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Chapter 22 — OFFENSES/NUISANCES›Article 1 — OFFENSES -- MISCELLANEOUS

Monterey Municipal Code § 22-19 Regulation of Door-To-Door Solicitors

Monterey Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Monterey

Cite as: Monterey Municipal Code § 22-19 · Text as of 2026-10-05

No solicitor, peddler, hawker, itinerant vendor or merchant, canvasser, or transient vendor shall enter upon residential property for the purpose of soliciting orders for or selling any goods, wares, merchandise, or service, including subscriptions or orders for books, magazines, or periodicals, if a notice prohibiting soliciting or peddling is visibly displayed upon the property; and further, no such soliciting or peddling shall occur during the hours from sunset to sunrise. (Ord 3319; 4/03)

Sec. 22-19.5. Advertisement of short-term rentals.

a.No responsible party shall post, publish, circulate, broadcast or maintain any advertisement of a short-term residential rental prohibited by the Monterey City Code.

b.For purposes of this section the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section.

1.“Advertisement” means any announcement, whether in a magazine, newspaper, handbill, notice, display, billboard, poster, email, Internet website, platform or application, any form of television or radio broadcast or any other form of communication whose primary purpose is to propose a commercial transaction.

2.“Responsible party” means any property owner or tenant, or any agent or representative thereof, who causes or permits any violation of this Code. To cause or permit includes failure to correct after receiving notice from the City of the violation. A responsible party does not include online hosting platforms/companies.

3.“Short-term residential rental” shall have the meaning set forth in Chapter 38 of the Monterey City Code.

c.Each day that an advertisement is posted, published, circulated, broadcast or maintained by a responsible party in violation of this section is a separate offense. (Ord. 3564 § 3, 2017)

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