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SEC. 80.00. DEFINITIONS.
DIVISION “A” OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
DIVISION “B” TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
DIVISION “C” TURNING MOVEMENTS
DIVISION “D” ONE WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
DIVISION “E” SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
DIVISION “F” MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
DIVISION “G” TERMINAL ACCESS FOR INTERSTATE TRUCKS
DIVISION “H” RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
DIVISION “I” PEDESTRIANS
DIVISION “K” METHOD OF PARKING
DIVISION “L” STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
DIVISION “M” STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY
DIVISION “N” PARKING PROHIBITED OR LIMITED
DIVISION “O” PENALTIES AND EFFECT OF CHAPTER
DIVISION “P” SCHEDULES OF DESIGNATED STREETS REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER
DIVISION “Q” MISCELLANEOUS
DIVISION “R” TRAFFIC REGULATION IN PARKS
DIVISION “S” TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE HARBOR DISTRICT
DIVISION “T” OPERATION OF UNUSUAL TYPES OF VEHICLES CREATING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
DIVISION “U” PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS AND PARKING ON PUBLICLY OWNED OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES
DIVISION “V” TRAFFIC REGULATIONS WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AND VAN NUYS AIRPORTS
DIVISION “W” ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL PARKING PENALTIES
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SEC. 80.73.2. USE OF STREET FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES – GENERALLY – WHEN PROHIBITED.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 177,569, Eff. 7/3/06.)
 
   It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or who has possession, custody or control of any vehicle to park that vehicle or leave it standing upon any highway, street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours.
 
 
SEC. 80.73.3. SELLING, LEASING, RESERVING OR FACILITATING THE RESERVING OF PUBLIC WAYS – PROHIBITED.
   (Added by Ord. No. 183,475, Eff. 4/19/15.)
 
   No person or entity other than the City of Los Angeles and any of its departments or designees shall have the authority to sell, lease, reserve or facilitate the reserving of any street, way, alley, highway, road, parkway, parking space or other public space in the City of Los Angeles without written authorization from the City. For purposes of this section, a parking space is an area not exceeding 22 feet in length that accommodates parking for one vehicle. Each attempt to sell, lease, reserve or facilitate the reserving of a parking space, or the completion of the transaction, on any street, section of a street or other public ways set forth in this section shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this section.
 
   (a)   Penalties. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the following penalties:
 
   1.   First violation. A first violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $250.
 
   2.   Second and subsequent violations. A second violation and all subsequent violations shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.00 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, including prosecution as an infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $500, or prosecution as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
 
   3.   Violations. The following constitutes a violation for purposes of this section: a conviction for violation of this section, a conviction under Penal Code Section 853.7 for failure to appear in court to contest a citation for violations of this section, or a forfeiture of bail.
 
   4.   Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this section is committed, continued or permitted by that person, and shall be punishable accordingly.
 
   (b)   Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
 
 
SEC. 80.74. WASHING VEHICLES IN STREET.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.)
 
   (a)   No person shall dust, wipe, wash or otherwise clean, or use or employ any method of dusting, wiping, washing or otherwise cleaning, any vehicle or portion thereof while on any street unless such vehicle is owned by or under the direct control or supervision of the person doing any of the acts herein enumerated.
 
   (b)   No person shall park a vehicle on any street for the purpose of dusting, wiping, washing or otherwise cleaning such vehicle or portion thereof unless it is owned by or under the direct control or supervision of such person.
 
 
SEC. 80.75. SALE OF VEHICLES OR BICYCLES – WHERE PROHIBITED.
   (Repealed by Ord. No. 173,945, Eff. 6/18/01.)
 
 
SEC. 80.75.1. PARKING WITH AUDIBLE STATUS INDICATOR OPERATIVE.
   (Added by Ord. No. 169,785, Eff. 6/9/94.)
 
   No person shall park a vehicle on any street or upon any public or private property which while so parked emits sound from an audible status indicator. As used in this section, an audible status indicator is a component of a vehicle theft alarm system which emits a chirp, voice message or other sound audible outside the vehicle for a duration of more than one minute for the purpose of warning an approaching person that a vehicle theft alarm system is installed and armed or operational. The time period shall be calculated from the point in time of the emission of the first audible sound used in calculation and shall end one minute thereafter, not withstanding any variation or temporary stoppage in the emission of audible sound.
 
   In the event enforcement of a violation occurs under this section, no enforcement action shall be taken under Section 114.07 of the Municipal Code for the same violation.
 
 
SEC. 80.75.3. PARKING AUTOMOBILES ON STREETS EXCEEDING GRADE OF 3%.
 
   (a)   The Department is hereby authorized to determine those streets in the City of Los Angeles which have a grade exceeding three per cent and upon which a hazardous condition would be created unless unattended motor vehicles were parked by blocking the wheels of said vehicles by turning them against the curb, or by other means. When such determination has been made, the Department is hereby authorized and directed to cause appropriate signs to be posted and maintained on such streets. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
 
   (b)   When signs are erected in places giving notice thereof, no person driving, or in control of, a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any street or highway unattended when upon any grade exceeding three per cent (3%) within any business or residence district without blocking the wheels of said vehicle by turning them against the curb, or by other means.
 
 
SEC. 80.75.4. EMERGENCY RULES AND SIGNS.
 
   (a)   Authority of Commissioners. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to adopt rules regulating parking or other use of vehicles upon the streets and other public ways of travel whenever they deem it necessary to meet an emergency not expressly provided for under any other provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that in any such case, the resolution adopting any such rule shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in this city and shall thereupon become effective; and provided further that no rule so adopted shall remain in force longer than thirty days unless incorporated into an ordinance.
 
   (b)   Emergency Signs – Installation Authorized. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to install such signs as they may deem necessary to give notice of the effect of any such emergency rule at any particular occasion.
 
   (c)   Violation Prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as elsewhere provided in this chapter, for any person to operate, park, or otherwise use any vehicle in violation of any emergency rule adopted and published by the Commissioners pursuant to the authority granted by this section, or in violation of the instructions of any sign installed hereunder.
 
 
 
DIVISION “O”
PENALTIES AND EFFECT OF CHAPTER
 
 
Section
80.76   Penalties.
80.76.1   Infractions.
80.76.2   Civil Penalties.
80.77   Removal of Parked Cars.
80.77.1   Vehicle Release Fee.
80.77.2   Booting Fee.
80.77.3   Receipt by City Clerk of Proceeds of Sale of Forfeited Vehicles Under State Vehicle Code Section 14607.6.
80.77.4   Official Police Garages.
 
 
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