Vending in City outside of Central Business District.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 6-456
in effectSec. 6-456. - Vending in City outside of Central Business District.
(a) It shall be lawful to sell or offer for sale food, beverage or merchandise on sidewalks in the City outside the Central Business District, subject to the regulations in Subsection (b) of this section.
(b) No vendor shall do any of the following:
(1) Vend within 100 feet of the grounds of any elementary or secondary school.
(2) Vend on the sidewalks within public parks.
(3) Vend within 15 feet of any entranceway to or exitway from any building.
(4) Vend within five feet of any driveway or intersection of an alley with a street.
(5) Vend within five feet of the crosswalk at any intersection.
(6) Vend within any bus, taxicab or other passenger or commercial loading zone.
(7) Vend within ten feet of any fire hydrant.
(8) Vend within five feet of any fire escape.
(9) Vend between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
(10) Sell food or beverages for immediate consumption unless there is available for public use the vendor's own or a public litter receptacle.
(11) Leave any location without first picking up, removing and disposing of all trash or refuse attributable to the vendor's activities.
(12) Solicit or conduct business with persons in a motor vehicle while the vehicle is in a lane of traffic on a public street.
(13) Use any loudspeaker, public address system, radio, sound amplifier or similar device to attract the attention of the public.
(14) Vend without first obtaining any required business license from the Department of Finance and a permit from the District Health Department.
(15) Vend without conspicuously displaying any business license and health permit required by the City and the District Health Department.
(16) Vend without possessing on such vendor's person a valid photographic identification issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia or another state.
(17) Vend without having in force an insurance policy, issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth, protecting the vendor and the City from all claims for damages to property and bodily injury, including death, which may arise from operation of the vending business in the City. Such insurance shall name the City as an additional insured and shall provide that the policy shall not terminate or be canceled without 30 days' advance written notice to the City. Limits of liability shall be a minimum of $300,000.00.
(18) Vend from a stand, cart or area which exceeds four feet in width perpendicular to the street, nine feet in length parallel to the street or eight feet in height.
(Code 1993, § 6-196; Code 2004, § 18-524; Code 2015, § 6-456; Code 2020, § 6-456; Ord. No. 2008-90-70, § 1, 4-14-2008)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICICO_CH6BUBURE_ARTIXSIVE_DIV1GE_S6-456VEOUCEBUDIFetched: 11/8/2026