Title 4 — BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS\
Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 4.32 Soliciting Information for Commercial Purposes
Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto
Cite as: Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 4.32 · Text as of 2026-10-19
4.32.010 Definitions.¶
(a) For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain terms used in this chapter are defined as follows:
(1) "Interviewee" means a person from whom information is requested by a solicitor as defined in this chapter.
(2) "Soliciting" means requesting information on the background, occupation, economic status, social status, religious status, political status, attitudes, viewpoints, occupants of a residence, telephone number, address, furnishings, or the like of another person for the purpose of compiling such information as raw data or refined data into a document, record, book, or directory to be sold, or to be used wholly or in part for a commercial purpose.
(3) "Solicitor" means the person soliciting as defined in this chapter.
(Ord. 2752 § 1 (part), 1973)
4.32.020 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.030 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.040 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.050 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.060 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.070 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.080 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.090 Reserved.¶
(Repealed by Ord. 5610 § 5 (part), 2024)
4.32.100 Restrictions on methods of solicitation.¶
(a) It shall be unlawful for a solicitor to do any of the following:
(1) Falsely represent, directly or by implication, that the information is being solicited on behalf of a governmental organization;
(2) Threaten, directly or by implication, that the information requested will be solicited from sources other than the interviewee if the interviewee does not provide the information;
(3) Without the express prior permission of an occupant, solicit at any residence address or apartment complex where there is posted a sign stating: "No solicitors or peddlers."
(Ord. 2752 § 1 (part), 1973)
4.32.110 Hours of solicitation.¶
No person shall solicit information from six p.m. to nine a.m.; provided, however, a solicitor may call upon the occupant of a residence during such hours when he has received express prior permission from such occupant to do so.
(Ord. 3755 § 1, 1987: Ord. 2752 § 1 (part), 1973)
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