lot or temporary structure unless the applicant complies with Chapter 205, Zoning. A vendor who wants a lot or stand therefore has to satisfy the zoning chapter first, and the peddler license under Section 144-3 follows only after that compliance. Section 144-8(A) separately prohibits occupying a fixed location on any street, highway, alley or sidewalk.

Section 144-10 covers vehicles that move. It prohibits hawking or crying goods on the streets or sidewalks and any loudspeaker, horn or other announcing device, then carves out ice cream trucks during the summer season and lunch trucks that go from business to business. The section states that permits are required for the same, so both truck types operate under permit rather than freely.

A mobile seller also remains subject to Section 144-7: no parking a vehicle on a street or alley to sort or clean goods, no refuse on those streets, and no street or curbstone market by parking longer than necessary to sell from the vehicle to persons residing in the immediate vicinity. Section 144-12 bars selling before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on any day, and Section 144-11 lets residents and businesses shut out solicitors through a No Soliciting sign, a request to leave, or registration with the Director of the Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections.