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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ZONING
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CHAPTER II* LICENSES, PERMITS, BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER III PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
CHAPTER IV PUBLIC WELFARE
ARTICLE 1 DISORDERLY CONDUCT PLACES AND PUBLICATIONS
SEC. 41.14. INJURY TO PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SEC. 41.16. SNUFF - THROWING OF.
SEC. 41.17. LIBRARY BOOKS - RETENTION AFTER NOTICE.
SEC. 41.18. SITTING, LYING, OR SLEEPING OR STORING, USING, MAINTAINING, OR PLACING PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SEC. 41.19. PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGES - OBSTRUCTING ENTRANCE.
SEC. 41.20. CLOSURE OF STREETS.
SEC. 41.20.1. SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION PROCESS AND DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 41.21. CUTTING INTO GASOLINE LINES PROHIBITED.
SEC. 41.22. LOITERING - RIVER BED.
SEC. 41.23. TRESPASS ON HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
SEC. 41.24. TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SEC. 41.27. INTOXICATION.
SEC. 41.29. HAND ORGANS ON STREETS.
SEC. 41.30. SPITE FENCES.
SEC. 41.31. TREES - INJURY TO.
SEC. 41.32. THEATRES - SOUND AMPLIFIERS.
SEC. 41.33. LANDLORDS - DISTURBING TENANTS.
SEC. 41.34. PESTICIDES - NOTICE TO TENANTS.
SEC. 41.38. USE OF CERTAIN SIGNS ON VEHICLES PROHIBITED.
SEC. 41.39. STOWAWAYS - ENTRY A MISDEMEANOR.
SEC. 41.40. NOISE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION WORK - WHEN PROHIBITED.
SEC. 41.41. EVADING PAYMENT OF ADMISSION FEE.
SEC. 41.42. MUSIC REPRODUCING DEVICES - HOURS OF OPERATION.
SEC. 41.43. SELLING GOODS NEAR PRIVATE PARKS.
SEC. 41.43.1. DOOR TO DOOR SELLING OR SOLICITING.
SEC. 41.44. MINIATURE GOLF COURSES AND DRIVING FAIRWAYS.
SEC. 41.45. UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL, USE OR POSSESSION OF SHOPPING CARTS.
SEC. 41.46. SIDEWALKS - CLEANING OF.
SEC. 41.47. WATER CLOSETS - USE OF.
SEC. 41.47.1. RESTROOM FACILITIES.
SEC. 41.47.2. URINATING OR DEFECATING IN PUBLIC.
SEC. 41.48. RESTAURANTS - MINIMUM LIGHT INTENSITY.
SEC. 41.49. HOTEL REGISTERS AND ROOM RENTALS.
SEC. 41.50. SMOKING PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS.
41.50.1. USE OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO PROHIBITED AT EVENT SITES FOR ORGANIZED SPORTING EVENTS.
SEC. 41.50.5. SIGNAGE REGULATIONS FOR PLACES SUBJECT TO REGULATION PURSUANT TO LABOR CODE SECTION 6404.5.
SEC. 41.51. SMOKING IN ELEVATORS PROHIBITED.
SEC. 41.52. SMOKING IN BUSES.
SEC. 41.53. PUBLIC BATH HOUSES.
SEC. 41.54. FISHING WITHIN ONE MILE OF PUBLIC SEWER OUTLET.
SEC. 41.55. OIL - DISCHARGE IN OCEAN AND BEACHES.
SEC. 41.56. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES AT SPORTING EVENTS, THEATRICALS AND EXHIBITIONS.
SEC. 41.57. LOUD AND RAUCOUS NOISE PROHIBITED.
SEC. 41.58. LOUD PARTY SECOND RESPONSE FEE.
SEC. 41.58.1. LOUD OR UNRULY GATHERINGS.
SEC. 41.59. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN FORMS OF AGGRESSIVE SOLICITATION.
SEC. 41.60. HOSPITALS; PATIENT TRANSPORT.
SEC. 41.70. NUISANCE ABATEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES USED IN THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION OF AN ACT THAT VIOLATES CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 266(h), OR 266(i), OR 374.3, OR 647(b).
SEC. 41.70.1. NUISANCE VEHICLES - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
SEC. 41.70.2. NUISANCE VEHICLES - SPEED CONTESTS AND EXHIBITIONS OF SPEED.
SEC. 41.70.3. NUISANCE VEHICLES - ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SEC. 41.71. GANG-RELATED NUISANCE VEHICLE FORFEITURE.
SEC. 41.72. COUNTERFEIT GOODS NUISANCE ABATEMENT LAW.
ARTICLE 2 SOLICITING - SALES
ARTICLE 3 GAMBLING, FRAUD AND DECEIT*
ARTICLE 4 PHILANTHROPY
ARTICLE 4.5 BINGO
ARTICLE 5 MINORS
ARTICLE 5.1 MEDICAL MARIJUANA
ARTICLE 5.2 CANNABIS REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 5.2.5 RESTRICTIONS ON SIGNS ADVERTISING TOBACCO PRODUCTS
ARTICLE 5.2.6 RESTRICTIONS ON SIGNS ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARTICLE 5.3 TENANT ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE
