Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Public Parks, Playgrounds, Beaches and Other Property

Section 63.00 Definitions. 63.00.1 Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners and Department of Recreation and Parks Defined. 63.01 Playground and Recreation Department – Jurisdiction. 63.02 Beach Lands – Jurisdiction and Authority. 63.03 Playground and Recreation Department – Power to Issue Permits. 63.04 Jurisdiction over Groins, Etc. 63.05 Power to Renew Grants. 63.06 Rules Governing Exhibitions. 63.07 Forfeiture of Grants. 63.08 Grant Required for Structures. 63.09 Public Sewers and Storm Drains Exempt. 63.10 Application for Grants, Contents. 63.11 Repairs Not to Affect Current or Drift. 63.12 Filing Fee. 63.13 Board to Investigate. 63.14 Board – Power to Grant Permit. 63.15 Revocation of Grants. 63.16 Grants – May Impose Conditions. 63.17 Board May Deny Grants. 63.18 Renewal of Grants – Existing Structures. 63.19 Grants – What to Prescribe. 63.20 Waiver Required. 63.21 Board to Determine If Repair Will Alter the Current. 63.22 Natural Accretions. 63.23 Council to Approve Certain Grants. 63.24 Harbor Department – Jurisdiction. 63.25 Building Permits Required. 63.41 Park Rangers: Authorization to Arrest. 63.44 Regulations Affecting Park and Recreation Areas. 63.45 Emergency Park Closure. 63.46 Designation of Drug-free Zones. 63.50 Power Boat Prohibition on the Venice Canals. 63.92.1 Charges for Handling Aviation Engine Fuels, Lubricants and Solvents at Los Angeles International Airport. 63.93 Library Regulations. 63.94 School Grounds – Trespass on. 63.95 City Records – Removal of. 63.96 City Records – Safe Keeping – Exemptions. 63.97 Vehicles – Fire Signs on. 63.98 City Vehicles – Use of Seal. 63.99 City Vehicles – Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services May Exempt Use of Seal. 63.100 City Trucks – Use of Seal. 63.101.1 55 MPH Speed Limit Bumper Stickers on City Vehicles. 63.101.2 Back to School Bumper Stickers on City Vehicles. 63.101.3 Bumper Stickers – Smog Checks. 63.101.4 Department of Transportation Parking Management Program Vehicle Identifiers. 63.101.5 Bumper Stickers: Police Department Vehicles – Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program. 63.101.6 Bumper Stickers: City Vehicles – Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program. 63.101.7 Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, Environmental Enforcement Program Vehicle Identifiers. 63.102 City Vehicles – Report to Be Made to Council. 63.103 Registration Plates – Assignment of. 63.104 Change of Ownership – Removal of Plates. 63.105 Transfer of Registration Plates. 63.106 City Vehicles – Private Use Prohibited. 63.107 Display of Official Seal. 63.108 City Seal - Imitating. 63.109.1 Employees Forbidden to Cash Checks, Etc. 63.110 Disobedience of Charter Subpoenas. 63.111 Election Supplies – Return of. 63.112 Street Address Numbers – Authority and Duty of City Engineer. 63.113 Street Address Numbers – Responsibility Therefor, Designation, Location, Size, Maintenance, Change and Removal. 63.114 Base Lines. 63.115 Street Address Numbers – Odd and Even Numbers. 63.116 Block Numbers and Spacing. 63.117 Communications Systems – Possession of Keys For. 63.118 Communications System – Obstruction. 63.119 Communications Systems – Stringing Wires Near. 63.119.5 Communications Systems – Automatic Calling Devices. 63.120 Communications Systems – Tree Obstruction. 63.122 False Alarms – Reward. 63.123 Hitching Animals to Signal Systems. 63.124 Excavation of Natural Deposits – Permit. 63.125 Board to Adopt Rules for Excavating Sand, Etc. 63.126 Board to Issue Permits. 63.127 Depth of Excavations. 63.128 Excavations – Tujunga Wash. 63.130 Trespassing Forbidden Upon Certain Public Plants, Yards, Etc. 63.131 Police Department Property – Trespass on. 63.132 Fire Department Property – Trespass on. 63.133 Penalties for Violating Rules Governing the Use of City Property and Facilities. 63.134 City Property and Facilities – Prohibited Items. 63.136 Entry upon Venice Canal, Grand Canal, and Ballona Lagoon ESHA Public Rights-of-Way Prohibited. 63.137 Night Entry Prohibited upon City Public Rights-of-Way Abutting Ballona Wetlands.

