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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
CHAPTER V PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER VI PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY
ARTICLE 1 AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE
ARTICLE 2 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 2.1 RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION IMPACT AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE 3 PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, BEACHES AND OTHER PROPERTY
SEC. 63.00. DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 63.00.1. BOARD OF RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSIONERS AND DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS DEFINED.
SEC. 63.01. PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT - JURISDICTION.
SEC. 63.02. BEACH LANDS - JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY.
SEC. 63.03. PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT - POWER TO ISSUE PERMITS.
SEC. 63.04. JURISDICTION OVER GROINS, ETC.
SEC. 63.05. POWER TO RENEW GRANTS.
SEC. 63.06. RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITIONS.
SEC. 63.07. FORFEITURE OF GRANTS.
SEC. 63.08. GRANT REQUIRED FOR STRUCTURES.
SEC. 63.09. PUBLIC SEWERS AND STORM DRAINS EXEMPT.
SEC. 63.10. APPLICATION FOR GRANTS, CONTENTS.
SEC. 63.11. REPAIRS NOT TO AFFECT CURRENT OR DRIFT.
SEC. 63.12. FILING FEE.
SEC. 63.13. BOARD TO INVESTIGATE.
SEC. 63.14. BOARD - POWER TO GRANT PERMIT.
SEC. 63.15. REVOCATION OF GRANTS.
SEC. 63.16. GRANTS - MAY IMPOSE CONDITIONS.
SEC. 63.17. BOARD MAY DENY GRANTS.
SEC. 63.18. RENEWAL OF GRANTS - EXISTING STRUCTURES.
SEC. 63.19. GRANTS - WHAT TO PRESCRIBE.
SEC. 63.20. WAIVER REQUIRED.
SEC. 63.21. BOARD TO DETERMINE IF REPAIR WILL ALTER THE CURRENT.
SEC. 63.22. NATURAL ACCRETIONS.
SEC. 63.23. COUNCIL TO APPROVE CERTAIN GRANTS.
SEC. 63.24. HARBOR DEPARTMENT - JURISDICTION.
SEC. 63.25. BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED.
SEC. 63.41. PARK RANGERS: AUTHORIZATION TO ARREST.
SEC. 63.44. REGULATIONS AFFECTING PARK AND RECREATION AREAS.
SEC. 63.45. EMERGENCY PARK CLOSURE.
SEC. 63.46. DESIGNATION OF DRUG-FREE ZONES.
SEC. 63.50. POWER BOAT PROHIBITION ON THE VENICE CANALS.
SEC. 63.92.1. CHARGES FOR HANDLING AVIATION ENGINE FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND SOLVENTS AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SEC. 63.93. LIBRARY REGULATIONS.
SEC. 63.94. SCHOOL GROUNDS - TRESPASS ON.
SEC. 63.95. CITY RECORDS - REMOVAL OF.
SEC. 63.96. CITY RECORDS - SAFE KEEPING - EXEMPTIONS.
SEC. 63.97. VEHICLES - FIRE SIGNS ON.
SEC. 63.98. CITY VEHICLES - USE OF SEAL.
SEC. 63.99. CITY VEHICLES - DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND RESEARCH SERVICES MAY EXEMPT USE OF SEAL.
SEC. 63.100. CITY TRUCKS - USE OF SEAL.
SEC. 63.101. EXEMPTIONS.
SEC. 63.101.1. 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT BUMPER STICKERS ON CITY VEHICLES.
SEC. 63.101.2. BACK TO SCHOOL BUMPER STICKERS ON CITY VEHICLES.
SEC. 63.101.3. BUMPER STICKERS - SMOG CHECKS.
SEC. 63.101.4. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM VEHICLE IDENTIFIERS.
SEC. 63.101.5. BUMPER STICKERS: POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES - DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SEC. 63.101.6. BUMPER STICKERS: CITY VEHICLES - DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SEC. 63.101.7. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF SANITATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM VEHICLE IDENTIFIERS.
SEC. 63.102. CITY VEHICLES - REPORT TO BE MADE TO COUNCIL.
SEC. 63.103. REGISTRATION PLATES - ASSIGNMENT OF.
SEC. 63.104. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP - REMOVAL OF PLATES.
SEC. 63.105. TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION PLATES.
SEC. 63.106. CITY VEHICLES - PRIVATE USE PROHIBITED.
SEC. 63.107. DISPLAY OF OFFICIAL SEAL.
SEC. 63.108. CITY SEAL - IMITATING.
SEC. 63.109.1. EMPLOYEES FORBIDDEN TO CASH CHECKS, ETC.
SEC. 63.110. DISOBEDIENCE OF CHARTER SUBPOENAS.
SEC. 63.111. ELECTION SUPPLIES - RETURN OF.
SEC. 63.112. STREET ADDRESS NUMBERS - AUTHORITY AND DUTY OF CITY ENGINEER.
SEC. 63.113. STREET ADDRESS NUMBERS - RESPONSIBILITY THEREFOR, DESIGNATION, LOCATION, SIZE, MAINTENANCE, CHANGE AND REMOVAL.
SEC. 63.114. BASE LINES.
SEC. 63.115. STREET ADDRESS NUMBERS - ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS.
SEC. 63.116. BLOCK NUMBERS AND SPACING.
SEC. 63.117. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - POSSESSION OF KEYS FOR.
SEC. 63.118. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - OBSTRUCTION.
SEC. 63.119. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - STRINGING WIRES NEAR.
SEC. 63.119.5. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - AUTOMATIC CALLING DEVICES.
SEC. 63.120. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - TREE OBSTRUCTION.
SEC. 63.122. FALSE ALARMS - REWARD.
SEC. 63.123. HITCHING ANIMALS TO SIGNAL SYSTEMS.
SEC. 63.124. EXCAVATION OF NATURAL DEPOSITS - PERMIT.
SEC. 63.125. BOARD TO ADOPT RULES FOR EXCAVATING SAND, ETC.
SEC. 63.126. BOARD TO ISSUE PERMITS.
SEC. 63.127. DEPTH OF EXCAVATIONS.
SEC. 63.128. EXCAVATIONS - TUJUNGA WASH.
SEC. 63.130. TRESPASSING FORBIDDEN UPON CERTAIN PUBLIC PLANTS, YARDS, ETC.
SEC. 63.131. POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY - TRESPASS ON.
SEC. 63.132. FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY - TRESPASS ON.
SEC. 63.133. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.
SEC. 63.134. CITY PROPERTY AND FACILITIES - PROHIBITED ITEMS.
SEC. 63.136. ENTRY UPON VENICE CANAL, GRAND CANAL, AND BALLONA LAGOON ESHA PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY PROHIBITED.
SEC. 63.137. NIGHT ENTRY PROHIBITED UPON CITY PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY ABUTTING BALLONA WETLANDS.
ARTICLE 4 SEWERS, WATER COURSES AND DRAINS
ARTICLE 4.1 SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
ARTICLE 4.2 STORMWATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT CHARGE
ARTICLE 4.3 WASTEWATER FRANCHISE FEE
ARTICLE 4.4 STORMWATER AND URBAN RUNOFF POLLUTION CONTROL
ARTICLE 4.5 SEWER REPAIR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ARTICLE 5 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF HAZARDOUS PRIVATE STREETS
ARTICLE 6 GARBAGE, REFUSE COLLECTION
ARTICLE 6.1 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSFER, RECYCLING, RECOVERY OF WASTE RESOURCES AND DISPOSAL FEE
ARTICLE 7 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES, ACCESSORY SIGNS,
ARTICLE 8 BENCHES ALONG PUBLIC WAYS
ARTICLE 9 MARINA DEL REY ENTRANCE CHANNEL
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*
TABLES
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SEC. 63.119. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS – STRINGING WIRES NEAR.
 
