Inglewood Municipal Code Art. 4 Particular Business Regulations

No fee required under this Section and Section 8-57 need be paid for:

(1) Auction for public sales of the household goods, livestock or farming implements of the owner thereof at the domicile of such owner; or of any of the assets of the estate of a decedent; or to the sale, by the owner thereof, of real or personal property upon which his or her home, domicile or business is located.

(2) Any sale to enforce a possessory lien arising in law.

(3) The sale of property belonging to the United States of America, or the State of California, or the County of Los Angeles, or the City of Inglewood or any other government agency.

(4) Any sale of property pursuant to the authority of any process issued by a duly constituted city, county, state or Federal court, commission or body; provided that there is on file in the proceeding before such court, commission or body, an inventory of the property to be sold and a certified copy of said inventory is filed with the Finance Director before such sale is commenced; and provided further, that the court order or judgment expressly provides that the property be sold at public auction.

(5) Any sale of any livestock at auction when conducted on premises included within any racing enclosure which has been licensed under the provisions of the California Horse Racing Act.

(6) Any sale of real or personal property covered or encumbered by any bona fide chattel mortgage or deed of trust when such sale is held or conducted as an actual part of foreclosure proceedings pursued under the provisions of any such bona fide chattel mortgage, or real property mortgage or deed of trust.

(7) Any sale of property made necessary by direct action of the City or any of its authorized agencies to acquire the property in which the items to be sold are located.

(Ord. 1451 4-7-59; Ord. 1569 1-31-61; Ord. 2252 3-16-76; Ord. 03-19 10-14-03; Ord. 07-08 4-25-07)

For the purposes of Section 8-65 through 8-65.9, the phrases hereinafter set forth are defined as follows:

"Alarm agent"

shall mean any person who is employed by an alarm business either directly or indirectly, and whose duties include selling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving, or installing alarms or alarm systems on or in any building, structure, or facility.

"Alarm business"

shall mean the business by any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity of selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or installing any alarm system in or on any building, structure, or facility.

"Alarm system"

shall mean any mechanical or electrical device or devices which is designed or used for the detection of unauthorized entry, and/or alerting others of the commission of unlawful acts in a building, structure or facility and which emits a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated.

"Audible alarm"

shall mean a device designed for the detection of unauthorized entry on premises which generates an audible sound that can be heard by persons outside the premises when it is actuated.

"False alarm"

shall mean an alarm signal necessitating response by a police agency where there exists neither an emergency situation nor reasonable cause to believe such a situation exists. A false alarm shall not include alarms caused by earthquakes, strong windstorms, unusually heavy rainstorms, or other violent conditions beyond human control.

"Proprietor alarm"

shall mean an alarm system which is not serviced by an alarm business.

"Subscriber alarm"

shall mean an alarm system which is owned or maintained by an alarm business for the protection of the property of a subscriber, customer, or client of such alarm business.

(Ord. 2258 6-29-76; Ord. 2351 8-7-79)

No mobile home park shall be located or established in Fire Zones 1 or 2 as defined in Chapter 11 of this Code.

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Health and Safety Code Sections 18020 et seq., expressly preempt all local ordinances re mobile homes.