Loveland, CO Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Vendor license required under § 12.30.030 before selling
- Sidewalk only
- Trucks serve from sidewalk only, never the street
- School buffer
- 200-ft buffer required from any K-12 school
- Park ban
- Banned in or beside city parks
- Competitor buffer
- 100-ft buffer from directly competing businesses
- Suspension notice
- License suspended on 5 days' written notice
Summary
Loveland requires a vendor's license under Municipal Code § 12.30.030 before any mobile food truck can sell from a public right-of-way. Trucks must serve customers from the sidewalk, stay 200 feet from any K-12 school, and cannot operate in or beside a city park, on a state highway, or within 100 feet of a directly competing business without that business's written approval.
It is unlawful for any person to vend from or upon any public right-of-way without first obtaining a vendors license in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. ... D.Mobile food trucks must serve the public only from the sidewalk and not from the street or adjacent parking spaces.E.Mobile food trucks shall not stop to vend within 200 feet of the property boundary of any kindergarten or primary or secondary school. ... G.No licensee shall operate within a park, on a public street or sidewalk abutting a park, or within any city-owned facility except as a concessionaire pursuant to an agreement with the city.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
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Violations & Fines
Vending without a license is unlawful under § 12.30.030. The city clerk may suspend or revoke a license on five days' written notice for any violation of Chapter 12.30, though the licensee can request a hearing before the clerk within that five-day window to keep the license active pending the outcome, and can appeal an adverse decision to the city manager under § 12.30.130.
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