Huntington Park, CA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)

Article 18 of Title 3, Chapter 1 of the Huntington Park Municipal Code covers peddlers and sidewalk vendors. Section 3-1.1801 defines a peddler as anyone who goes from house to house, place to place, or street to street selling, soliciting to sell, or taking orders for goods or services, and it includes people who pass out commercial handbills or take commercial surveys on City sidewalks or streets. Sidewalk vendors are a separate defined group.

The sworn application goes to the Director of Finance and includes identification of the applicant and everyone interested in the permit, addresses and telephone numbers, the exact nature of the business, a place history for the past two years, and a two-inch by two-inch head and shoulders photograph taken within 60 days of filing (§ 3-1.1803). Food sellers add a physician's statement dated not more than 10 days before filing. A peddler also lists every business represented and attaches written consent from each. The application form costs $10, and sidewalk vendor fees are set by Council resolution (§ 3-1.1804).

The Police Chief and the Director of Community Development investigate and endorse the application "granted" or "denied," and the Director of Finance makes the final decision (§ 3-1.1806). A peddler who uses a device, object, or animal, such as a pony for posing children, can be required to carry comprehensive liability insurance of not less than $5,000. The permit or identification card runs for one year or the remaining life of the license, whichever is shorter (§ 3-1.1808), and the permittee wears it on the front of a coat or hat while peddling or soliciting (§ 3-1.1809). A foot peddler with no fixed place of business pays an annual license tax of $100 or a daily tax of $10 under § 3-1.308.

Exemptions in § 3-1.1816 cover licensed food or milk routes, businesses with a fixed place of business in the City, newspaper and religious publication sales, natural persons soliciting their own personal services, ticket sellers for religious, charitable, or educational events, certified blind persons, and wholesale sales agents. Charitable and religious solicitation needs a separate Police Chief permit under §§ 3-1.1902 and 3-1.1915.