Inglewood Municipal Code § 5-23 False Reports Prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully make to the Police Department of the City or any officer therein or to any person with the intent that it be transmitted to the Police Department, any false, misleading, or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering with the operation of the Police Department or with the intention of misleading any Police Officer.

(Ord. 1293 4-27-56)

It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully make any false or misleading statement, either verbal or written, to an officer or employee of any school district within the City for the purpose of obtaining enrollment in such school district for any person.

No person, without authority of law, shall knowingly incite, direct, or procure any assembly or group of people to conduct, move or place themselves in such a manner and position as to violate any provision of the Fire Code, Building Code, or Health Code of this City, under circumstances which produce a clear and present and immediate danger of such assembly or group so conducting, moving, or placing themselves.

(Ord. 2131 12-5-72)

For the purpose of this Chapter, words and phrases shall be given their customary and usual meanings and shall be interpreted and construed accordingly, unless a different meaning is expressly ascribed thereto.

(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)

Without the prior written consent of the owner, it shall be unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, any shopping cart which is the property of the business establishment furnishing such carts for its customers' use from the parking lot or other premises of said business establishment if such cart has prominently and permanently affixed thereto a notice in substantially the following form:

"PROPERTY OF (Owner's Name) Removal of this cart from these premises without written permission of the owner is prohibited by law. (I.M.C. Sec. 5-23.4)."

(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)

There shall be posted by the business establishment furnishing a parking lot and shopping carts for its customers' use prominently and conspicuously on the premises and the parking lot a notice in substantially the following form:

"REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CARTS FROM THESE PREMISES PROHIBITED BY LAW. (I.M.C. Sec. 5-23.4)."

(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)

The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to employees of the business establishment furnishing shopping carts for its customers' use while such employees are acting within the course and scope of their employment.

(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)

Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Article shall be administered and enforced by employees of those various departments of the City as may be designated by directive of the Administrative Officer, or any such private contractor as may be appointed by the Administrative Officer. In the enforcement of this Article, employees of the City or its representative may enter onto public property to examine a shopping cart or parts thereof, or to obtain information as to the identity of a shopping cart and to remove, or cause the removal of, a shopping cart, or parts thereof, declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this Article.

(Ord. 94-11 12-20-94; Ord. 97-19 9-2-97)

(a) Upon the abatement and removal of any shopping cart located on public property within the City of Inglewood, the City shall notify the owner thereof by mailing a notice of abatement to the last known address of the owner. Such owner shall state the date the shopping cart was removed from public property, the location, and procedure for retrieval of the shopping cart, and a statement that, in order to receive a hearing with regard to the removal of the shopping cart the owner or its agent shall submit a request for such hearing either in person or in writing within ten days of the date appearing on the notice. Any such shopping cart removed and stored pursuant to these provisions shall be released to the owner thereof if claimed within thirty days after such removal and upon the payment of reasonable administrative fees. Such administrative fees shall be waived if, after a hearing has been requested, a determination is made at such hearing that upon a finding of good cause the administrative fees should be waived.

(b) The administrative fees for the removal and storage of a shopping cart is hereby established at $15 per cart. The Administrative Officer shall review the fees charged for such service at least once annually, and shall recommend changes to the City Council when the costs for such services make it appropriate. Modifications to the administrative fee shall be made by resolution of the City Council.

(c) Any hearing which is requested shall be conducted within five days of the receipt of the request for such hearing, excluding weekends and holidays, by the Administrative Officer or designate, who should be designated as the hearing officer. The failure of either the owner or its agent to request a hearing shall be considered a waiver of the hearing requirement. If it is determined at a hearing that reasonable grounds for the abatement and removal of a shopping cart are not established, no fee for removal and storage of said shopping cart shall be imposed. At the close of the hearing, the Hearing Officer shall determine whether good cause was shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping cart from public property. The decision of the Hearing Officer shall be deemed the final administrative determination. If good cause is shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping cart, the owner or its agent shall have fifteen days from the date of the hearing to retrieve its shopping cart upon payment of the administrative fee. If good cause is not shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping cart from public property, the administrative fee shall be waived and the owner or its agent shall have fifteen days to retrieve its shopping cart from the public works yard.

(d) Any shopping carts which are not retrieved by the owner of such shopping cart within thirty days after the mailing of written notice of abatement, when such owner has not requested a hearing, in accordance with this Section, may be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of at the end of thirty days following such notice.

(Ord. 94-11 12-20-94; Ord. 97-19 9-2-97)

No person shall carry or possess while participating in any demonstration, rally, picket line or public assembly, any length of lumber, wood, or wood lath unless that object is one-fourth inch or less in thickness and two inches or less in width, or if not generally rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-quarters inch in its thickest dimension.

(Ord. 2322 10-10-78; Ord. 94-11 12-20-94)