Lodi, CA Special Events & Permits: Street Fair Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Exempting section
- LMC § 9.18.060
- Covers
- State-certified open-air markets, street fairs
- Authorization needed
- Special event permit, lease, license, entitlement
- Also exempt
- Advance-order vehicle deliveries; newspapers, fliers
- Parallel provision
- § 9.19.080 (sidewalk vendors)
Summary
Vendors selling at a state-certified open-air market or an authorized Lodi street fair don't need the Chapter 9.18 vending permit that motorized food wagons and carts otherwise require. Municipal Code Section 9.18.060 exempts anyone vending under a special event permit, lease, license, or other city-issued entitlement for that fair or market.
A.Any person engaged in vending conducted in connection with the operations of a state-certified open-air market or an authorized street fair or event under a special event permit, lease, real property license, agreement, or other entitlements issued by the city of Lodi.B.Any person delivering any goods by vehicle where such goods have been ordered in advance for such delivery from any business located at a permanent location and which goods are being delivered from such location to the customer by vehicle, regardless of the point of sale.C.This chapter shall not apply to the sale or distribution of any newspaper, flier, or handbill.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
050. 060 carves out vendors who instead operate inside a state-certified open-air market or an authorized street fair or event, so long as that vending happens under a special event permit, lease, real property license, agreement, or other entitlement the city itself has issued for the fair or market. 18 vendor application. 18 does not regulate at all. 080 for sidewalk vendors, so a vendor working a certified farmers' market or a permitted street fair is exempt from both the motorized food wagon permit scheme and the separate sidewalk vendor permit scheme for the duration of that authorized event. 19 permit and location rules, including the three-hundred-foot school buffer and the residential, commercial, and industrial hour limits.
Violations & Fines
A vendor who claims the street fair exemption but sells outside the event's authorized permit, lease, or entitlement loses the exemption and is treated as an unpermitted vendor under Chapter 9.18, subject to the administrative fines in Section 9.18.140 and possible suspension of any separate permit to operate. Three violations within a year are charged as a misdemeanor under Subsection 1.08.010(B).
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a vendor at a Lodi street fair need a separate Chapter 9.18 vending permit?
What if I want to sell food outside the fair's boundaries during the same weekend?
Does the street fair exemption cover sidewalk vendors too, not just food trucks?
Sources & Official References
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