ARTICLE 5.4 PROHIBITION AGAINST HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION IN HOUSING BASED ON IMMIGRATION OR CITIZENSHIP STATUS
ARTICLE 5.5 PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING BASED ON AGE
ARTICLE 5.6 PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON STUDENT STATUS
ARTICLE 5.6.1 PROTECTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS USING RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME AS PAYMENT
ARTICLE 5.7 PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN MOBILEHOME PARKS AGAINST OWNERS OF MOBILEHOMES BASED ON THE AGE OF THEIR MOBILEHOMES
ARTICLE 5.8 PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON A PERSON SUFFERING FROM THE MEDICAL CONDITION AIDS, OR ANY MEDICAL SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS RELATED THERETO, OR ANY PERCEPTION THAT A PERSON IS SUFFERING FROM THE MEDICAL CONDITION AIDS WHETHER REAL OR IMAGINARY
ARTICLE 5.9 PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BY CLUBS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE NOT DISTINCTLY PRIVATE
ARTICLE 5.10 PROHIBITION AGAINST HARASSMENT OF BICYCLISTS
ARTICLE 6 PRESERVATION OF PROTECTED TREES
ARTICLE 6.4 RESTRICTIONS ON BUTANE SALES
ARTICLE 6.5 REGULATION OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
ARTICLE 6.6 BATH SALTS - SALE AND USE PROHIBITED
ARTICLE 6.7 LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINES - POSSESSION PROHIBITED
ARTICLE 6.7.1 SUICIDE PREVENTION SIGNS
ARTICLE 6.8 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - WARNING SIGNS
ARTICLE 6.9 TOBACCO RETAILER’S PERMIT
ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 7.1 RESIDENTIAL HOTEL UNIT CONVERSION AND DEMOLITION
ARTICLE 7.2 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION CONSULTANTS
ARTICLE 8 MUNICIPAL LOBBYING
ARTICLE 9 STATEMENTS OF CITY RELATED BUSINESS
ARTICLE 9.5 MUNICIPAL ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
ARTICLE 9.7 CAMPAIGN FINANCING
ARTICLE 11 MUNICIPAL MASS MAILINGS
ARTICLE 12 DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
ARTICLE 13 PROHIBITION ON THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, AND
ARTICLE 14 GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND RECOVERY
ARTICLE 14.05 TEMPORARY PROTECTION OF OCCUPANTS OF SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
ARTICLE 14.1 EVICTION OF TENANTS FROM FORECLOSED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES
ARTICLE 14.5 TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF NO-FAULT EVICTIONS
ARTICLE 14.6 TEMPORARY PROTECTION OF TENANTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
ARTICLE 15 URGENT REPAIR PROGRAM
ARTICLE 16 CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
ARTICLE 17 PET OWNERSHIP IN PUBLICLY-FINANCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
ARTICLE 18 EVICTIONS BASED ON INTENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY REMODEL RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES
ARTICLE 19 REPLACEMENT OBLIGATIONS AND OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS REQUIRED FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
ARTICLE 20 HOTEL DEVELOPMENT REPLACEMENT HOUSING
ARTICLE 21 VOLUNTARY HOUSING PROGRAM
CHAPTER V PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER VI PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER VII TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER VIII TRAFFIC
CHAPTER IX BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER X BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER XI NOISE REGULATION
CHAPTER XII THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CHAPTER XIII THE EMERGENCY ENERGY CURTAILMENT PLAN OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CHAPTER XV RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER XVI HOUSING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER XVII RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORTS
CHAPTER XVIII EMPLOYEE WAGES AND PROTECTIONS
CHAPTER XIX ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER XX COVID-19 PROTECTION AND RECOVERY*
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SEC. 41.24. TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (Added by Ord. No. 168,500, Eff. 2/4/93.)
 
