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(Added by Ord. No. 111,074, Eff. 5/3/58).
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to visit, frequent, or be present at or within any house, room, apartment, stand or place used in whole or in part as a gambling house, or any place where any game is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, or other device for money, checks, chips, credit, pennants, cigars, candy, merchandise or other valuable thing, or representative of value; provided, however, this ordinance shall not apply to any police officer while in the exercise of their duties as such officer, nor to any person whose presence in any such place is necessary in the course of the person’s lawful business.
(Added by Ord. No. 138,828, Eff. 8/10/69.)
(a) Gambling House Defined: Gambling house means any building, house, room, or other structure used in whole or in part for conducting illegal gambling.
(b) Gambling House Prohibited. No person shall keep, conduct or maintain any gambling house.
(c) Permitting Use as Gambling House. No person shall knowingly allow or permit any building, house, room or other structure owned or occupied by the person or under the person’s charge or control to be used as a gambling house.
(d) Violations Are Misdemeanors and Public Nuisances. Every person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and all gambling houses are declared to constitute a public nuisance.
(e) Nuisances May Be Abated. Any public nuisance maintained in violation of this section may be enjoined, prevented or abated as provided by law.
(a) No person shall make, use or maintain any connection in any manner with any water main, service connection pipe, fire hydrant stub pipe, conduit or flume owned, controlled or operated by any person or municipality authorized by law to distribute water for domestic or other use, without the knowledge of consent of such person or municipality authorized by law to so distribute water; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent the connection of pipes, hose or other means of using water to lawfully installed service pipes for the use of water lawfully passing through a meter installed for the measuring of such water.
(b) No person shall turn on, or use water for domestic or other purposes by means of any connection with any water main, water meter, service connection pipe, fire hydrant, stub pipe, conduit, flume or other appliance or method whereby water is withdrawn from the possession, custody and control of any person or municipality authorized by law to furnish water for domestic or other use, without first securing the consent of such person or municipality so to do.
(c) No person shall tamper in any manner with any water meter, weir or other water measuring device installed for the purpose of measuring water used or intended to be used for domestic or other purposes; open any shut-off valve or other connection between such meter or measuring device and any water main, or water supply pipe so that water may pass into or through said meter or measuring device; or in any manner change the connection between the water discharge outlets and appliances upon private property and the water mains or other pipes or methods of conveying water by any person or municipality authorized by law to furnish water for domestic or other use in such manner that water may be used or drawn from any water main or water supply pipe without passing through a meter installed for measuring such water, without the knowledge or consent of such person or municipality.
No person shall knowingly or intentionally give any misinformation or false information, or convey any false impression relative to the person’s character, experience or past conduct in any application filed in connection with any examination for the filling of any position in the classified Civil Service of this City.
No person shall make, print, write, engrave, lithograph, sell, give away, distribute, or have in their possession any paper, instrument, document, circular, card, hand bill, dodger or advertisement which resembles or is made in imitation of, in size, form, dimensions, wording or general appearance, any certificate which has heretofore been, or may hereafter be issued, distributed or circulated by or under the authority of the Los Angeles Clearing House Association, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to certificates issued, distributed or circulated by or under the authority of the Los Angeles Clearing House Association.
No person shall operate, conduct, control, manage or otherwise carry on any shoe shine parlor or stand in the City of Los Angeles unless there is posted and maintained therein or thereon in a conspicuous place, clearly visible by the public, a sign listing the price of each and every service rendered by such business, and no such person shall charge or attempt to charge any amount different from that appearing on such sign for any service rendered. The lettering on such sign shall be of uniform size with the letters not less than one inch in height.
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