Sales from vending vehicles.
Riverside Municipal Code § 5.36.070
in effect5.36.070 - Sales from vending vehicles.
A. No mobile food merchant shall sell, display, solicit, barter, gift, or exchange or otherwise, any foodstuff or other item, from a vending vehicle within the corporate limits of the City of Riverside, except as set forth in this Code.
B. Vending vehicles must be brought to a complete stop and be lawfully parked adjacent to the curb consistent with Vehicle Code 22500 and the provisions of Title 10 of this Code prior to initiating vending operations.
C. Vending vehicles shall not be left unattended or parked overnight in the public right-of-way.
D. Vending vehicles shall not park within 100 feet of intersections, traffic signals, and marked or unmarked crosswalks when making a sale or attempting to make a sale.
E. Vending vehicles shall not operate out of metered parking stalls and shall respect all curb markings and posted signage including, but not limited to loading zones, bus stops, and restricted parking areas.
F. Vending vehicles shall not operate within any designated bikeway, bike lane, or bicycle parking area.
G. Sales from vending vehicles parked along streets shall only occur out of the portion of the vending vehicle that faces the sidewalk, or that portion opposite moving traffic. No sales shall be made to persons standing in the portion of the roadway open to other vehicles.
H. No mobile food merchant shall operate in a manner that blocks or obstructs the free movement of pedestrians or vehicles.
I. No mobile food merchant shall place any sign, chair, table, umbrella or other object in the public right-of-way, which would obstruct pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
J. The Director of Public Works may from time to time create no parking zones, adjust parking space sizes, and impose parking time limits upon vending vehicles in areas that the Director deems necessary for the safe passage of pedestrians and vehicles.
K. Mobile food merchants operating a vending vehicle must provide or have garbage receptacles readily available for immediate use by customers of the vending vehicle.
L. Mobile food merchants operating a vending vehicle must pick up, remove and dispose of all garbage, refuse or litter consisting of foodstuffs, wrappers, and/or materials at one time dispensed from the vending vehicle, and any residue deposited on the street from the operation thereof, and shall otherwise maintain in a clean and debris-free condition the entire area within a 25-foot radius of the location where mobile food vending is occurring.
M. No vending vehicles shall stop and conduct business in any designated alley, except when an encroachment permit and traffic control plan is approved by the City Traffic Engineer and Fire Marshal.
N. Ice cream vending. Mobile food merchants engaged in vending ice cream and similar food items in residential neighborhoods shall comply with California Vehicle Code Section 22456, as may be amended from time to time.
O. Mobile food vending vehicles shall be restricted from parking within 50 feet of any commercial, industrial or residential driveway.
(Ord. 7686, § 1, 2024; Ord. 7581 § 4, 2022; Ord. 7112 §1, 2011)
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_5.36.070SAVEVEFetched: 11/1/2026