New Rochelle, NY Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Chapter 235, Peddling and Soliciting, defines a "FIXED LOCATION" in § 235-1 as a specified spot for selling food or beverages on a public street or sidewalk, designated by the City Manager in consultation with the Commissioners of Police and Development, based on impacts on surrounding residences, businesses, public safety, and City facilities and services; the same section caps the citywide total at not more than 10 fixed locations in any calendar year. Section 235-3(A) makes it unlawful to operate as a fixed-location vendor without first obtaining a license from the Department of Development, and Subsection C directs the City Manager to designate the locations and assign them to applicants on a first-come-first-served basis only after all necessary documentation has been submitted and approved.

on school days. under § 235-3(B), except a vendor operating in a City park under a § 224-7 permit, who follows the hours set in that permit instead. Fixed-location vendor status is distinct from an itinerant vendor, who moves among locations rather than holding one fixed spot, and from sidewalk cafes and farmers' markets, both of which the § 235-1 definition expressly excludes from the fixed-location vendor category.