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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
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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Los Angeles Planning and Zoning
Chapter 1A City of Los Angeles Zoning Code
Table of Amending Legislation for Chapter 1A
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SEC. 42.00.1. SALES FROM ICE CREAM TRUCKS.
   (Added by Ord. No. 176,830, Eff. 8/27/05.)
 
   (a)   Definitions.
 
   “Ice cream truck” shall mean a motor vehicle engaged in the curbside vending or sale of frozen refrigerated desserts, confections or novelties commonly known as ice cream, prepackaged candies, prepackaged snack foods, or soft drinks, primarily intended for sale to children under 12 years of age.
 
   “Dispense or dispensing” shall mean peddling, hawking, displaying for sale, soliciting the sale of, offering or exposing for sale, selling or giving away.
 
   “School” shall mean any elementary school, middle school, junior high school, four-year high school, senior high school, continuation high school, or any branch thereof.
 
   “Street” shall mean all that area dedicated to public use for public street purposes and shall include, but not be limited to roadways, parkways, alleys and sidewalks.
 
   (b)   Sales from Ice Cream Truck. No person shall dispense any item, other than food, from an ice cream truck on a street.
 
   (c)   Hours of Sales. No person shall dispense any item, including food, from an ice cream truck on a street during the following hours: From 8:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. during the months of April through October and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. during the months of November through March.
 
   (d)   Sales near Schools. No person shall dispense any item, at any time, including food, from an ice cream truck parked or stopped within 500 feet of the property line of a school between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on regular school days.
 
   (e)   Minors in Vehicle. No person shall permit a person under sixteen (16) years of age to ride in or on an ice cream truck unless the person in control of the ice cream truck is the parent or guardian of the minor.
 
   (f)   Penalties. A violation of any of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor. Violations set forth in this section are cumulative to, and in addition to, any other violations of state or local law. For a second or subsequent violation of subsection (b), the court shall, in addition to any other penalties, order that the ice cream truck involved in the second or subsequent violation be impounded for 30 days if at the time of the second or subsequent violation, the vehicle was registered to the violator.
 
 
SEC. 42.01. STREET – SIDEWALK – PEDESTRIANS BUILDING SETBACK.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 145,692, Eff. 5/3/74.)
 
   No person, except as otherwise provided in Section 42.00, shall use any area in front of any building occupied by a sidewalk or used or intended for use for sidewalk purposes and extending eighteen (18) feet back of the curb line for any purpose other than for the free and unobstructed passage of pedestrians thereon within the Central Traffic District as said district is described in Ordinance No. 50,515, adopted December 19, 1924, or Chapter 8 of this Code.
 
   The use of any such sidewalk or area other than for the free and unobstructed passage of pedestrians thereon shall constitute a public nuisance.
 
 
SEC. 42.02. STREET – SIDEWALK – ADJACENT PROPERTY – SOLICITING TRADE.
 
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person in or on any street, sidewalk, or other public way to importune, or solicit any other person, by word of mouth, gesture, or otherwise, to enter a place where goods, wares, or merchandise is sold, or where for a price or a donation, services are offered, or any exhibition, motion picture, play or performance is shown.
 
   (b)   It shall be unlawful for anyone who is visible or audible to any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public way, in a loud, boisterous, raucous, offensive or insulting manner to importune or solicit any other person to enter a place where goods, wares, or merchandise is sold, or where for a price or donation, services are offered, or any exhibition, motion picture, play or performance is shown.
 
   Insofar as 42.02 prohibits the solicitation of sales of goods by merchants by the use of entrances, doorways or hallways abutting on public ways, it cannot be sustained as a valid exercise of police power as applied to merchants who solicit business in a quiet, dignified and peaceful manner, without pressure or undue influence, and who make no sales except inside their store. The ordinance violates California Constitution, Article I, Section 1 and 13, and the Constitution of the United States, Fourteenth Amendment, and violates the constitutional guaranty of free speech.
   McKay Jewelers v. Bowron, 19 Cal. 2d 595, 599, 600.
 
   A legislative body may not, under the guise of the police power, impose unnecessary and unreasonable restrictions on the use of private property or the pursuit of useful activities.
   McKay Jewelers v. Bowron, Supra.
 
