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FOREWORD
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ZONING
CHAPTER 1A CITY OF LOS ANGELES ZONING CODE
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. 41.53. PUBLIC BATH HOUSES.
   (Added by Ord. No. 127,508, Eff. 6/29/64.)
 
   No person shall occupy, use or bathe in any tub or tank in any public bath house at the time such tub or tank is being occupied, used or bathed in by any other person, or occupy, use or bathe in any such tub or tank if the bathing water has been used by any other person.
 
   (b)   No person maintaining a public bath house shall cause or permit more than one person to occupy, use or bathe in any tub at the same time, or cause or permit any person to occupy, use or bathe in any such tub until the same is emptied of the water used by another person.
 
   (c)   Separate sections or rooms with full partitions shall be provided in public bath houses for the different sexes, or separate periods of time shall be designated for bathing by the different sexes.
 
 
SEC. 41.54. FISHING WITHIN ONE MILE OF PUBLIC SEWER OUTLET.
   (Added by Ord. No. 127,508, Eff. 6/29/64.)
 
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to catch or take by means of any line, hook, seine, net or by any other means or device, any fish in or from any water within one mile from the outlet or point of discharge of any public sewer.
 
   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or expose for sale, in the City of Los Angeles any fish caught in or taken from any water within a distance of one mile from the outlet or point of discharge of any public sewer.
 
 
SEC. 41.55. OIL – DISCHARGE IN OCEAN AND BEACHES.
   (Added by Ord. No. 127,508, Eff. 6/29/64.)
 
   No person shall discharge from any boat, vessel, ship or barge any ballast water, bilge water or waste water containing, or contaminated with, any crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, fuel oil or oily by-products within the City, unless such ballast water, bilge water or waste water is discharged into suitable and adequate settling basins, tanks or other receptacles.
 
 
SEC. 41.56. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES AT SPORTING EVENTS, THEATRICALS AND EXHIBITIONS.
   (Added by Ord. No. 134,080, Eff. 3/14/67.)
 
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person at any stadium, auditorium, sports arena, playing field, theater, race track, skating rink, fair, or other place where sporting events, theatricals, or exhibitions are held:
 
   (1)   to leave the area or areas set aside for spectators and enter upon the grounds, field, stage, floor, or any other area set apart for the participants, performers, officials, attendants or service personnel, unless authorized so to do by an usher or by an authorized representative of the sponsor of the event or;
 
   (2)   to commit any act which delays the event or interferes with the participants, performers, officials, attendants, service personnel or spectators at any such event or;
 
   (3)   to intentionally throw, discharge, launch or spill any solid or liquid substance or object, or otherwise intentionally cause such substance or object to be thrown, discharged, launched, spilled or to become airborne, unless such person is a duly authorized participant, performer, official, attendant, service personnel or peace officer acting within the course and scope of such person’s employment or duty. (Amended by Ord. No. 160,223, Eff. 8/2/85.)
 
   (b)   No person shall enter any place or area for which a ticket, pass or admission charge is required;
 
   (1)   without having in their possession a valid ticket or pass and presenting such ticket or pass to an usher or authorized representative of the sponsor of the event when requested so to do or;
 
   (2)   without first having paid the price of admission, unless otherwise duly authorized to enter such place or area or;
 
   (3)   by fraudulently evading or attempting to evade the payment of the price of admission thereto.
 
   (c)   No person entering any place or area described in Subsection (b), other than the holder of a valid ticket or pass designating the seat or space reserved or assigned, shall occupy any reserved or assigned seat or space. No person shall refuse to vacate a seat or space not assigned or reserved by the ticket or pass the person holds when requested to do so by the holder of the ticket or pass for said seat or space, by an usher, or by an authorized representative of the sponsor of the event.
 
 
SEC. 41.57. LOUD AND RAUCOUS NOISE PROHIBITED.
   (Added by Ord. No. 140,731, Eff. 8/24/70.)
 
   (a)   It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow or permit the emission or transmission of any loud or raucous noise from any sound making or sound amplifying device in the person’s possession or under the person’s control.
 
   (1)   upon any private property, or
 
   (2)   upon any public street alley, sidewalk or thoroughfare, or
 
   (3)   in or upon any public park or other public place or property.
 
   (b)   The words “loud and raucous noise” as used herein shall mean any sound or any recording thereof when amplified or increased by any electrical, mechanical, or other device to such volume, intensity or carrying power as to unreasonably interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons within or upon any one or more of such places or areas, or as to unreasonably annoy, disturb, impair or endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of other persons within or upon any one or more of such places or areas.
 
   The word “unreasonably” as used herein shall include but not be limited to, consideration of the hour, place, nature, and circumstances of the emission or transmission of any such loud and raucous noise.
 
 
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