Sacramento City Code § 5.68.310 Stopping.
5.68.310 Stopping.
No person may sell any product from a food vending vehicle unless the vehicle has been brought to a complete stop and is parked in a lawful manner. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Operation-Generally
Sacramento City Code tit. 5, ch. 5.68, art. VII
in effectSacramento City Code § 5.68.320 Lighting.
5.68.320 Lighting.
No vendor may sell any product from a food vending vehicle unless the site is adequately lit to ensure customer safety. Any lighting maintained by the vendor shall be directed downwards and away from public streets and adjacent properties. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.330 Utilities.
5.68.330 Utilities.
No person may operate a food vending vehicle while the vehicle is connected to an external source of power, water, or any other utilities, unless the connection is expressly approved as a condition of a valid food vending vehicle property permit. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.340 Signs and furniture.
5.68.340 Signs and furniture.
No vendor may place any free-standing signs, tables, chairs, fences, shade structures, or other furniture on or near the site of the operation of the food vending vehicle. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.350 Blocking vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
5.68.350 Blocking vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
While operating a food vending vehicle, vendors shall keep customers and other patrons from blocking all streets, sidewalks, paths, driveways, doorways, and other avenues of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.360 Maintain area free of trash and provide appropriate receptacles.
5.68.360 Maintain area free of trash and provide appropriate receptacles.
While operating a food vending vehicle, a vendor shall maintain the area surrounding the vehicle free of trash and other debris. A vendor shall provide its customers with appropriate receptacles for garbage, mixed recycling, and organic waste and pick up any trash in the area before leaving. A vendor shall not dispose of trash generated by the operation of the food vending vehicle in any public or private garbage, recycling, or organic waste receptacle that is not owned by or leased to the vendor. (Ord. 2023-0024 § 1; Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.365 Removal and disposal of waste material.
5.68.365 Removal and disposal of waste material.
A. No vendor shall operate a food vending vehicle unless the vendor has a contract with a city-franchised waste hauler to collect garbage, mixed recycling, and organics generated by the vendor and its customers.
B. Subsection A does not apply if the vendor self-hauls all waste material generated by the vendor and its customers to a central location such as a restaurant, commissary kitchen, or commercial kitchen. All self-hauled waste materials must be separated into appropriate waste material receptacles for collection. (Ord. 2023-0024 § 2)
Sacramento City Code § 5.68.370 Toilet and handwashing facilities.
5.68.370 Toilet and handwashing facilities.
A. No person shall operate a food vending vehicle while stopped for more than a one-hour period in any location, or within four hundred (400) feet of that location, unless prior to stopping, the food vending vehicle permittee has provided the director with a copy of the county of Sacramento's approval of readily available toilet and handwashing facilities within two hundred (200) feet travel distance of that location, issued in accordance with Section 114315 of the California Health and Safety Code.
B. A copy of the county's approval shall be maintained with the corresponding food vending vehicle at all times and be posted in a location that is easily visible by patrons.
C. Upon demand of a peace officer or city employee authorized to enforce this chapter, a person operating a food vending vehicle shall present a copy of the county's approval that is in effect for that vehicle. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 5)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-12493Fetched: 10/24/2026