Mobile food truck or Mobile food facility at specified public parks.
Long Beach Municipal Code § 21.53.106
in effect21.53.106 - Mobile food truck or Mobile food facility at specified public parks.
A mobile food truck or mobile food facility may be permitted as a temporary business within a public park, as follows:
A. Outside the coastal zone, mobile food facilities may operate within designated parking spaces at select parks determined by the Director of Parks, Recreation, and Marine or his or her designee. The City shall publish and maintain the list of designated parks on a public facing website.
B. Within the coastal zone, mobile food facilities may operate at specified public park areas as follows:
a. Mobile food facility operators may vend in available parking spaces in the Shoreline Aquatic Park Surface Parking Lot on a first come first serve basis, if adhering to all parking, ordinance, and safety regulations and during times when the lot is not restricted for special events.
b. Mobile food facility operators may vend in up to two (2) designated parking spots in the Granada Beach Surface Parking Lot on a first come first serve basis, if adhering to all parking, ordinance, and safety regulations and during times when the lot is not restricted for special events.
C. Mobile food facilities operating within the above-designated parks shall be on a first-come first served basis during official park operating hours, but in no case later than 10:00 p.m., and only at times when the lot is not restricted to special events.
D. Mobile food facilities shall only park in designated mobile food facility parking spaces.
E. Mobile food facilities vendors are prohibited from vending in any other parking spaces within the parking lot, impeding access to abutting parking spaces, or from reserving designated mobile food facilities spaces by parking their vehicle(s) outside of operating hours.
F. Temporary fixtures such as tables, chairs, umbrellas, canopies, and signage are not permitted at mobile food facilities operating within public parks.
G. Mobile food trucks or mobile food facilities shall not vend within 500 feet of any concessionaire that has signed an agreement for concessions with the City that exclusively permits the sale of food or merchandise by the concessionaire.
H. This Section shall not apply to mobile food facilities permitted through a Special Events Permit issued by the Office of the City Manager.
I. A mobile food facility shall comply with the applicable Special Development Standards specified in Section 21.45.133.6.
(ORD-26-0012 § 7, 2026; Ord. C-7607 § 6, 1999: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)
Source: City of Long Beach, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/long_beach/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT21ZO_CH21.53TEUS_21.53.106MOFOTRMOFOFASPPUPAFetched: 10/28/2026