Quincy, MA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Park/playground buffer
- 100 yards, no standing or sales
- School buffer
- 300 feet, no food sales
- License required from
- Sealer of Weights and Measures
- License term
- One year from date issued
- Fine
- $50 per violation
Summary
In Quincy, Massachusetts, licensed hawkers and peddlers, including mobile food carts and vehicles, cannot stand a vehicle or sell within 100 yards of a park or playground or within 300 feet of any school.
No hawker or peddler shall permit or cause a vehicle of any kind to stand, nor shall he attempt to sell, solicit sales or make any sales, within a distance of 100 yards of any public park or playground in the City. ... No hawker or peddler shall sell or barter, or carry for sale or barter, or expose therefor any goods, foodstuffs, wares or merchandise within 300 feet of a school in the City at any time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4608810; v7 updated 2025-10-06; through 10-06-2025).
Full Breakdown
Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County) licenses hawkers and peddlers who sell meat, produce or other food from a cart, wagon or vehicle through the Sealer of Weights and Measures under Chapter 234, Article II. Licensed vendors may not stand a vehicle, solicit sales, or sell within 100 yards of any public park or playground, and cannot sell, barter or carry food, wares or merchandise for sale within 300 feet of a school at any time. These are the city's only codified location limits on mobile food vending.
Violations & Fines
Selling within the 100-yard park/playground buffer or the 300-foot school buffer, or vending without a Sealer-issued hawker/peddler license, is a violation; § 234-25 sets a $50 fine per offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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