Mobile food merchants on private property.
Riverside Municipal Code § 5.36.085
in effect5.36.085 - Mobile food merchants on private property.
Vending vehicles may operate on private property, provided no City, State or Federal ordinances, laws or regulations are violated, based on the following additional minimum standards and conditions:
A. Location.
1. No more than two vending vehicles shall be permitted on any private lot in the following zones, as defined in Title 19 - Article V Base Zones of this Code: O - Office, CG - Commercial General, CR - Commercial Retail, CRC - Commercial Regional Center, MU-V - Mixed-Use Village, MU-U - Mixed-Use Urban, BMP - Business and Manufacturing Park, I - General Industrial, AI - Air Industrial Zone, AIR - Airport Zones and any zone within a Specific Plan that allows commercial uses.
2. Permission from the private property owner to operate on the property. The vending vehicle shall bear the burden of showing compliance with this requirement.
B. Parking.
1. No overnight parking of vending vehicles shall be allowed on the private property.
2. A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each vending vehicle.
3. The parking required herein shall not be reserved, encumbered, or designated to satisfy the off-street parking of another business or activity that is operating on the site at the same time as the vending vehicle.
(Ord. 7757, § 90, 2026; Ord. 7581 § 6, 2022)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT5BU_CH5.36MOFOVE_5.36.085MOFOMEPRPRFetched: 11/1/2026