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(Added by Ord. No. 170,801, Eff. 1/21/96.) (Sec. No. Corrected by Ord. No. 170,910, Eff. 3/22/96.)
A. As used in this section, the following definition shall apply:
Secured Building Fee. A fee imposed pursuant to this section to recover the costs of securing a building.
B. Every person who has ownership or control of any business operated in any commercial building shall, upon the request of a member of the Los Angeles Police or Fire Department, provide the names and non-business telephone numbers of at least two persons who shall have authority to take control of and secure the property in the event the property is found in an unoccupied and unsecured condition. Such information shall be provided, received and maintained in confidence for the exclusive use by those departments to satisfy the purposes of this section. Information received by one department shall be transferred to the other department.
C. Any unoccupied and unsecured commercial building, for which the information required in Subsection A has been obtained and to which police have responded after actuation of a burglary alarm or other call for police service, is declared to be a public nuisance. Upon discovery after such response the Los Angeles Police Department may cause telephonic notice to be given to one or both of the persons whose name and non-business telephone numbers have been provided by the owner or person having control of the business pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this section. The telephonic notice provided for herein shall include the address of the building and the nature of the unsecured condition, shall cite this code section, and shall state that unless a representative of the owner or person having control thereof secures the building within one hour of the notice the City will secure the building and charge the owner of the business for the cost thereof.
D. If telephonic contact with either of the persons identified pursuant to Subsection A of this section cannot be made within one hour of the initial effort to make contact after response to a burglar alarm or if notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this section and the owner or the owners representative does not secure the building within one hour of such notice, the City or its contractor may enter upon the property and secure the building.
E. The Department shall give the owner of the business written notice of any action to secure any building in accordance with Subsection D of this section. Such notice shall be in a form prescribed by the Board.
F. All expenses incurred by the City pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall become an indebtedness of the owner of the business operated within the building.
G. Duties of the Department.
1. The Department shall develop written procedures to provide for training and the uniform implementation of this section.
2. The Department shall develop any form or document necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
3. The Department shall develop an administrative appeal hearing procedure to determine whether the indebtedness incurred under this section was assessed to the proper person or was properly assessed.
H. Duties of the Office of Finance. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,300, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.)
1. The Office of Finance shall bill the owner of the business for any indebtedness incurred under this section as reported by the Department. The bill shall be due and payable to the Office of Finance within fifteen days of the billing date.
2. If the Office of Finance determines for any billing that a discrepancy exists between the service fee paid and the amount billed which results in an underpayment or overpayment in an amount of three dollars or less, the Office of Finance may accept and record the billing as paid in full without other notification to the person billed.
3. If the Office of Finance determines that any amount of the service fee billed hereunder cannot be collected or that efforts to collect would be disproportionately costly in relation to the probable outcome of the collection efforts, the Office of Finance may prepare a report setting forth the findings and reasons therefor and request that the Board of Review authorize the removal of any unpaid amount from the active accounts receivable of the Department pursuant to Section 11.04 of this Code. Upon unanimous approval of the Board of Review, the Office of Finance may remove from the active accounts receivable any service fee owing. If the Board of Review does not unanimously approve the findings, the matter shall be returned to the Office of Finance. Any removal, however, shall not preclude the Office of Finance from collecting or attempting to collect any such sum that later proves to be collectible as provided by Section 11.04.
4. At least monthly the Office of Finance shall report to the Department the outstanding accounts receivable, collections and write offs of service fees.
5. Administrative Cost. The total cost covered in Paragraph 1 of this subsection shall include, in addition to the cost to perform the actual work, an amount equal to forty percent of such cost to cover the cost of the City administering any contract and supervising the work required.
(Title and Section amended by Ord. No. 167,322, Eff. 11/9/91.)
(a) Definition. As used in this article “key duplicator” means any person whose trade or occupation is the duplicating of keys for locks or similar devices. State licensed new car dealers and used car dealers or auto repair technicians who hold valid permits are not required to obtain key duplicator permits if they make automobile keys as an incident to their regular business.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, carry on or conduct the business of a key duplicator without a written permit from the Board. A permit shall not be required of each person performing mechanical key duplication, provided that there is a key duplicator permit for each location at which such mechanical key duplication is performed.
(c) Keys to be Stamped. It shall be unlawful for any key duplicator to fail to stamp the serial number of such duplicator’s permit upon any key duplicated, sold or given away.
(d) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed on a permit by the Board upon written application by the permittee accompanied by the change of location fee prescribed in Section 103.12.
(e) Duplication Prohibited. No person shall duplicate any key which is stamped “Do Not Duplicate” or otherwise stamped or marked in a similar manner.
(Amended by Ord. No. 161,622, Eff. 10/5/86.)
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
1. “Organization” shall mean any actual or purported peace officers’ or firefighters’ organization.
2. “Promoter” shall mean any person who for pecuniary compensation or consideration, other than as an employee, conducts a solicitation or is engaged in the business of conducting solicitations on behalf of or in the name of any organization.