 
SEC. 42.03. SELLING OF TICKETS OF ADMISSION TO PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE IN PUBLIC PLACES AND PLACES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PROHIBITED – EXCEPTIONS.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 182,813, Eff. 12/10/13.)
 
   (a)   No Person upon any Street, park or public property shall engage in the Business of selling or re-selling Tickets.
 
   (b)   No Person upon any Place Open to the Public shall engage in the Business of selling or re-selling Tickets.
 
   (c)   The provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not include or apply to the sale of any Ticket at or from any office, booth or other similar place regularly and permanently established and maintained therefor with the express permission and authorization of the person or governmental agency in charge, care or control of the property on which such office, booth or place is located.
 
   (d)   For purposes of this section, the definitions in Section 42.00 and the definition of the following phrase shall apply:
 
   “Place Open to the Public” shall mean every place of public amusement or entertainment, stadium, auditorium, theater, athletic field, concert hall or arena and the property upon which such place is located or any other property contiguous thereto which is under the same care, management or control.
 
 
SEC. 42.04. STREET – SIDEWALK – SOLICITING PATRONAGE.
 
   No person shall solicit patronage for any hotel, lodging house, apartment house, restaurant or café in or upon any street or sidewalk in front of any established place of business other than the person’s own.
 
 
SEC. 42.05. STREET – SIDEWALK – SOLICITING PATRONAGE TRANSPORTATION.
 
   No person shall solicit custom or patronage for any vehicle used or intended for use in the conveyance or transportation of persons, property, goods, wares, or merchandise, or for an place where meals and board or lodging are furnished for a consideration, or for any railway trip or boat trip upon any street or sidewalk within the district bounded and described as follows:
 
   First Street from Central Avenue to Olive Street; Olive Street from First Street to Seventh Street; Seventh Street from Olive Street to Grand Avenue; Grand Avenue from Seventh Street to Pico Street; Pico Street from Grand Avenue to Los Angeles Street; Los Angeles Street from Pico Street to Sixth Street; Sixth Street from Los Angeles Street to Central Avenue; Central Avenue from Sixth Street to First Street.
 
 
SEC. 42.06. RAILROAD – STAGE DEPOT – SOLICITING PATRONAGE.
 
   (a)   No person shall solicit custom or patronage for any purpose for or on behalf of the person or any other person in any railroad or automobile stage depot or grounds.
 
   (b)   No person shall stand or park any vehicle owned, operated or under the control of said person in any railroad or automobile stage depot, grounds or premises.
 
   (c)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who, with the written consent of the owner, lessee or managing agent of said railroad or automobile stage depot, park or stand any vehicle used or intended for use in transporting persons or property to or from such depot, grounds or premises; nor to persons maintaining booths for the information, accommodation or convenience of the traveling public with the written consent of the owner, lessee or managing agent of such railroad or automobile stage depot.
 
   The provisions of this subsection shall not be regarded as soliciting within the meaning of this section.
 
   An ordinance which prohibits solicitation of patronage for transportation in or about a depot without consent of the owner does not constitute unlawful discrimination between persons who have and others who have not such consent, and is valid.
   In re Stratham, 45 C. A. 436.
 
 
SEC. 42.07. COMMON CARRIER – SOLICITING PATRONAGE ON.
 
   No person shall solicit custom or patronage for any purpose for or on behalf of the person or any other person upon any railroad train or car, boat or other vehicle operated as a common carrier for passengers without the written consent so to do from the owner, lessee or managing agent of such railroad train or car, boat or other vehicle.
 
 
SEC. 42.08. STREET – SIDEWALK – SOLICITING PATRONAGE PROHIBITED IN AREA.
 
   No person shall solicit custom or patronage for or on behalf of the person or any other person in or upon any portion of those streets and sidewalks described as follows;
 
   (a)   Alameda Street, between Macy Street and Aliso Street;
 
   (b)   Aliso Street, between Vignes Street and Alameda Street;
 
   (c)   Macy Street, between Vignes Street and Alameda Street;
 
   (d)   Inglewood-Redondo Road, between Highway and Century Blvd;
 
   (e)   Century Blvd between Inglewood-Redondo Road and Sepulveda Blvd.;
 
   (f)   Sepulveda Blvd between Century Blvd and Imperial Highway;
 
   (g)   Imperial Highway, between Sepulveda Blvd and Inglewood-Redondo Road.
 
 
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