Honolulu County, HI Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Max time in one spot
- 3 hours if unposted
- Move distance
- 300 feet from prior spot
- Cooldown before returning
- 3 hours
- Penalty
- Petty misdemeanor
- Repeat penalty
- License suspension 3 mo.–2 yrs
Summary
Food trucks and lunch wagons selling on Oahu streets must move every 3 hours and can't return within 300 feet for 3 hours after leaving.
It is unlawful for any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster to carry on or solicit business in one location on any street or on any public highway for a period beyond the parking time limit set for a parking space, as designated by official signs, or beyond three hours where there is no posted time limitation for the space. Upon vacating one location, it is unlawful for the itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster to take up another location to carry on or solicit business within 300 feet of such location or of any location previously vacated within three hours;
(2) Every itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster shall provide a trash receptacle at every location where business is conducted; provided that before leaving any location of business, the immediate vicinity must be free of litter caused by the selling of the goods; and
(3) Any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster who carries on or solicits business on any street or on any public highway shall comply with all other statutes, ordinances and rules relating to traffic, parking, highway safety, and peddling, including those relating to parking meters, parking meter zones, and public places where peddling is prohibited.
(b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. If any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster licensed under §
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-10: Supplement 10, 12-2025 Ordinance No. 25-40 through Ordinance No. 25-56).
Full Breakdown
Revised Ordinances of Honolulu § 15-13.6 treats food truck operators as "itinerant vendors" under the traffic code. On any street or public highway, a vendor can't stay in one spot beyond the posted parking time limit, or beyond three hours where no time limit is posted. After leaving a spot, the vendor can't take up another location within 300 feet of it, or of any spot vacated within the last three hours, and must set out a trash receptacle and keep the area litter-free.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 15-13.6 is a petty misdemeanor; a second conviction within two years adds a 3-month-to-2-year license suspension for licensed vendors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a food truck park on any Oahu street indefinitely?
Does this rule apply outside Honolulu's urban core?
Sources & Official References
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