Beaumont, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit requirement
- Section 5.64.020, plus a City business license
- Decision deadline
- City Manager grants within ten days of a completed application
- Filing lead time
- At least 30 days before requested issuance
- Permit term
- One year, nontransferable
- Vending hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset
- Citation range
- $100 to $500 permitted, $250 to $1,000 unpermitted
Summary
In the City of Beaumont, California, no one can vend as a peddler, including going house to house, without a permit under Chapter 5.64. The City Manager grants the permit within ten days of a completed application and a City business license, it lasts one year, and vending is limited to 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset, whichever comes first.
No person shall engage in, conduct, or carry on the business of vending as a peddler without a permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 5.64 of the Beaumont Municipal Code, rewritten by Ordinance No. 1110 on September 3, 2019 and amended by Ordinance No. 1170 in 2024 and Ordinance No. 1195 on December 16, 2025, regulates peddlers in the City of Beaumont, Riverside County, California. Section 5.64.010 defines a peddler as a person traveling by foot, vehicle or other conveyance from place to place, house to house or street to street carrying merchandise and offering it for sale, or a person who solicits orders and delivers them as a separate transaction. Section 5.64.020 bars anyone from vending as a peddler without a permit. Sidewalk vendors holding a Chapter 5.66 permit are excluded from the definition.
Applicants file with the City Manager, City Engineer or designee and pay a nonrefundable fee set by City Council resolution. The application needs identification, a description of the merchandise, a California seller's permit number, an indemnity agreement, certification under penalty of perjury and consent to a fingerprint check by the Chief of Police. Food vendors add a Riverside County Department of Environmental Health food handler certificate. Applications are due at least 30 days before the requested issuance date, and the City Manager grants the permit within ten days of a completed application and proof of a City business license when the Section 5.64.040 conditions are met. Permits last one year and cannot be transferred.
Section 5.64.150 bars peddlers from public property to the fullest extent the law permits, from within 100 feet of a street intersection or traffic signal, within 200 feet of a Police or Fire Station, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, and within ten feet of a driveway or marked crosswalk. Vending runs from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or one-half hour after sunset, whichever comes first. Peddlers cannot sell lottery tickets, alcohol, cannabis, adult oriented material, or tobacco and electronic cigarette products, and must carry the permit while vending. A denied or revoked applicant can appeal to the Hearing Officer within 15 days and cannot apply again for one year after a final denial or revocation.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 5.64.170 and Government Code section 51039, violations are punished only by administrative citation, never as an infraction or misdemeanor. A permitted peddler faces up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within one year and $500 for each additional one. A peddler without a permit faces up to $250, $500 and $1,000. Each hour of a violation is a separate offense, and the City can revoke a permit on the fourth violation.
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