Title 13 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Division 4 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE›Chapter 13.38 — LITTERING, LOITERING AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 6 Peddling on Highways
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 6 · Text as of 2026-10-04
13.38.170 - Peddling on highways—Location restrictions.¶
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of peddling or selling liquids or edibles for human consumption from wagons or other vehicles, or any traveling merchant, hawkster or peddler of goods, wares or merchandise who uses a wagon or other vehicle and who holds a license to engage in any said business in the county of Los Angeles under Title 7 of this code, to carry on or conduct any said business upon any portion of a public highway located within any canyon or within any mountainous section of the county of Los Angeles, or adjacent to any portion of any said public highway located as above mentioned, except that any said business may be carried on at a place adjacent to a portion of a public highway located as above specified where there is sufficient parking space at said place off the highway to accommodate at least 10 vehicles of persons who may stop for the purpose of making purchases from any person conducting any business abovementioned.
(Ord. 694 § 1, 1921.)
13.38.180 - Violation—Penalty.¶
Violation of Part 6 of this Chapter 13.38 is an infraction, punishable by:
A.
A fine not exceeding $50.00 for a first violation;
B.
A fine not exceeding $100.00 for a second violation within one year;
C.
A fine not exceeding $250.00 for each additional violation within one year.
(Ord. 12264 § 4, 1980: Ord. 694 § 2, 1921.)
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