Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 13.15 Prohibited Acts of Solicitation

As used in this Chapter the following meanings shall apply:

A.

"Employment" shall mean and include services, industry or labor performed by a person for wages or other compensation or under any contract of hire, written, oral, express or implied.

B.

"Solicit" shall mean and include any request, offer, enticement or action which announces the availability for or of employment, the sale of goods, or a request for money or other property, or any request, offer, enticement or action which seeks to purchase or secure goods or employment, or to make a contribution of money or other property. As defined herein, a solicitation shall be deemed complete when made, whether or not an actual employment relationship is created, a transaction is completed, or an exchange of money or other property takes place.

C.

"Business" shall mean and include any type of product, goods, service, performance or activity which is provided or performed, or offered to be provided or performed, in exchange for money, labor, goods or any other form of consideration.

(Ord. 94-0043 § 2, 1994: Ord. 94-0020 § 2 (part), 1994.)

It is unlawful for any person, while standing in any portion of the public right-of-way, including but not limited to public streets, highways, sidewalks and driveways, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business, or contributions of money or other property, from any person traveling in a vehicle along a public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, public streets, highways or driveways. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in the unincorporated areas of the county.

(Ord. 94-0043 § 3, 1994.)

It is unlawful for any person, while the occupant of a moving vehicle, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business, or contributions of money or other property, from a person who is within the public right-of-way, including but not limited to a public street, highway, sidewalk or driveway. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in the unincorporated areas of the county.

(Ord. 94-0043 § 4, 1994.)

No person shall solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment from a location within a commercial parking area other than an area within or served by such parking area which is authorized by the property owner or the property owner's authorized representative for such solicitations. This section shall not apply to a solicitation to perform employment or business for the owner or lawful tenants of the subject premises.

A.

For purposes of this section, "commercial parking area" shall mean privately owned property which is designed or used primarily for the parking of vehicles and which adjoins one or more commercial establishments. This section shall only apply to commercial parking areas where the following occurs:

The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area establishes a written policy which provides an area or areas for the lawful solicitation of employment in locations which are accessible to the public and do not interfere with normal business operations of the commercial premises; and

The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area has caused a notice to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such commercial parking area not less than 18 by 24 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height and not to exceed in total area, six square feet. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

"It is a misdemeanor to engage in the solicitation of employment in areas of this commercial parking lot which are not approved for such activity by the property owner, other than to perform employment or business for the owner or lawful tenants of the premises."

(Ord. 94-0020 § 2 (part), 1994.)

Every person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 94-0020 § 2 (part), 1994.)