   (a)   No person shall run, erect or maintain any wire which crosses any wire of the city’s communications systems subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services, within a distance of eighteen (18) inches. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)
 
   The Department of General Services may decrease the above distance by giving written consent where the wires so crossing each other are attached to the same pole at the place of crossing. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)
 
   (b)   No person shall run, erect or maintain any wire parallel or approximately parallel with any wire of the city’s communications system subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services, within a distance of ten (10) inches. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)
 
 
SEC. 63.119.5. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS – AUTOMATIC CALLING DEVICES.
   (Added by Ord. No. 139,441, Eff. 12/7/69.)
 
   No person except a public utility engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities shall use or operate, attempt to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated, or arrange, adjust, program or otherwise provide or install any device or combination of devices that will upon activation, either mechanically, electronically or by other automatic means, initiate an intrastate call and deliver a recorded message to any telephone number assigned to any subscriber by a public telephone company, without the prior written consent of such subscriber.
 
   The term “telephone number” includes any additional numbers assigned by a public utility company engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities to be used by means of a rotary or other system to connect with the subscriber to such primary number when the primary telephone number is in use.
 
 
SEC. 63.120. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS – TREE OBSTRUCTION.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 131,900, Eff. 4/9/66.)
 
   No person owning, controlling or occupying any land along or near the lines of a city communications system subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utilities and Transportation shall allow any branch, limb or other portion of any tree, shrub or vine growing on the land to be or remain within a distance of two (2) feet from any wire of the system.
 
   The Department of Public Utilities and Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to remove, cut or trim any tree, shrub, branch, limb or other portion of any tree or shrub in any street, when in their opinion the same is necessary or convenient to permit the erection, construction, operation and maintenance of the city’s communication systems subject to the jurisdiction of the Department.
 
 
SEC. 63.122. FALSE ALARMS – REWARD.
 
   The City will pay a reward of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to the person furnishing information which leads to the arrest and conviction of any person making any false fire alarm, by any means, upon such conviction of any such person who shall make any such false alarm.
 
 
SEC. 63.123. HITCHING ANIMALS TO SIGNAL SYSTEMS.
 
   No person shall hitch or fasten any horse, mule or other animal to any lamp post, street sign or to any fire alarm and police signal box, post, standard or pole, or to any fixture or apparatus used about or in connection therewith, or to fasten or hitch such animal in such a manner as to permit such animal to deface, injure or destroy the same.
 
 
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