Irvington, NJ Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 324-38 of the Township Code divides Irvington's mobile food licenses into three classes tied to specific geography. A Class 1 license covers food truck sales on public property in designated areas "mainly located in our commercial/industrial areas," with particular attention paid to pedestrian safety around the vendor. A Class 2 license is limited to ice cream trucks, frozen desserts, water ice and beverages, and may operate in any zone except where a Class 1 license is required, provided no single sale stop runs longer than 15 minutes.

A Class 3 license covers food truck sales from private property only: the licensee cannot sell in any residential zone, must have the property owner's written permission and invitation, and is confined to commercial or industrial areas where the operation will not create a public nuisance through overcrowding or parking violations. Section 324-38B and § 324-37D through F both cap the total number of licenses the Township will issue: five Class 1 licenses, three Class 2 licenses and eight Class 3 licenses township-wide, a hard ceiling rather than a per-applicant quota.

Licenses are nontransferable under § 324-38C; a vendor cannot lend, hire out, or let another person operate under their license. Section 324-40C(2) reinforces the residential-zone bar by defining a residential zone broadly for enforcement purposes: any street location that immediately abuts a residential zone on either side counts as a residential zone, so a Class 3 truck cannot simply park across the street from housing to evade the rule.