3. “Solicitor” shall mean any person, other than a promoter or a bona fide peace officer or firefighter, who for pecuniary compensation or consideration conducts a solicitation or makes a collection for or on behalf of or in the name of an organization or a promoter for an organization.
4. “Solicitation” shall mean any oral or written request for a contribution or donation to, or the purchase of any membership in, an organization, or the purchase of any ticket to any benefit, show or other entertainment or event, or any subscription to or any advertising space in any magazine or other publication.
(b) Organizations.
1. No organization shall conduct a solicitation nor authorize any person to conduct a solicitation on its behalf without a valid permit from the Board of Police Commissioners authorizing such solicitation. Each permit issued under this subsection shall be accompanied by a form issued by the Board which shall bear on its face the name and address of the organization for whom the solicitation is conducted; an identification number; the date of its expiration; the percentage of anticipated collections that the organization will receive; the percentage of anticipated collections that will be retained by or paid to any promoter and/or any solicitor; the percentage of voting members of the organization who are either active or retired peace officers or firefighters; if the solicitation is for advertising, the state-wide circulation of the publication in which the solicited advertisement will appear; the percentage of the total contribution or purchase price which may be deducted as a charitable contribution under both federal and state law; and if no portion of the contribution or purchase price is deductible, a statement that “This contribution or purchase is not tax deductible.”
2. Each organization, at the time of application for a permit to solicit, shall file with the Board a statement of any agreement made with any promoter or solicitor, together with a true copy of each such agreement which may be in writing. Within 48 hours after any change in any such agreement or the making of any new or further such agreement, a true copy of such change or new or further agreement, if in writing, or written details thereof, if not in writing, shall be filed with the Board.
3. Each organization shall maintain a system of accounting whereby all transactions are entered upon its books or records, either on the cash or accrual basis, according to established and customary accounting principles.
4. Within 30 days after the termination of its solicitation, each organization shall file with the Board an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury setting forth the total amount collected in the solicitation, the total amount received by the organization and the detailed expenses of the solicitation.
(c) Solicitations. (Amended by Ord. No 164,871, Eff. 6/23/89.) Each person shall, when conducting a solicitation, have the permit and accompanying form, or facsimiles thereof, required under Subsection (b) of this section on their person. When making a personal solicitation or collection each person shall exhibit such permit and accompanying form to the person solicited or from whom collection is being made. Each person soliciting or collecting on behalf of an organization shall state to the person solicited their true name and, if employed by or under contract to a promoter, the promoter’s name and whether or not the promoter is a professional fund raiser. Each person soliciting as an employee of an organization shall inform the person solicited that the person soliciting is an employee of the organization. No person shall attempt to collect a contribution or payment prior to 48 hours after any person has agreed to make such contribution or payment. Each person receiving a contribution or payment pursuant to a solicitation shall deliver a signed receipt to the person making the contribution or payment. If a publication or program is produced for an organization, such publication or program shall be provided to the Board within ten (10) days after publication or the date of the event for which the program was prepared.
(d) Promoters.
1. No promoter shall conduct any solicitation without a valid permit from the Board. A promoter holding a valid permit from the Board shall not conduct any solicitation on behalf of or in the name of any organization without first notifying the Board. It shall be the responsibility of each promoter to notify the Board in writing of all contracts and working agreements with each organization with which the promoter is associated. Insofar as applicable, each promoter shall comply with, and shall be responsible for each solicitor operating under the promoter’s direction and control complying with, the provisions of Subsection (c) of this section.
2. At the time of filing an application for a promoter’s permit the applicant shall file with the Board satisfactory proof of the existence of a good and sufficient surety bond or bonds, in the aggregate sum of not less than $5,000.00, running to each organization for whom the applicant proposes to solicit. Such bond or bonds shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of California and shall provide for the reimbursement for direct loss of money or property sustained through any dishonest or criminal act on the part of the applicant. Such bond or bonds or a substitute or substitutes therefor shall remain in force and effect for the entire period of the promoter’s permit.
(e) Solicitors.
1. No solicitor shall conduct any solicitation or make any collection without a valid permit from the Board. Each solicitor shall be under the direction and control of a promoter holding a valid permit from the Board or an organization holding a valid permit from the Board. Each solicitor shall comply with the provisions of Subsection (c) of this section.
2. At the time of filing an application for a solicitor’s permit the applicant shall file with the Board satisfactory proof of the existence of a good and sufficient bond or bonds, in the sum of not less than $1,000.00 each, running to each organization for whom the applicant proposes to solicit or collect. Such bond or bonds shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of California and shall provide for the reimbursement for direct loss of money or property sustained through any dishonest or criminal act on the part of the applicant. Such bond or bonds or a substitute or substitutes therefor shall remain in force and effect for the entire period of the solicitor’s permit.
(Added by Ord. No. 121,058, Eff. 2/15/62.)
