Celina, TX Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Public ROW sales
- Need city manager permission
- Vehicle solicitation
- Prohibited in right-of-way
- Peddler license
- Required, expires in 90 days
- "Goods" definition
- Includes foodstuffs
- Governing article
- Ch. 4, Art. 4.05
Summary
Mobile food vendors and peddlers in Celina cannot sell on a public sidewalk or street without prior permission from the city manager, and may not sell to occupants of vehicles stopped in the right-of-way.
Selling or attempting to sell on sidewalk/right-of-way. It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, sell, offer, or exhibit for sale any merchandise or service, whether for profit, for a charitable purpose or otherwise on a public sidewalk or road without previous permission granted by the city manager, or his/her designee.
Full Breakdown
Celina's peddler ordinance reaches mobile food sellers because "goods" is defined to include foodstuffs, and a vendor who sells from a stationary spot in a public place meets the code's "peddler" definition. Section 4.05.003 bars selling, offering, or exhibiting merchandise for sale on a public sidewalk or road without prior permission from the city manager or a designee, and separately bars selling to anyone inside a vehicle stopped in a public right-of-way. Vendors also need an itinerant merchant/peddler license under Article 4.05, Division 2, which runs 90 days from issuance and is not transferable.
Violations & Fines
Unlicensed or unauthorized sidewalk/street vending, or selling to vehicle occupants in the right-of-way, violates Section 4.05.003; the city manager's office can withhold permission and the peddler license itself can be denied.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a food truck just park on a Celina street and sell?
Does Celina's peddler ordinance apply to food trucks?
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