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

12 licenses door-to-door and street peddling in Tracy. 200 makes it unlawful to peddle, go house to house, or sell, barter or exchange anything in the streets without first obtaining a written permit from the Chief of Police issued under the Police Department's own rules and regulations. A note appended to the section records that this provision was formerly titled 'Soliciting without permits unlawful' before Ordinance No. 1143 renamed it to 'Peddling' in 2010, confirming the same permit scheme covers door-to-door solicitors along with street peddlers.

210 requires the Chief of Police to log every permit issued, including the permit number, holder, type of business, issue date and expiration date, and makes clear that a peddling permit does not excuse the holder from any City business license fee otherwise owed. 220 a permit is personal to its holder: it cannot be assigned, transferred, or used by anyone not named on it. 230 requires the permit holder to carry and display the permit whenever a City official, the Chief of Police, or a deputy asks to see it, and to produce it again when applying for renewal.

240 exempts one category outright: salesmen or agents for wholesale houses who solicit orders from, and sell for resale to, retail dealers never need a peddler's permit, because they are not selling to the public directly. The chapter gives the Police Department rulemaking authority over the conditions attached to every permit through Council resolution, so specific hours, areas or identification requirements can be layered on through department rules rather than the code text itself.