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for the regulation in accordance with the public interest of the operation within the City of studios as defined in this section, wherein bona fide artists and art students may practice and develop their talents in portraying the human form, subject to such controls as will prevent the operation of such studios as places which appeal primarily to the prurient interests of members of the public.
(b) Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall mean:
1. “Studio.”
(i) Any premises on which there is conducted the business of furnishing models who pose for the purpose of being sketched, painted, drawn, sculptured, photographed or otherwise similarly depicted in the nude by persons who pay a fee, or other consideration or compensation, or a gratuity, for the right or opportunity so to depict the model, or for admission to, or for permission to remain upon, or as a condition of remaining upon the premises.
(ii) Any premises where there is conducted the business of furnishing or providing or procuring for a fee or other consideration or compensation or gratuity, models to be sketched, painted, drawn, sculptured, photographed or otherwise similarly depicted in the nude.
2. “Model.” Any person who poses to be sketched, painted, drawn, sculptured, photographed or otherwise similarly depicted.
3. “Nude” shall include:
(i) Completely without clothing.
(ii) With any pubic area exposed, or with the pubic area covered in such a manner that the private parts are visible or the form thereof discernible.
(iii) With the breasts exposed by a female so that the nipples thereof are exposed.
(c) Permit Required. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,704, Eff. 8/6/67.)
1. No person shall operate a studio without first obtaining a permit from the Board. No permit shall be issued except upon a finding by the Board that the studio is proposed to be operated for the purpose of providing facilities for use by persons pursuing a course of study including the artists portrayal of the nude human form, and by persons who engage in artistic portrayal of the nude human form, and by persons who engage in artistic portrayal as a means of livelihood.
2. An applicant for a studio permit shall file a verified application therefor with the Board on such forms and containing such information as the Board may require.
3. No studio permit shall be issued to any person under 18 years of age, nor to a corporation, any of whose officers are under 18 years of age. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)
EXCEPTIONS:
(i) No permit shall be required for any studio operated by any public junior college, state college, The University of California or any governmental agency.
(ii) An exemption from the requirement that a permit be obtained may be granted for any studio upon a showing satisfactory to the Board that the applicant for such permit has met the requirements established in Division 21 of the Education Code for the issuance or conferring of, and is in fact authorized thereunder to issue and confer a diploma or honorary diploma.
(iii) An exemption from the requirement that a permit be obtained may be granted for any studio upon a showing satisfactory to the Board that the applicant therefor is a tax exempt, non-profit corporation devoted to the development of art and its appreciation.
(d) Required Revocation or Denial.
1. In addition to the grounds for permissive denial or revocation stated in this article, the Board shall refuse to issue, or shall revoke, a permit required or issued under the provisions of this section upon a finding that the applicant or permittee is not of good moral character. Anyone convicted of a morals offense shall be deemed not to be of good moral character for the purposes of this section.
2. The Board shall also revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this section upon a finding that a model under 18 years of age was permitted or allowed to pose in the nude on the premises, or that a person under 18 years of age or persons other than those described in the first paragraph of subsection (c) hereof were admitted to any part of the premises in which a model was posing in the nude. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)
Section
103.301 Antique Shops.
103.301.1 Antique Show or Collectors Exchange Show.
103.304 Junk Collectors.
103.305 Junk Dealers.
103.306 Pawnbroker.
103.307 Rummage Sale.
103.308 Sales – Fire and Closing Out.
103.309 Secondhand Auto Parts Dealer.
103.310 Secondhand Book Dealers.
103.311 Secondhand Dealers.
103.311.1 Firearms Sales by Secondhand Dealers Prohibited.
103.314 Sellers of Firearms.
103.314.1 Sellers of Firearm Ammunition.
(a) Definitions. As used in this article:
1. “ANTIQUE SHOP” means a shop where secondhand merchandise is sold at retail but where at least 90% measured according to value, of the used or secondhand merchandise on hand at any time consists of objects of art, bric-a-brac, curios, or household furniture or furnishings, offered for sale upon the basis, express or implied, that the value of the property, in whole or in substantial part, is derived from its age or from its historical association.
(b) Permit Requirements. The operator of any antique shop may, in lieu of the secondhand dealers’ permit required by Section 103.311, apply for and obtain a special permit to conduct an antique shop. Every application hereunder must be accompanied by an investigation fee of $50.00. If the application is approved, an additional fee of $25.00 shall be collected upon the issuance of the permit, except in those cases where the applicant has already paid the secondhand dealer’s permit fee for the same place of business. (Amended by Ord. No. 114,879, Eff. 12/20/59.)
(c) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed upon a permit hereunder upon written application by a permittee accompanied by a change of location fee as prescribed in Sec. 103.12.
(d) Must Comply with Secondhand Dealers Regulations. The holder of an antique shop permit shall obey all of the requirements of this article and the rules and regulations of the Board pertaining to the receipt, handling, disposal, and sale of secondhand merchandise generally, but shall be exempt from the hours of business limitations.
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