Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Washington (2026)

Washington WAC 246-215 enforced under RCW 43.20 establishes the statewide retail food code requiring mobile food units…

Every mobile food vendor operating in Lynnwood needs a mobile food vendor permit under Lynnwood Municipal Code §…

Port Townsend requires a street vendor/performer license for food carts and take-out windows on public streets, but…

Auburn food trucks and mobile vendors skip a city business license only if they operate 10 days or less per year and…

Bellevue requires a fire code operational permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle equipped with appliances…

Bellingham treats food trucks and mobile food vendors as a right-of-way use requiring a temporary permit from public…

Operating a food truck or cart in Edmonds requires a city street vendor business license plus a separate street use…

Everett mobile food vendors operating carts, booths, tents or kiosks need a city business license and a Snohomish…

Federal Way requires every mobile food or retail vendor, including food trucks, to obtain a business registration and…

Anyone selling food or merchandise from a vehicle on public streets, alleys or public ways in unincorporated Franklin…

Operating a food truck in Kennewick requires a City business license under KMC 18.12.250(1)(a), plus health district…

Kent requires a fire code operational permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle with appliances that produce smoke…

Kirkland requires a fire operational permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle with appliances that produce smoke…

Lakewood, Washington allows mobile food vending facilities as a permitted use across its neighborhood commercial…

Every mobile food vendor setting up on private property in Marysville must obtain a city business license, submit a…

Pasco requires every mobile vendor, including food trucks, to hold a mobile vending license before operating under PMC…

Puyallup licenses food trucks under the city's adopted food truck program guidelines and Chapter 20.70 PMC zoning rules…

Renton requires every mobile food vendor to carry two current approvals before serving: a Renton Regional Fire…

Sammamish requires a fire department operational permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle with appliances that…

Seattle Fire Department requires its own annual fire-code permit for any food truck that cooks with propane, natural…

Any person operating a food service establishment in unincorporated Skagit County, including a mobile or event-based…

Unincorporated Snohomish County requires a fire code permit for any mobile food preparation vehicle equipped with an…

Spokane Valley treats mobile food vending as a supplemental zoning use, not a stand-alone business license. Before…

Operating a food truck on Tacoma's public ways requires a $225 City license, health department plan approval, fire…

Thurston County Code § 14.16.140 decides when a mobile food or beverage unit needs a building permit. A unit stays…

Any mobile food cart or truck operating in Whatcom County is a 'food establishment' under the state Retail Food Code…

Yakima food trucks need a business license plus health-district approval and a designated commissary before operating.

Yakima County's Fire Marshal's Office requires an operational permit before running a mobile food preparation vehicle…

Bellevue treats mobile peddling, including food vending, as a Type D long-term right-of-way use under BCC 14.30.080…

Food trucks operate in Bellingham's public right-of-way only under a temporary right-of-way use permit, and the city…

Everett bars mobile food carts from bus stops and disabled parking spaces, and within five feet of alleys or driveways…

Sidewalk food vending in Kent requires a vending permit and is restricted to commercial or industrial zones, with a…

Port Townsend confines all licensed street vending carts, temporary stands, and merchandise displays to the C-III…

Thurston County Code § 23.06.060(V)(2)(d) treats a mobile sidewalk food or beverage stand as a temporary use limited to…

Auburn lets food trucks and mobile vendors operate in every nonresidential zone with no day limit, but caps…

Edmonds confines mobile food vending to nine named commercial zones plus adjacent unzoned or right-of-way property, and…

Federal Way sorts mobile food and retail vendors into three classes under FWRC 19.290.050, and where you can park…

Kennewick limits vehicle-based food trucks to 13 named commercial and industrial zoning districts under KMC…

In Lakewood, Washington (Pierce County), mobile food vending facilities, including carts and trucks, are a permitted…

Lynnwood requires a mobile food vendor permit before a food truck sells anywhere in the city, with a separate…

Marysville bans mobile food vending from residential zones and the rights-of-way that border them, from all other city…

Pasco confines mobile food vending to commercial and industrial areas under PMC 5.75.090(4): vending permits are not…

Mobile food service, county code's term for espresso trucks and lunch wagons, can only operate in Pierce County's…

Food trucks in Puyallup fall outside the mobile-vendor chapter, which covers only ice cream trucks and pedal cabs, and…

Renton zoning caps mobile food vending at one unit per lot and keeps every unit at least fifty feet from any…

Seattle designates specific food-vehicle vending zones, most commonly in curb spaces adjacent to sidewalks. Zones are…

Spokane Valley's zoning code pins down where a mobile food vendor can set up: SVMC § 19.65.040(B)(3) confines the truck…

Tacoma limits food truck vending to City-approved public-way locations in commercial zones, clear of driveways…

Mobile food carts are a permitted use in Whatcom County's Small Town Commercial District, listed alongside restaurants…

Yakima confines mobile and street vending to nonresidential zoning districts and keeps carts and food trucks 300 feet…

Skagit County's Unified Development Code has no standalone mobile-vending ordinance. The only rule addressing food…

Auburn requires a Type C right-of-way use permit to run a sidewalk vending cart selling food, beverages, flowers…

Street-food carts, stands and kiosks in Everett need a city business license and a Snohomish County health permit, and…

Selling food, drinks, flowers, or merchandise from a cart on a Kent sidewalk requires a vending permit under KCC…

Lynnwood requires city approval before any mobile food vendor sells from public streets or sidewalks, and Lynnwood…

Port Townsend requires a street vendor license to sell food or merchandise from a cart on public sidewalks, and…

Renton only allows mobile food vendors to set up in the public right-of-way inside the Downtown Business District, and…

Thurston County requires anyone peddling goods or food on public streets, sidewalks, or door-to-door in unincorporated…

Mobile food peddling on a Bellevue public sidewalk or street is regulated as a Type D long-term right-of-way use under…

Bellingham requires anyone selling food or goods on a public sidewalk who isn't tied to the adjacent business to get a…

A food cart or vendor working an Edmonds sidewalk must leave five feet of clearance and keep the nonmotorized unit to…

A mobile food or retail vendor working Federal Way's public sidewalks and rights-of-way needs a separate permit from…

Selling food or goods on Kennewick sidewalks as a peddler, without a fixed storefront, requires a City-issued Class II…

Setting up a food cart on a Lakewood, Washington sidewalk or a truck on a public street takes two different permits…

Marysville limits mobile food vending units to three days a week per site, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. hours, and bars any…

Pasco caps sidewalk food-cart vending at two hours per location under PMC 5.75.090(3)(b) and requires vendors to keep a…

Mobile food carts and trucks in Seattle must comply with SDOT vending permits, King County Health requirements, Seattle…

Tacoma licenses long-term sidewalk vending carts in commercial zones, capping cart height at 5 feet and length at 96…

Yakima street vendors selling food or drinks from a non-motorized cart on a sidewalk or plaza need the same displayed…