South Gate, 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, on the city's own pages. The city says a business license is required of all businesses operating in the city, temporary activities included, and its Master Fee Schedule carries a separate permit line and a per-person license tax line for "Peddler and Solicitor (Commercial)." The municipal code chapter itself could not be read, so the exact rule and section are not on this card.
• Where it comes from: The City of South Gate business license division. New applications and renewals go through the city's HdL online portal (SouthGate.HdLGov.com), by email, or by mail to the HdL Business Support Center.
• Fee: From the Master Fee Schedule (Resolution No. 2026-29-CC, effective 08/09/2026): the Peddler and Solicitor (Commercial) permit is $87 to apply and $43 a year to renew. Separately, the business license tax for Peddler and Solicitor (Commercial) is $200 per person a year, or $20 per person on the daily schedule. The schedule does not say whether the permit and the license tax are both charged to each rep. The schedule also lists a $43 application processing fee, applicable toward the license fee. Annual license taxes also carry a gross receipts tax of $1.00 for each $1,000 over $25,000, capped at $3,000 a year for any single business.
• Hours you may knock: Not read. The municipal code host (codepublishing.com) blocked the reader, and the city's own pages publish no knocking hours.
• What the rep carries: Not published on the pages that could be read.
• What takes the time: Not published for peddlers and solicitors on the pages that could be read. The general business license steps start with a Zoning Clearance Form at City Hall.
• Code: South Gate Municipal Code, Title 2 — Licenses and Business Regulations; the fee schedule points annual license taxes to Chapter 2.08. The peddler and solicitor chapter was not read (host blocked).
• Worth knowing: The fee schedule lists the penalty for operating without a business license as 200% of the license fee. Charitable solicitation is a separate fee line and does not cover for-profit sales.
• Read it yourself: City of South Gate — Master Fee Schedule FY 2026-27 · City of South Gate — Business Licenses · checked 21 September 2026

Ask the clerk, and write the answer down:

• Which municipal code section requires the peddler and solicitor (commercial) permit, and what hours it sets for knocking
• Whether each rep needs his own permit as well as the $200 per-person license tax, or the company's permit covers all reps
• Whether reps must carry a city badge or ID, and whether a background check or Live Scan is required
• How many business days the permit takes to issue

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