Melbourne, FL Soliciting & Door-to-Door: Solicitor Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- City Code Ch. 46, Art. II, §§ 46-19 to 46-24
- Residential hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Contact limit
- No more than 2 solicitors per resident
- No-solicitation signs
- Must be honored, per § 46-21(d)
- License needed
- Business tax receipt under Ch. 54
- Maximum penalty
- $500 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Melbourne regulates door-to-door solicitors, peddlers and canvassers under Chapter 46, Article II. Sec. 46-21 fixes the hours they can work a residential neighborhood, bars them from posted no-solicitation properties, and Sec. 46-22 requires a business tax receipt under Chapter 54.
(a)Solicitors, peddlers and canvassers may operate in a residential area between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and in a commercial area during the hours a business is open.(b)Solicitors and peddlers may operate in a commercial area when permission of the property owner has been given. The operation must be of a temporary nature....(c)Solicitors, peddlers and canvassers are restricted from soliciting, peddling or canvassing in areas where such activities would materially obstruct, impede or interfere with the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.(d)Solicitors, peddlers and canvassers are restricted from soliciting, peddling and canvassing on premises in areas where a notice stating "No Solicitors" or "No Solicitation" is posted in plain view.(e)No more than two solicitors, peddlers or canvassers shall contact any one member of the public at any one time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 46, Article II applies to any solicitor, peddler or canvasser as defined in Sec. 46-20: someone traveling door to door taking orders, selling goods, or soliciting survey opinions or political support. Sec. , while in a commercial area they may only work the hours a business is actually open. Subsection (b) allows operating on commercial property only with the owner's permission and only on a temporary basis; the business tax receipt itself does not authorize sales to the general public or let the operator pull traffic off the public right-of-way onto private property.
Subsection (c) bars soliciting in a way that obstructs or impedes pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Subsection (d) makes it unlawful to solicit at any premises posted with a 'No Solicitors' or 'No Solicitation' sign in plain view. Subsection (e) caps contact at no more than two solicitors, peddlers or canvassers approaching any one member of the public at a time, and subsections (f) and (g) require immediate, peaceable departure once a resident declines and prohibit harassing, threatening or intimidating conduct. Sec. 46-22 requires peddlers, solicitors and mobile food dispensing vehicles to meet the business tax receipt requirements of Chapter 54 before operating. Sec. 102 control if there is ever a conflict with the city's own text.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting outside the Sec. 46-21 hours, ignoring a posted 'No Solicitors' sign, continuing after being told to leave, or operating without the business tax receipt Sec. 46-22 requires is a code violation. Under the citywide penalty in Sec. 1-14, a conviction carries a fine of up to $500, up to 60 days in the county jail, or both, and each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.
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