Eugene, OR Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Where sidewalk commerce is allowed
- Kincaid St. only (EC 3.344(1)(a))
- Zone boundaries
- 100 ft N of 12th Ave to 100 ft S of 13th Ave
- Licenses allowed in that zone
- Max 6 (EC 3.344(1)(d))
- Vending outside the zone
- Not licensable as sidewalk commerce
- Alternative for vehicle-based vending
- Street Vendor rule, EC 3.344(2)
Summary
Eugene confines licensed sidewalk commerce, the pushcart-style vending covered by EC 3.344(1), to one stretch of one street. EC 3.344(1)(a) restricts sidewalk commerce licenses to vending locations on Kincaid Street between 100 feet north of 12th Avenue and 100 feet south of 13th Avenue, a corridor a few hundred feet long next to the University of Oregon.
(a) Sidewalk commerce licenses shall be restricted to vending locations located within a geographical area on Kincaid Street from 100 feet north of 12th Avenue to 100 feet south of 13th Avenue. In assigning a vending location, the city shall consider the following: 1. Any license operating area requested by the applicant; 2. The licensed activities of any other sidewalk commerce enterprise in the same license operating area; 3. Other sidewalk uses in the license operating area; 4. The public health and safety, including the possibility of restricted visibility for persons using the public way; 5. Compatibility of the request with rules adopted under this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 20739, passed June 8, 2026).
Full Breakdown
344(1)(a) draws a hard geographic boundary around where a licensed sidewalk commerce vendor, someone using a pushcart or similar occupied vending unit, may actually operate: sidewalk commerce licenses are restricted to vending locations within a geographical area on Kincaid Street running from 100 feet north of 12th Avenue to 100 feet south of 13th Avenue, near the University of Oregon campus. 344(1)(a) directs the city to weigh the license operating area an applicant requests, the activities of any other sidewalk vendor already licensed in the same area, other sidewalk uses nearby, public health and safety including restricted sightlines, and compatibility with the administrative rules adopted under this chapter.
344(1)(d). 344(2), instead governs vehicle-based sellers who work from a legally parked curb spot citywide, a separate rule from the fixed Kincaid Street zone. The Eugene Code is current through Ordinance 20739, passed June 8, 2026.
Violations & Fines
Operating a sidewalk commerce cart outside the Kincaid Street license operating area defined in EC 3.344(1)(a), or without a location assignment, is unlicensed commerce on public property under EC 3.336 and draws EC 3.995's general penalty: a civil penalty of up to $500, or an administrative civil penalty under EC 3.045, with each day of continued vending treated as a separate violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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