Dublin, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- DMC § 4.50.160
- School buffer
- 500 feet before 4pm on school days
- Fire hydrant buffer
- 25 feet
- Vendor-to-vendor spacing
- 50 feet
- Stationary vending in residential areas
- Prohibited
- Sidewalk clearance required
- 48 inches
Summary
Dublin, Alameda County, bars sidewalk vending near schools, fire hydrants, crosswalks, bus stops, and other locations listed in the municipal code, and keeps stationary vendors out of exclusively residential areas entirely.
A. In order to protect pedestrian and vehicular safety and accommodate public street access including parking, traffic, and emergency road access, sidewalk vending shall be prohibited in the following locations: 1. On any sidewalk where the vendor does not leave at least a forty-eight (48) inch width of unobstructed sidewalk adjacent to a curb... 13. Within five hundred (500) feet of any public or private school grounds prior to 4:00 p.m. on any day when the school is in session... 15. Within fifty (50) feet of another sidewalk vendor... B. Stationary sidewalk vendors are prohibited from operating in areas that are exclusively residential.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
160 lists eighteen specific prohibited locations for sidewalk vending, adopted to protect pedestrian and vehicular safety and street access. on a school day or during a sanctioned school event, within 50 feet of another sidewalk vendor, on any median or landscaped strip between sidewalk and curb, within 200 feet of a certified farmers' market or permitted special event, and immediately adjoining a bike lane absent nearby legal parking. 160(B) separately bars stationary sidewalk vendors, as opposed to roaming vendors, from operating in areas that are exclusively residential. in residential areas.
Violations & Fines
Vending in a prohibited location is enforced through the same Chapter 4.50 fine schedule: an unpermitted vendor faces a $250 first-offense fine rising to $1,000 for later violations, while a permitted vendor caught violating the location rules faces $100 to $500 fines, and a fourth violation lets the Permit Administrator rescind the permit for its remaining term.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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