Fontana, California: door-to-door solicitor permit

Partly read: the permit answer is sourced, but the fee or the hours could not be read from the city’s own pages. The clerk questions below cover the gap.

• The answer: Yes. Anyone who travels house to house or place to place selling or taking orders for future delivery, resident or not, must first get an investigation from the Police Department and pay a business license tax (15-36).
• Where it comes from: Fontana Municipal Code, Chapter 15, Article II, Section 15-36, "Peddlers, solicitors and itinerant vendors," which cross-references the police permit at 15-50 and separate license-fee sections for peddlers (15-708) and for solicitors and canvassers (15-773) that this run could not open.
• Fee: Not confirmed as a flat number. Section 15-36 sets the fee as "a business license tax fee based upon tax rate schedule E," a graduated table tied to gross receipts (one visible bracket: "$1.00 per thousand dollars or fraction thereof over $50,000.00"), not a single dollar figure. The specific peddler fee section (15-708) and the solicitors-and-canvassers fee section (15-773) exist but this run could not load their text.
• Hours you may knock: Not found. No clock-time restriction turned up in Chapter 15, Article II; the cross-referenced Articles XIV and XV of the same chapter were not readable this run and may hold one.
• What the rep carries: Not confirmed from a readable section, though a licensee "not operating at a fixed place of business" must keep the license and identification card on their person at all times while transacting business (15-42 area).
• What takes the time: The police investigation required before a license issues (15-36, referencing 15-50); no processing-day figure was found.
• Code: Fontana Municipal Code Chapter 15, Article II, § 15-36 (Code 1968, § 13-18; Ord. No. 1037, 11-19-91), version dated May 15, 2026.
• Read it yourself: Fontana Municipal Code Chapter 15, Article II · checked 19 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down: What is the actual dollar fee under Tax Rate Schedule E, or under 15-708 / 15-773, for a solicitor or peddler? Is the fee per rep or per company? Are there city-set knocking hours for solicitors? Does the police investigation include fingerprinting or a background check, and how long does it take? Clerk’s name ______________   Direct line ______________   Date called ______________