Del Mar Municipal Code Ch. 6.24 Door-to-Door Solicitations

Without first having obtained an Operations Permit: Door-to-Door Solicitations, it shall be unlawful for any person to go door to door within the City.

(Ord. No. 386)

The Director of Finance is authorized to issue Operations Permit: Door-to-Door Solicitation.

The applicant shall pay an investigation fee and permit issuing fee as established by resolution of the City Council.

A. Unless previously and expressly invited to come upon the premises, it shall be unlawful for a person to go upon private residential property in defiance of a sign displayed to public view which indicates that the occupant refuses to allow persons coming upon the property for purposes specified in such sign.

B. Every person required by this Chapter to obtain a permit shall carry the permit when engaged in the activity covered by such permit.

C. The permittee shall agree to hold the City harmless and indemnify the City from and against all claims, demands, costs, losses, damages, injuries, litigation, and liability arising out of or related to activity of the permittee, or permittee's agents, employees, or contractors related to such permit.

Any person who conducts the solicitation or sales solicitation for charitable purposes as defined by Section 17510.2 of the Business and Professions Code shall be exempt from the fees made applicable by this Chapter. However,

A. The permit shall be issued only upon delivery to the Director of Finance of an example of the card or printed material the permittee intends to utilize in complying with Section 17510.3 of the Business and Professions Code.

B. The permittee shall comply with the provisions of Sections 17510 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code regulating charitable solicitations.

C. This Chapter shall take precedence over and supersede any other provisions of this Title which appear to regulate solicitations for charitable purposes as defined herein.