Folsom allows mobile food vending in commercial and industrial zones and restricts longer operations in residential zones. SB 946 protects sidewalk vendors from outright bans but permits reasonable time, place, and manner rules. No vending at Folsom Lake SRA without state permit.
Folsom zoning regulates where mobile food vending can operate. Commercial and industrial zones permit food trucks and carts with property owner permission. In residential zones, only transient operations — ice cream trucks and similar brief stops — are allowed; stationary vending for hours is generally not permitted. SB 946 (Safe Sidewalk Vending Act) prohibits outright bans on sidewalk vendors and limits the criteria Folsom can use to deny a sidewalk vending permit; the city can still impose reasonable health, safety, and pedestrian-flow conditions. City parks require a special use permit for vending. Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is state property and requires a California State Parks concession agreement — no private vending without permit. Food truck events at the Folsom Premium Outlets and Palladio are handled by the property owners.
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