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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. 80.75.3. 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.
 
 
SEC. 80.76. PENALTIES.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 169,518, Eff. 4/11/94.)
 
   (a)   It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter.
 
   (b)   Except as provided elsewhere, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as follows:
 
   1.   For the first offense by a fine of not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding five (5) days,
 
   2.   For a second violation within a period of one year by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding ten (10) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and
 
   3.   For a third and each additional offense committed within one year by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 
   (c)   Notwithstanding Section 11.00(m) of this Code, where any person in violation of Section 88.11, 88.61 or 89.35.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code defaces, injures, tampers with, opens or willfully breaks, destroys or impairs the usefulness of any parking meter, the fine imposed upon conviction shall be no less than $50.00 for the first offense, no less than $100.00 for the second offense and no less than $300.00 for the third and each additional offense committed within one year of the date of commission of the first offense. The first and second violation of Section 88.11, 88.61 or 89.35.6 shall be deemed an infraction. The third and subsequent violation of these sections shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
 
 
SEC. 80.76.1. INFRACTIONS.
   (Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.)
 
   Notwithstanding Section 80.76 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, violation of any of the sections or subsections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code described herein shall be an infraction:
 
SECTION      DESCRIPTION
 
80.36.11(c)(1)      TRAVELING OF A TOUR BUS ON A STREET DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUR BUS (Added by Ord. No. 186,561, Eff. 4/15/20.)
80.73(b)2A(1)      VENDING FROM NON-CATERING TRUCK VEHICLES (Amended by Ord. No. 173,264, Eff. 6/26/00.)
80.73(b)(2),C,D,E    CATERING TRUCKS, CLEANUP OF AREA
80.73.1(d)      USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE
80.75         SALE OF VEHICLE
86.06(a)      DRIVING-SIGNS POSTED PROHIBITING
87.09(g)      COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS
87.09(l)      PAYMENT OF PARKING FEE
88.10         PARKING METERS NOT TO BE USED
88.12         EXTENDING PARKING TIME
88.60         OFF-STREET PARKING METERS NOT TO BE USED
88.62         EXTENDING PARKING TIME
89.35.4         IMMEDIATE DEPOSIT OF COINS
89.35.5(c)      DEPOSITING COINS TO EXTEND TIME
89.40(c)      REMOVAL OF CAR WITHOUT PAYING FEES
 
 
SEC. 80.76.2. CIVIL PENALTIES.
   (Added by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.)
 
   Notwithstanding Section 80.76 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, violation of any of the sections or subsections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code described herein shall be punishable by civil penalty:
 