   (a)   No person shall enter or be present upon any private property or portion of private property not open to the general public without the consent of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession, where signs forbidding entry are displayed as provided in Subsection (f).
 
   (b)   No person shall enter upon any private property or portion of private property, not open to the general public, who within the immediately preceding six months was advised as follows: to leave and not return, and that if the person returns to the property within six months of the advisement the person will be subject to arrest. This advisement must be made by the owner, the owner’s agent, the person in lawful possession or a peace officer at the request of the owner, owner’s agent or person in lawful possession. The advisement shall be documented in writing by the individual making it and shall include the name of the person advised, the date, approximate time, address and type of property involved. Such documentation shall be retained for a minimum period of one year. This subsection is not violated if a person so advised enters the property within the designated six month period, if the person has been expressly authorized to do so by the owner, the owner’s agent or a person in lawful possession.
 
   (c)   Entry requiring Express Consent of Owner.
 
   1.   No person shall enter or be present upon private property not open to the general public without the express consent of the owner or the owner’s agent when that person:
 
   A.   has been convicted of any violation of the law involving narcotics, prostitution, vandalism, weapons, disturbance of the peace, loitering, threat to commit a violent act, or a violent act, on that same private property not open to the general public, whether or not such property is posted in accordance with Subsection (f); and
 
   B.   has, subsequent to the conviction been told to leave and not return to that same property, by the owner, the owner’s agent or a peace officer at the request of the owner or the owner’s agent.
 
   2.   The request to leave must be made within six months of the date of the conviction and shall be documented in writing by the individual making the request. The documentation of the request shall include the name of the person being requested to leave, the date, the approximate time, the address and the type of property involved.
 
   3.   This subsection applies even if the person has the consent of a person in lawful possession but does not apply to persons who have a right of lawful possession to the subject property. An individual who has the consent of the person in lawful possession may not be refused entry by the owner or the owner’s agent for a period exceeding twelve months, computed from the date of the request.
 
   (d)   No person shall enter or be present upon any private property or portion of private property open to the general public who within the immediately preceding 24 hours was advised to leave and not return, and that if the person returns to the property within 24 hours of the advisement, the person will be subject to arrest. This advisement must be made by the owner, the owner’s agent, the person in lawful possession or a peace officer at the request of the owner, owner’s agent or the person in lawful possession. A request to leave may be made only if it is rationally related to the services performed or the facilities provided.
 
   (e)   The term “private property” shall mean any real property, including but not limited to, buildings, structures, yards, open spaces, walkways, courtyards, driveways, carports, parking areas and vacant lots, except land which is used exclusively for agricultural purposes, owned by any person or legal entity other than property owned or lawfully possessed by any governmental entity or agency.
 
   (f)   For purposes of Subsection (a), one sign must be printed or posted in a conspicuous manner at every walkway and driveway entering any enclosed property or portion thereof and at a minimum of every fifty feet along the boundary of any unenclosed lot. This requirement is met if at least one sign is conspicuously printed or posted on the outside of every structure on such property, so as to be readable from each walkway and driveway entering such property. The sign shall state as follows:
 
 
THIS PROPERTY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
No Entry Without Permission
L.A.M.C. SEC. 41.24
 
   The language “THIS PROPERTY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC No Entry Without Permission” on said sign shall be at least two inches high.
 
   (g)   When a peace officer’s assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested, the owner, owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession shall make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion. However, a single request for a peace officer’s assistance may be made to cover a limited period of time not to exceed twelve months when such request is made in writing and provides the specific dates of the authorization period.
 
   (h)   This section shall not apply in any of the following instances:
 
   (1)   when its application results in, or is coupled with, any act prohibited by the Unruh Civil Rights Act, or any other provision of law relating to prohibited discrimination against any person;
 
   (2)   when its application results in, or is coupled with, an act prohibited by Section 365 of the California Penal Code, or any other provision of law relating to the duties of innkeepers;
 
   (3)   when public officers or employees are acting within the course and scope of their employment or in the performance of their official duties; or
 
   (4)   when persons are engaging in activities protected by the United States Constitution or the California Constitution or when persons are engaging in acts which are expressly required or permitted by any provision of law.
 
   (i)   Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor or an infraction.
 
   (j)   If any part or provision of this section, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the section, including the application of that part or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, the provisions of this section are severable.
 
 
SEC. 41.27. INTOXICATION.
 
