# Part III – Prohibited Conduct

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 17-30 Food vendors – Receptacles; clean-up.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-30 (2026)

(a) Every street vendor of food products must provide sufficient trash receptacles for the use of customers.

(b) On leaving any location, the street vendor must remove all trash within a 10-foot radius of the place at which the vendor vehicle stood or was parked.

*History: Ord. 77-592*

*History: Ord. 04-854*

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-31

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-31 (2026)

Reserved

## § 17-32 Mobile vendors – Near mobile vending zones.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-32 (2026)

A mobile vendor may not park a vendor truck within 2 blocks of a mobile vending zone.

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-33 Mobile vendors – Near retail store.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-33 (2026)

A mobile vendor may not park a vendor truck within 300 feet of any retail business establishment that is primarily engaged in selling the same type of food product, other merchandise, or service as that offered by the mobile vendor.

*History: Ord. 69-526*

*History: Ord. 70-708*

*History: Ord. 99-548*

*History: Ord. 04-672*

*History: Ord. 04-854*

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-34 Mobile food vendors – Operating without logbook.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-34 (2026)

(a) A mobile vendor may not sell any food product without keeping a detailed logbook noting the vendor’s daily use of its supporting commissary.

(b) The logbook must:

  (1) be in the form the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing requires; and

  (2) contain all the information required by the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle.

(c) The logbook must be made available for review to any City inspector or enforcement officer upon request.

*History: Ord. 14-237*

*History: Ord. 22-124*

*History: *

## § 17-35 All Vendors – Residential areas.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-35 (2026)

(a) In a residential area, no street vendor may stand or park his or her vehicle:

  (1) for more than 15 minutes at a given location, except as authorized by subsection (b) of this section; or

  (2) within 300 feet of any location at which the vehicle stood or parked during the preceding 48 hours.

(b) An ice cream truck may not stand or park at a given location for more than 15 minutes unless necessary to serve immediate customers.

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-36 All vendors – Between midnight and 6 a.m.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-36 (2026)

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a street vendor may not operate between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a street vendor operating between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. in accordance with the terms and conditions of a special event permit from the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing that explicitly grants permission to operate during those hours.

*History: Ord. 14-237*

*History: Ord. 22-124*

*History: *

## § 17-37 All vendors – Near City market.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-37 (2026)

No street vendor may operate within 2 blocks of a City market designated in City Code <cite data-path="|16|§1-2">Article 16, § 1-2 {“Scope of article”}</cite>.

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-38 All vendors – Near school or school transit stop.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-38 (2026)

From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., no street vendor may stand or park her or his vendor vehicle within 2 blocks of the grounds of:

(1) any building used as a public or private kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school; or

(2) any public transit stop serving a kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school.

*History: Ord. 77-592*

*History: Ord. 04-854*

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-39 All vendors – Near farmers’ market.

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-39 (2026)

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a street vendor may not sell any food product, other merchandise, or service within 2 blocks of the perimeter of any farmers’ market authorized by the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development when the farmers’ market is in operation.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a street vendor who:

  (1) has written permission from the farmers’ market organizer and permit holder to operate as a participating vendor of the farmers’ market; and

  (2) prominently displays documentation evidencing this permission issued in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle.

*History: Ord. 84-033*

*History: Ord. 03-595*

*History: Ord. 04-854*

*History: Ord. 14-237*

## § 17-40

Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 17-40 (2026)

Reserved