Upland, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Intersection buffer
- 25 ft from curb return
- Farmers' market/swap meet buffer
- 500 ft during operating hours
- Vendor-to-vendor spacing
- 50 ft minimum
- Prohibited corridors
- Euclid Ave, Pacific Electric Trail
- School buffer
- 500 ft during school hours
- Vending hours (citywide)
- 8:00 am to 10:00 pm
Summary
Upland bars sidewalk food and merchandise vending near intersections, driveways, fire hydrants, farmers' markets, and city parking lots, along Euclid Avenue and the Pacific Electric Trail, inside the Historic Downtown Specific Plan's non-residential districts, and within 50 feet of another vendor, under Municipal Code § 5.76.090(A).
No sidewalk vendor shall vend in the following locations. Roaming vendors may traverse these areas, but cannot stop to conduct transactions until clear of these areas: 1. Within 25 feet of any street intersection, measured from the curb return location... 4. Within 500 feet of a permitted certified farmers' market, a swap meet, or an area designated for a special event permit... 5. Along Euclid Avenue or within the Euclid Avenue Bridle Path. 6. Within the boundaries of the non-residential districts of the Historic Downtown Upland Specific Plan. 7. Along the Pacific Electric Trail... 14. Within 50 feet of another sidewalk vendor.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
090(A) lists 15 categories of no-vend zones. Vendors cannot stop within 25 feet of a street intersection curb return, within 15 feet of a driveway or driveway apron, or upon a roadway, median, or dividing section. Vending is barred within 500 feet of an operating certified farmers' market, swap meet, or special-event permit area for the duration of that event; along Euclid Avenue or the Euclid Avenue Bridle Path; inside the non-residential districts of the Historic Downtown Upland Specific Plan; along the Pacific Electric Trail; in any city parking lot; on private property without the owner's consent or within required parking stalls or drive aisles; within 25 feet of a building entrance or exit; on emergency vehicle access ways; on public property that is not a sidewalk or pedestrian path, such as an alley or roadway; within 50 feet of another sidewalk vendor; and within 25 feet of a fire hydrant, red zone, bus zone, trash receptacle, bike rack, bench, or bus stop.
, and bars vending within 500 feet of a school during school hours and the hour before or after drop-off and pickup. 090(U) adds park-specific rules, including a 50-foot buffer from playgrounds, athletic fields, and picnic areas.
Violations & Fines
Vending inside a prohibited zone violates Chapter 5.76 and, for a permitted vendor, draws administrative citations under § 5.76.100(A) of $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for each additional offense; an unpermitted vendor faces the steeper $250/$500/$1,000 schedule under § 5.76.100(B). Repeated location violations can also trigger permit rescission by the director after a fourth violation under § 5.76.060.
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Sources & Official References
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