   (a)   (None)
 
   (b)   (None)
 
   (c)   No person shall drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume, upon any street, sidewalk or parkway, park, playground, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, or in any railroad depot or bus station, or in any public place, or in any place open to the patronage of the public, which premises are not licensed for the consumption of such liquor on the premises.
 
   (d)   No person who has in their possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, shall enter, be, or remain on the posted premises of, including the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to, any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California, or on any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed and posted premises. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of an infraction. (Added by Ord. No. 158,498, Eff. 12/31/83.)
 
   (e)   All retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensees licensed pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California shall install and maintain signs on the licensed premises, clearly visible to the patrons of the licensee and to persons in or on any parking lot or public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises, which notify all such persons that the provisions of Subsection (d) of this section are applicable. Any licensee violating any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of an infraction. (Added by Ord. No. 158,498, Eff. 12/31/83.)
 
   (f)   As used in Subsections (d) and (g) of this section, “posted premises” means those premises which are subject to licensure under any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage license, the parking lot immediately adjacent to the licensed premises, and any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises on which clearly visible notices have placed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (e) of this section. (Added by Ord. No. 158,498, Eff. 12/31/83.)
 
   (g)   The provisions of Subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall not apply to a private residential parking lot which is immediately adjacent to the posted premises. (Added by Ord. No. 158,498, Eff. 12/31/83.)
 
   (h)   No person shall have in their possession, with intent to consume any part of the contents thereof in any public place not licensed for the consumption thereof, any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, upon any street, sidewalk or parkway, park, playground, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, or any railroad depot or bus station, or in any public place, or in any place open to the patronage of the public, which premises are not licensed for the consumption of such alcoholic beverage on the premises. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of an infraction. (Amended by Ord. No. 160,458, Eff. 11/28/85.)*
 
   * Note: Section 41.27(h) was declared unconstitutional in People v. Duran, 43 Cal. App. 4th Supp.1.
 
 
SEC. 41.29. HAND ORGANS ON STREETS.
 
   No person shall operate or play any hand organ or hurdy-gurdy in, upon or along any street or sidewalk.
 
 
SEC. 41.30. SPITE FENCES.
 
   No person shall maliciously construct, erect, build, plant, cultivate or maintain any fence or wall or any hedge or similar growth unnecessarily exceeding six (6) feet in height, for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property.
 
   Malice must be shown to sustain a conviction of constructing or maintaining a spite fence.
   People v. Hughes, CR A 167.
 
   (See also as to fences: Comprehensive Zoning Plan.)
 
 
SEC. 41.31. TREES – INJURY TO.
 
   (a)   No person shall dump, pour or spill any oil, salt or salt water or other deleterious matter upon any tree space in any street, or keep or maintain upon any sidewalk within ten (10) feet of any such tree or tree space on any street, any receptacle from which oil or salt water leaks or drips, or pour oil or salt water onto any parking or concrete gutter so as to injure any tree on any street.
 
   (b)   Trees – Piling Material On: No person shall pile building material or other material, about any tree, plant or shrub in a street in any manner that will in any way injure such tree, plant or shrub.
 
 
SEC. 41.32. THEATRES – SOUND AMPLIFIERS.
 
   No person shall use, operate or employ any sound amplifying system in connection with or in conjunction with or as a part of the production, staging, exhibition or projection of any show in such a manner that any voice, tone, sound wave, musical tone or vibration emitted therefrom or transmitted thereover or through the same is carried in tones or sounds audible to the human ear to a point distant more than fifty (50) feet from the property line where such show is being conducted. Provided, that where any such show is being conducted within any enclosure or structure, the exterior of such structure or enclosure shall be construed to mean the property line of the premises where the same is being conducted, for the purpose of this section.
 
 
SEC. 41.33. LANDLORDS – DISTURBING TENANTS.
 
   No person, except a duly authorized officer pursuant to the authority of legal process, shall interfere with the peaceful enjoyment, use, possession or occupancy of any premises by the lawful lessee or tenant of such premises either by threat, fraud, intimidation, coercion, duress, or by the maintenance or toleration of a public nuisance, or by cutting off heat, light, water, fuel or free communication by anyone by mail, telephone or otherwise, or by restricting trade or tradespersons from or to any such tenant.
 
   People v. Beverly Oil Company, CR A 2339.
   Acts committed by co-defendant, who was president and agent of the corporation and was found not guilty; hence conviction against defendant principal reversed.
 
 
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