Garden Grove, CA Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited conduct
- Parade peddlers selling on festival grounds
- Festival grounds defined as
- City-owned or controlled festival property
- Private property rule
- Written owner consent required
- Enforcement
- Arrest and impoundment of merchandise
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Chapter 5.22
Summary
Garden Grove bars parade peddlers from entering festival grounds to sell food, drinks, or merchandise. Municipal Code Section 5.22.060 defines festival grounds as any City-owned or controlled property used to run a festival, and it also blocks peddlers from private property at a festival without the owner's written consent.
No parade peddlers shall be allowed to enter the festival grounds to sell their wares. The grounds shall be defined as any City-owned or controlled property used for the conduct of a festival. No parade peddlers shall be allowed to enter private property to sell their wares without written consent of the owner.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4903654; v10 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
010 as anyone selling goods, wares, merchandise, food, or drink, or soliciting business of any kind, along parade day routes. 025, may enter the festival grounds to sell wares there. The section defines 'festival grounds' broadly as any City-owned or City-controlled property being used to conduct a festival, so the prohibition follows the event onto whatever public site hosts it. The same section separately bars parade peddlers from entering private property at or near a festival to sell without the property owner's written consent, closing off staging areas, parking lots, or adjacent commercial properties as workaround selling locations.
010 and are not covered by this prohibition; the rule targets itinerant sellers working the crowd rather than sanctioned vendors inside the festival footprint. 025(B) grants for chapter violations generally.
Violations & Fines
Entering festival grounds, or private property at a festival without the owner's written consent, to sell goods, food, or drink as a parade peddler violates Section 5.22.060. Section 5.22.025(B) authorizes arrest of the violator and impoundment of the merchandise, food, or drink being offered; impounded items are returned to the peddler after the festival or event concludes, unless another law requires otherwise.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a peddler sell inside a Garden Grove festival if they have a parade peddler's permit?
What counts as festival grounds under Garden Grove's peddler ban?
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