SECTION      DESCRIPTION
 
80.25         PARKING NEAR OR FOLLOWING EMERGENCY VEH.
80.36.11(d)(1)      TRAVELING OF A TOUR BUS ON A STREET DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUR BUS (Added by Ord. No. 186,561, Eff. 4/15/20.)
80.49         WRONG SIDE/NOT PARALLEL-OVER 18” FROM CURB
80.51(a)      PARKING ON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY
80.53         PARKING WITHIN A PARKWAY
80.54(h)1      OVERNIGHT PARKING WITHOUT PERMIT (Added by Ord. No. 178,794, Eff. 6/21/07.)
80.55(a)1      HAZARDOUS AREA
80.55(a)2      30 FEET OF INTERSECTION - BUSINESS DISTRICT
80.55(a)3      25 FEET CROSSWALK
80.55(a)4      ANY POLICE STATION
80.55.1         STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING WITHIN 15 FEET OF A DRIVEWAY USED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES (Added by Ord. No. 186,219, Eff. 8/12/19.)
80.56(e)1      PASSENGER ZONE (WHITE)
80.56(e)2      LOADING ZONE (YELLOW)
80.56(e)3      SHORT TIME LIMIT ZONE (GREEN)
80.56(e)4      NO STOPPING ZONE (RED)
80.58(k)1      PREFERENTIAL PARKING
80.58.1         CARSHARE PARKING (Added by Ord. No. 180,602*, Eff. 4/24/09.)
80.58.2         SPECIAL EVENT VEHICLE PARKING (Added by Ord. No. 183,135, Eff. 7/8/14.)
80.61         ALLEY - STANDING IN
80.66.1(d)      RESTRICTED ZONES
80.69(a)      STOPPING OR STANDING PROHIBITED
80.69(b)      PARKING PROHIBITED
80.69(c)      PARKING TIME LIMITS
80.69(d)      PARKING OF VEHICLES MORE THAN SIX FEET HIGH
80.69.1(a)      PRKG TRAILER - VEHICLE CAPABLE OF TOWING
80.69.1(c)      PARKING UNHITCHED TRAILER (Added by Ord. No. 177,086, Eff. 12/11/05.)
80.69.2         COMM. VEHICLES AND TRAILERS IN RES. DIST.
80.69.3         PARKING UNDER FREEWAY OVERPASSES
80.69.4         PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES (Added by Ord. No. 177,876, Eff. 10/6/06.)
80.70         PARKING IN ANTI-GRIDLOCK ZONE (Added by Ord. No. 177,753, Eff. 9/8/06.)
80.71.3         PARKING IN FRONT YARDS (Added by Ord. No. 170,903, Eff. 3/16/96.)
80.71.4         PARKING WITHOUT PERMISSION
80.72         PARKING ON RED FLAG DAY (Added by Ord. No. 177,215, Eff. 2/8/06.)
80.72.5         PARKING ON PRIVATE STREET (Amended by Ord. No. 180,876, Eff. 10/23/09.)
80.73(a)      PARKING OF CATERING TRUCKS
80.73(b)(2)(f)      CATERING VIOLATION - TIME LIMITS
80.73(b)2,A(2)(3)
(4)(5)         DISTANCE LIMITATIONS (Amended by Ord. No. 173,264, Eff. 6/26/00.)
80.73(b),2,F      TIME RESTRICTIONS
80.73(c)      LUNCH WAGONS, CENTRAL AREA OF CITY
80.73(d)      “FOR HIRE” WITHOUT PERMIT
80.73(e)      “FOR SALE”
80.73(f)      VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF PERMIT TO PARK
80.73.1(a)(b)(c)   STORING VEHICLES IN THE STREET
80.73.2         MORE THAN 72 HOURS ON STREET OR ALLEY
80.74(b)      CLEANING VEHICLE IN STREET
80.75.1         PARKING WITH AUDIBLE STATUS INDICATOR OPERATIVE (Added by Ord. No. 169,785, Eff. 6/9/94.)
80.75.3         PARKING WHERE GRADE EXCEEDS 3%
85.01(b)      REPAIRING VEHICLE IN STREET
86.03         STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES IN PARKS
86.06(b)      NO PARKING OTHER THAN POSTED AREAS
87.02         PARKING NEAR FIRE HYDRANT
87.03         PARALLEL PARKING REQUIRED
87.04         PARKING TIME PROHIBITED
87.05         PARKING PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN ROADWAYS
87.06         PARKING PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS
87.09(a)(b)(c)
(d)(e)(h)(k)      PARKING PROHIBITED IN HARBOR DISTRICT
87.11         PARKING BY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
87.54         ADVERTISING PROHIBITED OTHER PARKED VEH.
88.03(a)      PARKING OUTSIDE SPACE INDICATED
88.13(a)      METERS - FAILURE TO DEPOSIT COIN
88.13(b)      OVERTIME USE OF METER SPACE
88.53         OFF-ST. PARKING OUTSIDE SPACE INDICATED
88.63(a)      OFF-STREET FAILURE TO DEPOSIT COINS
88.64         FAILURE TO OBEY OFF-STREET PARKING SIGNS
88.66         ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION SPACES (Added by Ord. No. 185,744, Eff. 10/15/18.)
89.35.1         PARKING METER SPACES
89.35.5(a)      FAILURE TO IMMED. DEPOSIT COIN IN METER
89.35.5(b)      FAILURE TO REMOVE VEH. WHEN METER EXPIRES
89.36         NO STOPPING - RED CURB
89.37         PARKING AT GREEN CURB
89.38         PARKING AT YELLOW CURB
89.39         PARKING AT WHITE CURB
89.39.1(a)      STOPPING OR STANDING PROHIBITED
89.39.1(b)      PARKING PROHIBITED
89.39.1(c)      PARKING TIME LIMITS
89.39.2         PRKG RESTRICTED TO HOTEL-MOTEL VEHICLES
89.40(a)      PARKING WITHIN MARKERS
89.40(b)      USING MORE THAN ONE SPACE
89.42         PARALLEL PRKG - RIGHT WHEELS 18” FROM CURB
89.43         PARKING IN CROSSWALK
89.44(c)      VIOLATION OF EMERGENCY RULES OR SIGNS
89.45         PARKING OF “FOR HIRE” VEHICLES
89.46         PARKING RESTRICTED TO “FOR HIRE VEHICLES”
87.09(a)      WITHIN 6 FEET OF RAILROAD TRACK
87.09(b)      NO PARKING OR STANDING - POSTED AREAS
87.09(c)      EXCESS OF TIME LIMIT
87.09(d)      LOADING ZONES
87.09(e)      TEMPORARY NO PARKING
87.09(h)      PARKING IN MORE THAN ONE ALLOCATED SPACE
87.09(k)      PARKING OTHER THAN BETWEEN PAINTED LINES
87.11         RECREATION VEHICLE OVERNIGHT
 
* Note: This ordinance shall remain in effect until midnight on December 31, 2010, and is repealed thereafter.
 
 
SEC. 80.77. REMOVAL OF PARKED CARS.
   (Amended by Ord. No 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.)
 
   (a)   Police Officers and civilian employees of the Department of Transportation designated as Traffic Officers for purposes of this section are hereby authorized to remove from highways, streets or alleys within the City of Los Angeles to the nearest garage or other place of safety designated or maintained by the Police Department, any vehicle which has been parked or left standing on such highway, street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours.
 
   (b)   Whenever a Police Officer or Traffic Officer removes a vehicle from a street or highway as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the owner thereof, such Police Officer or Traffic Officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds thereof and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage.
 
   (c)   Whenever a Police Officer or Traffic Officer removing a vehicle from a street or highway under this section does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of 120 hours, then and in that event the Police Officer or Traffic Officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of such removal by mail to the Department of Motor Vehicles at Sacramento and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such report shall be made on a form furnished by such department and shall include a complete description of the vehicle the date, time and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
 
   (d)   Police Officers and Traffic Officers are hereby authorized to remove from streets or highways within the City of Los Angeles to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage or other place of safety designated or maintained by the Police Department, any vehicle which has been parked or left standing in violation of an official sign prohibiting the stopping or parking of vehicles and giving notice that such vehicle may be removed.
 
   (e)   Whenever a vehicle is removed from the streets of the City and stored as authorized by Subsection (d) above, or is stored as permitted and provided for in California Vehicle Code Section 22852, the provisions for a post–storage hearing as set forth in said Vehicle Code section shall be implemented. (Added by Ord. No. 164,041, Eff. 10/21/88.)
 
 
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