Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 1 Definitions and General Provisions

As used in this chapter:

A.

"Advertising vehicle" means any vehicle which carries, while in motion or standing, for display to the view of the public upon or along public highways, any signs, or any statuary or other advertising objects, symbols, or matter; and any vehicle modeled to resemble a locomotive, railroad car, covered wagon, or stagecoach, or which is contrived to buckle, to simulate explosion, or to fall apart, or to function otherwise in strange or startling fashion, or which is especially fitted up to present a grotesque, arresting or unusual appearance for advertising purposes, or for the purpose of attracting the attention of the public upon or along the public highways.

B.

1. ....."Sound vehicle" means any vehicle, including aircraft, which carries or is equipped with any instrument or device for the production or reproduction of music, spoken words, or other sounds, or any loudspeaker, or other sound-amplifying device designed to enlarge the volume of sound produced by any instrument or by the human voice, which instrument or device is used or intended to be used for the purpose of advertising or calling attention to any article, thing or event, or for the purpose of addressing the public, or of attracting the attention of the public while such vehicle is traveling.

"Sound vehicle" does not include a vehicle equipped with a siren or horn designed and used for the purpose of warning traffic because of such equipment or use.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 §§ 2501, 2502 and 2504, 1951.)

The putting of business notices, signs or emblems upon ordinary business vehicles does not make such vehicles advertising vehicles so long as such vehicles are actually engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner and are not used merely or mainly for advertising or for attracting the attention of the public.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 § 2506, 1951.)

A.

The incidental sounding between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. of any day of a musical sound apparatus, having a sound level not to exceed 20 decibels using six milliwatts as the zero reference level, or horn or bell, in connection with the ordinary use and operation of a tradesman's, peddler's, huckster's or hawker's cart or vehicle does not bring such cart or vehicle within the definition of "sound vehicle."

B.

A person shall not sound such musical apparatus or horn or bell between 9:00 p.m. of any day and 9:00 a.m. of the following day.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 § 2503, 1951.)

A vehicle operated by any governmental agency within the course of its public functions is neither a sound vehicle nor an advertising vehicle.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 § 2505, 1951.)

The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are substantially the same as the provisions of Ordinance 4516, entitled "An ordinance regulating the operation of sound vehicles and advertising vehicles," adopted July 10, 1945, relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of said Ordinance 4516, as amended, and not as new enactments.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 § 2507, 1951.)

No rights given under any license granted pursuant to Ordinance 4516 are affected by the adoption of this chapter or by the repeal of Ordinance 4516, but such rights shall hereafter be exercised according to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 7778 § 11 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 14 Art. 1 § 2508, 1951.)