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Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Utah (2026)

46 rules on the books across Utah, 17 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Food Truck Permits

Licenses and health permits required to operate a food truck, including fees, inspections, and renewal requirements.

Utah: statewide

StatewideFew Restrictions

Utah's Mobile Business Licensing and Regulation Act (Utah Code Title 11, Chapter 56) requires municipalities to…

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Logan

Significant Restrictions

Running a food truck, food trailer or ice cream truck in Logan City, Utah requires a mobile food vendor license under…

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Provo

Significant Restrictions

Provo requires every mobile food business, food trucks and trailers alike, to hold a City business license before…

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Sandy

Significant Restrictions

Sandy requires every mobile food truck or cart to hold a Sandy City business license, carry general liability…

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West Valley City

Significant Restrictions

West Valley City caps food vending unit licenses at 15 citywide and only accepts applications each year between April 1…

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

A mobile restaurant or roadside food stand operating in unincorporated Iron County cannot get or renew a county…

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Layton

Some Restrictions

Layton requires every food cart and food truck operator to hold a City business license before operating anywhere in…

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

Lehi requires every food truck operator to hold a City business license under Title 4, plus a current annual fire…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden City Code § 15-13-37 lets mobile food trucks and trailers park in private lots with owner approval or curbside in…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

Orem only licenses mobile vendors that sell food, and every one needs Utah County Health Department licensing on top of…

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

Salt Lake City requires a business license for every mobile food truck before it can operate, plus location and…

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Salt Lake County

Some Restrictions

Salt Lake County requires every mobile food business to file its license application before starting operation…

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

South Jordan requires mobile food vendors to hold a City business license, a Salt Lake Valley health permit, and a fire…

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St. George

Some Restrictions

St. George requires anyone selling food or drinks from a temporary, portable, or mobile unit to hold a city business…

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Taylorsville

Some Restrictions

No one may operate a food truck, catering truck, or street vending business in Taylorsville without a City business…

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

A mobile food business operating in unincorporated Washington County needs a County business license under § 3-1-2 for…

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Weber County

Some Restrictions

A mobile food trailer or kiosk in unincorporated Weber County is licensed as a short-term vendor under Section…

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West Jordan

Some Restrictions

Every mobile food business in West Jordan must obtain a City business license from the Business Licensing Division…

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Vending Zones

Designated areas where food trucks and mobile vendors can operate, including time limits, distance from restaurants, and residential area restrictions.

Iron County

Significant Restrictions

Iron County Code § 5.08.120(D) keeps peddlers, including mobile food vendors, away from schools and parks in the…

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Layton

Significant Restrictions

Layton confines routine food cart and food truck vending to specific commercial, industrial, and mixed-use zoning…

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Logan

Significant Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, food trucks and food trailers are prohibited in seven residential zoning districts and cannot…

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Ogden

Significant Restrictions

Ogden restricts sidewalk vending carts to specific downtown commercial zones (C-MU, C-ENT, H25 and C-9) and the 25th…

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Salt Lake City

Significant Restrictions

Salt Lake City confines sidewalk vending carts to five designated zones, the expanded and Secondary Central Business…

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West Valley City

Significant Restrictions

West Valley City bans food vending units within set distances of intersections, driveways, other vendors, buildings…

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

Food trucks in Lehi may set up wherever the Development Code allows as a temporary use, but never on a street with a…

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Provo

Some Restrictions

Provo confines mobile food business right-of-way vending to specific commercial and industrial zones under Provo City…

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Salt Lake County

Some Restrictions

Salt Lake County lets mobile food businesses set up in any zoning district that allows a restaurant, once they hold a…

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

Sandy allows mobile food trucks and street vendors only in commercial and industrial land use areas, plus limited…

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

South Jordan limits mobile food vending to eight commercial and mixed-use zones, plus schools, churches, parks, and…

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St. George

Some Restrictions

A single food truck operates citywide on a business license, but a food truck park is a distinct zoning use: it needs…

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Taylorsville

Some Restrictions

Taylorsville limits food trucks, catering trucks and street vendors to commercial and industrial land use areas…

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

Washington County treats a food truck as a listed permitted use, not a special vendor category. County Code § 10-10-2's…

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West Jordan

Some Restrictions

West Jordan limits mobile food truck vending in the public right-of-way to specific zoning districts under City Code…

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Sidewalk & Mobile Vending

Permits and rules for sidewalk vendors and pushcarts, where vending is allowed, cart and equipment standards, and the distance and hours rules that come with a vendor permit.

Iron County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Iron County, peddlers and mobile vendors, including food sellers who go place to place, cannot set up…

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Layton

Significant Restrictions

Layton allows street vendor carts on sidewalks and within street rights-of-way only in the MU and MU-TOD zoning…

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Logan

Significant Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, selling food, nonalcoholic beverages, flowers, crafts or similar goods on a public sidewalk…

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Ogden

Significant Restrictions

Selling food, drinks, flowers, caps, T-shirts, souvenirs or crafts from a cart on an Ogden public sidewalk requires a…

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Salt Lake City

Significant Restrictions

Salt Lake City confines sidewalk carts to specific downtown and Sugar House districts, city parks, and Washington…

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Salt Lake County

Significant Restrictions

Salt Lake County bars mobile food businesses from operating in the public right-of-way at all, unless the vending is…

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Sandy

Significant Restrictions

Sandy City caps street vendor carts at 3.5 feet wide by 8 feet long, requires vendors to keep at least a four-foot…

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West Valley City

Significant Restrictions

Selling goods from a vehicle on West Valley City public streets requires a police I.D. card and compliance with strict…

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Provo

Some Restrictions

Provo mobile food vendors using the public right-of-way must park in parallel spaces only, keep vending windows facing…

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St. George

Some Restrictions

St. George requires anyone selling food or beverages from a temporary, portable, or mobile sidewalk unit to first…

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Taylorsville

Some Restrictions

Taylorsville requires a mobile food business using the public right-of-way to face its vending window toward the…

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West Jordan

Some Restrictions

West Jordan requires mobile food trucks vending in the public right-of-way to keep sidewalks clear. City Code section…

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South Jordan

Light Restrictions

South Jordan's mobile food vendor rules explicitly exclude vending carts, so sidewalk cart vending isn't subject to the…

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