Citrus Heights, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

• The answer: No separate solicitor permit. The city's old door-to-door sales article was repealed by Ord. No. 2008-09 in 2008 (Art. VI, 22-516 to 22-565, Reserved), and the Peddlers and Solicitors chapter that remains covers charitable solicitation only (Ch. 62, Art. II, Div. 2). What does apply: no one may conduct a business in the city without a general business license (22-30(a)), and that includes anyone who supervises or runs the business.
• Where it comes from: The Business License Division, 6360 Fountain Square Drive; fees are paid to the finance director when the application is filed (22-33(b)).
• Fee: The fee is set by council resolution (22-33(a)). The city's Fees page lists a new General license at $100.00 plus $4 (AB 1379), $108.00 total with a 4% technology fee included; renewal $84.08 total. Door-to-door sales is not on the city's list of businesses that need the costlier General/Special license. All fees are non-refundable.
• Hours you may knock: The code sets no knocking hours: none appear in the business license chapter (Ch. 22) or the Peddlers and Solicitors chapter (Ch. 62), and the door-to-door article that might have held them is repealed.
• What the rep carries: The code names no badge or rep ID for commercial sellers. The general business license is issued to the business.
• What takes the time: Only the general business license application; the code attaches no background check to it. (The Livescan background check applies to the General/Special license categories, and door-to-door sales is not one of them.)
• Code: Citrus Heights Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22 — Businesses, Article II — Licenses (22-30 to 22-38); Article VI reserved (door-to-door sales repealed by Ord. No. 2008-09, May 8, 2008). Municode shows Supp. No. 33, codified through Ord. No. 2026-004 (June 10, 2026).
• Read it yourself: Citrus Heights Code, Chapter 22, Article VI — Reserved (door-to-door sales repealed) · Citrus Heights Code, Chapter 22, Article II — Licenses · Citrus Heights Code, Chapter 62 — Peddlers and Solicitors · City of Citrus Heights — Business License Fees · City of Citrus Heights — General/Special Business License · City of Citrus Heights — General Business License · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Whether a company's reps each need their own general business license or work under the company's one license
• Whether an out-of-town company with no location in Citrus Heights pays the same $108.00 new license fee
• Whether the city enforces any door-to-door hours or No Soliciting sign rule outside the municipal code

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