Yucaipa, CA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Vending Zones (2026)

Section 5.13.090 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code sets the operating rules that decide where a truck can sell. On a public right-of-way the truck must sit in a legal parking space directly adjacent to a paved sidewalk, and the sidewalk must stay free and clear for pedestrian passage. Food service is limited to the side of the truck facing the sidewalk: no street side service, and no vending from the left side of the truck. The six-hour limit is cumulative for each twenty-four hour period on the same block and does not restart when the truck moves to another space on the block or closes its sales window. Set-up and clean-up time is excluded if the truck is not vending or ready to serve customers.

The one-block buffer from a school, park, community center or public playground facility has one exception: operation at or near a city park is permissible when the city has approved it in conjunction with a special event. A truck cannot block a driveway, cannot cause an unacceptable reduction in sight distance at a cross street, crosswalk or driveway, and cannot serve a customer whose location creates a traffic hazard. Tables, chairs, trash receptacles, generators and equipment cannot sit on the sidewalk, parkway or travel lanes. No truck can operate before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m., including set-up and cleanup, except private catering on private property and special events. A truck must stay within 500 feet travel distance of an approved toilet and handwashing facility whenever it stops to conduct business for more than a one-hour period. On private property a truck can vend only with the written authorization of the owner or lawful tenant.