FOOD VENDING VEHICLES

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. III, ch. 611, art. V

in effect

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-501 Stopping for purpose of selling in certain places and at certain times prohibited.

Sec. 611-501. - Stopping for purpose of selling in certain places and at certain times prohibited. (a) Time restriction generally. It shall be unlawful to engage in selling or offering for sale any food or other products from and at a motor vehicle between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (b) Upon thoroughfares and state highways. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle to stop said vehicle for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any food or other products, or to sell or offer for sale such merchandise, while stopped, to the general public at said vehicle upon any public roadway in Marion County, Indiana, which is then a part of the official thoroughfare plan of said county. (c) In vicinity of any grade or junior high school during certain hours. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle to stop said vehicle for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any food or other products or to sell or offer for sale such merchandise at said vehicle while stopped, or to use any loudspeaker, bell or other device giving an audible signal to advertise such merchandise, within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet of any real estate which is then used as part of the school grounds of any duly accredited public or private grade or junior high school between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days when said schools are in session. (Code 1975, § 29-400)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-502 Limitation on loudness of loudspeakers and bells used for advertising.

Sec. 611-502. - Limitation on loudness of loudspeakers and bells used for advertising. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle to use more than one (1) loudspeaker, bell or other device, and said loudspeaker, bell or other device shall not have the capability or capacity to emit a signal louder than one hundred (100) decibels at full volume, measured at any distance from said device, for the purpose of advertising to the general public the food, product or presence of the vehicle. (Code 1975, § 29-401)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-503 Unlawful to use audible advertising while vehicle is in motion.

Sec. 611-503. - Unlawful to use audible advertising while vehicle is in motion. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle from and at which food or other products are being sold to use any loudspeaker, bell or other device giving an audible signal to advertise said products or the presence of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion. (Code 1975, § 29-402)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-504 Unlawful to stop for purpose of selling without proper equipment in operation.

Sec. 611-504. - Unlawful to stop for purpose of selling without proper equipment in operation. It shall be unlawful for the driver or operator of any motor vehicle to stop said vehicle for the purpose of selling or offering for sale at said vehicle any food products without having the following equipment mounted on the vehicle and in operation during the period of selling said products: (1) A metal, horizontally extendible sign at least twenty (20) inches in length and at least ten (10) inches in width imprinted with the words "STOP" in six-inch, black, block letters on a yellow background and "PROCEED WITH CAUTION" in two-inch, black, block letters on a yellow background, such arm to be lighted at the street end of said arm with two (2) alternately flashing red lights two (2) inches in diameter, clearly visible from both front and rear at a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet, the bottom of said sign to be at a height of five (5) feet above the level of the street or way. (2) Two (2) alternately flashing red lights not less than four (4) inches in diameter, placed one above the other on the street side of the front end of the vehicle, when legally parked, not more than one (1) foot apart, the lower of which shall be approximately four (4) feet from the surface of the street or way, and clearly visible from not less than three hundred (300) feet from the front of said vehicle. (3) Two (2) alternately flashing red lights not less than four (4) inches in diameter, placed one above the other on the street side of the rear end of the vehicle, when legally parked, not more than one (1) foot apart, the lower of which shall be approximately four (4) feet from the surface of the street or way, and clearly visible from not less than three hundred (300) feet from the rear of said vehicle. (Code 1975, § 29-403)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-505 Unlawful to pass stopped vending vehicle.

Sec. 611-505. - Unlawful to pass stopped vending vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any motorist, when approaching a parked food vending vehicle from any direction at a time when such vehicle is displaying the metal, extendible arm and the flashing lights as provided for in section 611-504 above, to fail to come to a complete stop at least ten (10) feet from the closest end of said vehicle or to fail to then proceed with caution to pass said vehicle. (Code 1975, § 29-403.1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 611-506 Vending from other than curb side prohibited.

Sec. 611-506. - Vending from other than curb side prohibited. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any food or other products from a vehicle unless said vehicle is legally parked or to sell or offer for sale from other than the curb side of a legally parked food vending vehicle. (Code 1975, § 29-403.2)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH611MOVE_ARTVFOVEVEFetched: 10/27/2026