SB 946 requires Galt to permit sidewalk and roaming vendors citywide, with location restrictions allowed only for objective health, safety, and welfare reasons. Galt designates commercial and mixed-use zones as the primary operation areas, with limits near schools and parks.
SB 946 (2018) requires California cities to allow sidewalk vending subject only to objective regulations related to public health, safety, and welfare. Galt generally permits mobile food vending in commercial zones along Lincoln Way, C Street, and within the industrial parks during work hours, with restrictions near K-12 school frontages during pickup and dropoff hours, within 100 feet of marked crosswalks at busy intersections, and in locations that obstruct ADA access or fire lanes. Vending in residential zones is typically limited to roaming (ice cream truck) operation rather than stationary service. Parks and city-owned facilities may require a special event or facility use permit. Violations are civil citations, not criminal, per SB 946 requirements. Food trucks at private property locations such as breweries, farm stands, or commercial lots operate under the property owner permission subject to the same health and business license rules.
Sidewalk vending violations must be civil administrative citations under SB 946 with a graduated scale (generally 100, 200, and 500 dollars). Criminal penalties are preempted.
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