Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 7.02 Definitions and Interpretations of Terms

The ordinance codified in Title 7 of this code shall be known as, and may be cited as "the license ordinance."

(Ord. 8634 § 1, 1964: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 19, 1951.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter shall govern the construction of Ordinance 5860, set forth in this title.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 21, 1951.)

"Activity" includes a business or occupation and also every other activity for which this title requires a license, whether such activity is a business or occupation or neither.

(Ord. 7462 § 4 (part), 1959: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 22.5, 1951.)

"Alcoholic beverage" means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer, and which contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 22, 1951.)

"Applicant" means a person who has applied for, but not obtained, any license, permit, certification, or renewal thereof, required by this title.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 21.2, 1951.)

"Application" means a written request made to the tax collector or other appropriate officer or body by an applicant for any license, permit, certification, or renewal thereof, required by this title.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 21.4, 1951.)

"Article" means an article of Ordinance 5860, as originally adopted, unless some other ordinance or statute is mentioned.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 23, 1951.)

"Block" means both sides of a highway between one intersecting highway and the next intersecting highway. A private street used as and appearing to be a public highway shall be considered a highway for the purposes of this section.

(Ord. 9557 § 1 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 23.5, 1951.)

"Board" means the board of supervisors of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 24, 1951.)

"Building Code" means Ordinance 2225, entitled "building code," adopted March 20, 1933.

(Ord. 10233 § 1 (part), 1971: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 24.2, 1951.)

"Business" includes every activity for which this title requires a license, whether such activity is a business or occupation or neither.

(Ord. 7462 § 4 (part), 1959: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 24.3, 1951.)

"Certification" means a written statement made by the county engineer and containing a statement that he has examined an application for a license to operate a waste disposal facility and that, in the opinion of the county engineer, the applicant has complied and can comply with all applicable provisions of this title and regulations imposed pursuant to former Section 2234.7 of Ordinance 5860. The regulations shall be stated in the certification.

(Ord. 6104 § 1 (part), 1952: Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 24.5, 1951.)

"Chapter" means a chapter of this title.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 25, 1951.)

"Combustible rubbish" means all discarded combustible material including, but not limited to, papers, rags, household bedding, excelsior or other packing materials, cartons, boxes and containers of wood or fiber, sawdust, shavings, lumber scraps, wood or wooden articles, trees, plants, vines, and the prunings thereof.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 25.5, 1951.)

Except as specifically provided, the words "public welfare commission" and "commission" both mean the business license commission. In all matters relating to the licensing and monitoring of ambulance operations and ambulance personnel, and ambulette operators, ambulette drivers and ambulette attendants, however, the words "public welfare commission," "commission," "business license commission," "executive officer of the commission," "executive officer of the business license commission," and "executive assistant of the business license commission" shall refer to and mean the director of the department of health services of the county of Los Angeles or his/her duly authorized designee(s).

(Ord. 92-0132 § 1, 1992: Ord. 88-0181 § 1, 1988: Ord. 10675 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 10629 § 4, 1972: Ord. 9807 § 1, 1969: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 25.7, 1951.)

"County" means the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26, 1951.)

"County engineer" means the county engineer of the county of Los Angeles, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.1, 1951.)

"County veterinarian" means the county veterinarian of the county, or his authorized deputy, agent, representative or inspector.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.7, 1951.)

"Garbage" means all discarded food, animal offal, or fruit and vegetable waste resulting from the preparation of food, or any manufactured product thereof, from, but not limited to, private dwellings, flats, canneries, kitchens, boarding houses, apartment houses, hotels, restaurants, or other places or institutions, public or private, where garbage is produced, or the waste or cleanings from chickens or other fowl, rabbits or other animals, fish or other seafood that shall have been prepared for or intended to be used as food. "Garbage" does not include market refuse or hides, fat, or bones of four-footed animals, or grease, meat scraps, or other similar materials being transported to a rendering plant for processing.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.2, 1951.)

