(Added by Ord. No. 152,435,* Eff. 5/30/79.)
(a) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining gasoline, join any line, consisting of one or more motor vehicles which are assembled at or approaching a gasoline service station or other gasoline dispensing facility for the apparent purpose of obtaining gasoline, except by joining said line behind the last person or vehicle in the line. This prohibition shall not apply to any person who is obtaining gasoline in a hand-carried container of two (2) gallons or less and who approaches the gasoline service station or other gasoline dispensing facility other than in or on a motor vehicle.
A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Ord. No. 160,063, Eff. 7/28/85.)
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “gasoline” shall include any petroleum product used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
(c) Every person who owns, operates, manages, leases or rents a gasoline station or other facility offering for sale, selling or otherwise dispensing gasoline to the public shall continue to have available on such premises, upon having received from the City an initial supply, witness forms, prepared by the Chief of Police and subject to the approval of the City Attorney, obtainable from the City, to be completed by witnesses to a violation of this section.
A violation of this subsection is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20).
* This ordinance will be effective only as long as the Governor of the State of California’s proclamation of May 8, 1979, declaring a state of emergency in Los Angeles County because of the gasoline shortage remains in effect.