Apple Valley, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Peddling status
- Prohibited outright, no permit issued
- Solicitor exception
- Licensed businesses may solicit orders for later delivery
- Vending exemption
- Pushcart/sidewalk vendors under Chapter 5.08
- Penalty
- Infraction, $100-$500 administrative citation
- Governing section
- § 5.02.260
Summary
Apple Valley does not issue a peddler or door-to-door solicitor permit: § 5.02.260 bans peddling and hawking outright. A business that already holds a Town business license may solicit orders for later delivery, and licensed pushcart or sidewalk vendors under Chapter 5.08 are exempt from the ban.
The business of peddling, or hawking, is prohibited, and a business license shall not be issued therefore. Businesses that have a valid Town business license may solicit orders for later delivery. This prohibition shall not be applicable to any person who sells, offers to sell, operates, engages in, or carries on a food or merchandise vending business from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk, property, or other pedestrian path in compliance with Chapter 5.08 of Title 5 of this Municipal Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
02, Business License and Regulations, states flatly that the business of peddling, or hawking, is prohibited, and a business license shall not be issued for it. That means there is no solicitor or peddler permit to apply for in Apple Valley: the Town simply will not license the activity, so anyone going door to door selling goods or taking orders on the spot is operating unlawfully regardless of paperwork. The Code carves out two exceptions. First, a business that already holds a valid Town business license may solicit orders for later delivery, covering routine commercial sales calls rather than on-the-spot peddling.
08. The Town added the pushcart carve-out by Ordinance No. 537 in 2020, refining language first adopted by Ordinance No. 270 in 2003. 330 refers them to the Building, Planning, Fire and Police Departments for an investigation of the applicant's business and character, a process peddling can never reach because no license exists for it.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a peddler or hawker without the Town's permission violates Chapter 5.02, punishable as an infraction under § 5.02.240 and Sections 1.01.200 through 1.01.230 of the Code, which allow a misdemeanor charge, a fine, or an administrative citation starting at $100 for a first offense and rising to $500 for repeat violations of the same section.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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