Kent, WA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

060 requires anyone selling from a mobile cart, vehicle, or other mobile method on a public place to first obtain a vending permit. Applicants must submit the operator's and owner's names and addresses, written approval from the abutting property owner or street-level tenant (with the abutting property owner's decision controlling any dispute), a drawing of the area and vending unit design, and $500,000 in liability insurance naming the city and the abutting owner as additional insureds. The director's location review under subsection B limits each unit to one assigned location, bars any permit within ten feet of a driveway, wheelchair ramp, bus stop sign, or crosswalk, and requires at least four feet of clear sidewalk passage around street trees, utility poles, signs, meters, and hydrants.

The operating area must sit within a commercial or industrial zone under the Kent Zoning Code. 100). Food and beverage vending units must also meet Seattle-King County health department standards and city fire department inspection for cooking apparatus, including a 5-gallon LPG limit and mandatory 40B:C fire extinguishers for open-flame cooking. m.