Ceres, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit type
- Administrative Use Permit (AUP)
- Allowed zones
- IP, M-1, M-2, C-1/2/3, CC, HC, RC, MX-1/2, C-F, PC
- Right-of-way vending
- Prohibited
- Vendor spacing
- 1,000 ft between AUP vendors
- School/park buffer
- 350 feet
Summary
Ceres restricts AUP mobile food vendors to specific commercial and industrial zones on private property, with no operation allowed in the public right-of-way.
AUP mobile food vendors shall only be allowed to operate in the IP, M-1, M-2, A-P, C-1, C-2, C-3, H-1, CC, HC, RC, MX-1, MX-2, C-F and PC zones. AUP mobile food vendors shall only be allowed to operate in PC zones that have a general plan land use designation of industrial, commercial, or mixed-use. AUP mobile food vendors shall only operate on private property as authorized by the property owner. AUP mobile food vendors shall not operate in any public right-of-way.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Ceres Municipal Code § 5.10.050(A) limits administrative-use-permit mobile food vendors to the IP, M-1, M-2, A-P, C-1, C-2, C-3, H-1, CC, HC, RC, MX-1, MX-2, C-F and PC zones (PC only where the general plan land use is industrial, commercial, or mixed-use). Vending is private-property only, with the property owner's written authorization, and is barred outright from any public right-of-way. AUPs also carry 1,000-foot spacing between vendors and 350-foot buffers from schools, parks, and enclosed restaurants.
Violations & Fines
Operating outside a permitted zone, on the public right-of-way, or without property-owner authorization violates the permit; the City Manager or designee can suspend or revoke the AUP under § 5.10.090, and Chapter 19 authorizes an administrative citation or misdemeanor prosecution under § 5.10.100.
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