Santa Clara restricts mobile vending locations through zoning and Levi's Stadium event zones; SB 946 limits time/place restrictions to objectively health/safety-based reasons.
Santa Clara zoning code directs where mobile food facilities may operate and imposes time limits and distance separations from brick-and-mortar food establishments. Vending on private property such as office campuses (Intel, Marvell, NVIDIA) requires property owner consent and may operate routinely subject to health and fire code compliance. Levi's Stadium and surrounding event areas are managed with exclusive vendor agreements during 49ers games and stadium events, limiting independent mobile vendor access. SB 946 restricts cities to adopting time, place, and manner rules on sidewalk vending only when directly related to health, safety, or welfare, not competition concerns. Schools zones have additional state nutritional standards during school hours.
Contact your local code enforcement office for specific penalty information.
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