"Health officer" means the county health officer of the county of Los Angeles, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.4, 1951.)

"Industrial waste" means any liquid, semiliquid or solid wastes from industrial or manufacturing operations or processes, which are collected or transported by truck from the premises where they originate to another location for disposal. Salvaged materials, such as scrap metal being hauled to a foundry for reprocessing, waste paper being hauled to a paper mill for reuse, waste oil being hauled to an oil reclamation plant, or market refuse being hauled to a ranch or dairy, shall not be considered as industrial waste.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.5, 1951.)

"License" means a license issued pursuant to this title, and includes the temporary license provided for in Section 7.06.060 of this title.

(Ord. 8097 § 1, 1961: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.6, 1951.)

"Market refuse" means waste vegetables or fruit, or the cuttings, trimmings, residue or scraps therefrom, that have resulted from the preparation of vegetables or fruit in markets or packing houses for public sale in markets, and shall not include meat scraps, bones or other garbage.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.8, 1951.)

"Noncombustible rubbish" means all discarded material not included within the term "combustible rubbish," including, but not limited to, bottles, broken glass, crockery, earthenware, tin cans, tinware, wire, and other articles of discarded metal, automobile tires and tubes, batteries, kegs, barrels, and metal casks, brick, concrete and plaster left from the construction of new buildings or from the repair or alteration of old buildings.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 26.9, 1951.)

"Oath" includes affirmation.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 27, 1951.)

"Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, or corporation.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 28, 1951.)

"Proprietary club" means a club whose property and funds belong to a proprietor who usually conducts it with a view to profit. The members, in consideration of the payment by them to the proprietor of entrance fees and subscriptions, are entitled to make such use of the premises and property, and to exercise such other rights and privileges, as the contract between them and the proprietor justifies. A proprietary club may, in its nature, be conducted by either an individual, a partnership, a voluntary association, or a corporation.

(Ord. 9897 § 1, 1969: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 28.1, 1951.)

"Public agency" means the United States or any federal department or agency thereof, this state, any other state, or any state department or agency of either, a county, city and county, parish, city, public corporation or public district of this state or of any other state.

(Ord. 9592 § 1 (part), 1968: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 28.2, 1951.)

"Rubbish" means combustible and noncombustible rubbish, and includes all material usually known as rubbish, also trash, debris, lawn cuttings, tree trimmings, or any refuse or waste matter other than garbage, manure, market refuse, or the hides, fat or bones of four-footed animals, or grease, meat scraps, or other similar materials being transported to a rendering plant for processing.

(Ord. 6330 § 1 (part), 1954: Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 28.5, 1951.)

"Section" means a section of this title.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 30, 1951.)

"Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 29, 1951.)

"Tax collector" means the treasurer and tax collector of the county of Los Angeles, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

(Ord. 88-0126 § 40, 1988.)

"Waste disposal facility" means any dump, transfer station, incinerator, land-reclamation project, or other similar site or facility which is used or intended to be used for the transfer, salvage or disposal of rubbish, garbage or industrial waste, except grading for which a permit has been obtained pursuant to Chapter 70 of Ordinance 2225, entitled "Building Code," adopted March 20, 1933, and set out in Title 26 of this code.

(Ord. 8073 § 1 (part), 1961: Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 31, 1951.)

"Waste disposal industry" means the business of collecting, transporting or disposing of garbage, rubbish or industrial waste, or the conducting, operating or maintaining a waste disposal facility.

(Ord. 5942 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 32, 1951.)

The present tense includes the past and future tenses.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 4, 1951.)

Each gender includes the other two genders.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 5, 1951.)

The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. § 6, 1951.)

The provisions of this title shall be the minimum requirements for the protection of the public convenience, safety, health and general welfare.

(Ord. 5942 § 1, 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 18, 1951.)

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of Ordinance 5860, or of any other ordinance, or to any statute, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 2, 1951.)

If any provision of Ordinance 5860 and this Title 7 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 5860 Ch. 1 Art. 1 § 3, 1951.)