The Department of Playground and Recreation of the City shall have jurisdiction, possession and control of all tidelands and submerged lands, whether filled or unfilled, situated below the line of mean high tide within the limits of the City extending from the United States Government breakwater at San Pedro to the most northwesterly boundary of said City, and shall have sole and complete jurisdiction, control and possession of all public beach lands within the above mentioned confines except as otherwise in this article provided. All rights and duties of the City as a littoral, upland or riparian owner of the above described lands shall be exercised by the Department of Playground and Recreation.

The Department of Playground and Recreation is authorized to construct, maintain and operate groins, jetties, breakwaters, seawalls, pipe lines, and other work or structures, for the purpose of protecting public beach properties in the City and for the purpose of creating additional beach areas, and is further authorized to construct, maintain and operate piers, wharves, bath houses, lifesaving stations and equipment or other structures for recreation purposes upon, along or out from any beach properties owned or controlled, now or hereafter, by the City, provided the same do not interfere with the use of the waters of the Pacific Ocean for the purpose of commerce, navigation and fishery.

The Department of Playground and Recreation is hereby granted the sole jurisdiction to execute any and all permits, concessions, licenses and leases upon any tidelands, public beach lands and submerged lands, whether filled or unfilled, belonging to or controlled by the City in the area designated within the confines mentioned in Section 63.01; provided that any such permit, concession, license and lease is consistent with the trusts under which any of said lands are held by the City, and further provided that any such permit, concession, license or lease is consistent with the general laws of the State of California and the City Charter of the City. The aforesaid Department shall be entitled to all moneys or fees to be derived from said permits, concessions, licenses and leases heretofore or hereafter made upon any of said lands.

The Department of Playground and Recreation shall have jurisdiction and control over the construction of any groin, jetty, breakwater, sea wall, pipe line, sewer, pier, wharf, building or other structure, except public sewers or storm drains, in, or out from any of the area over which the said Department has, or may acquire, jurisdiction.

The Department of Playground and Recreation shall have the right to renew any and all grants heretofore made on any of said public beach lands at the expiration of the term of any of the present grants involving said lands, provided the same is done in conformity with the trust under which any of said lands are held by the City, and, provided, further, that any such grant is made in conformity with the general laws of the State of California, the Charter of the City and the provisions of this article.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners may make any rules and regulations governing the presentation of any spectacle, pageants or other exhibitions on any wharves, water or public lands within said areas described in Section 63.01 when in the exercise of a reasonable discretion of said Board any such spectacle, pageant or exhibition causes crowds to be collected on any wharf, waters or public beach lands in a manner that might endanger the lives, persons or health of the public. The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall make any rules and regulations that it deems necessary governing the use of any public beach lands by the general public, bathers, exhibitors, vendors, advertisers, and handbill circulators, and it shall be the duty of the Department of Playground and Recreation to patrol said public beach lands with lifeguards.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall have the power to declare a forfeiture of any grant made under this article, upon the neglect, failure or refusal by the grantee thereof to comply with any of the terms or conditions of the grant, and that upon such forfeiture, any and all buildings, structures and improvements of whatsoever character erected, installed or made under, through or because of, or pursuant to the terms of the grant, shall immediately, ipso facto become the property of the City, and every such grant shall so provide.

No person shall construct, maintain, replace, repair or operate any groin, jetty, breakwater, sea wall, pipe line, storm drain, pier, wharf, building or other structure, in, on, or out from, any of the area, water or lands, over which the Department of Playground and Recreation has or many acquire jurisdiction, unless a grant for the construction, maintenance, repair, replacement or operation thereof, shall have been first duly issued by the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners, hereinafter provided in Section 63.10.

The provisions for the grant mentioned in Section 63.08 and the filing of the application therefor as provided in Section 63.10 shall not apply to public sewers or storm drains.

All persons desiring a grant, permit or license from the Department of Playground and Recreation to construct, maintain, replace, repair or operate any groin, jetty, breakwater, sea wall, pipe line, sewer, pier, wharf, building or other structure, other than public sewers and public storm drains, in, on, or out from any of the area over which the Department has or may acquire jurisdiction shall file with the Department of Playground and Recreation a verified application in writing on blanks to be furnished by said Department, which in addition to such other information as may be required by the Department, shall contain the following:

1. The true name and correct residence address of the person making such application; and, if the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed by the president and secretary of the corporation and

the corporate seal shall be attached thereto;

2. A statement showing whether a lease, concession, license or permit is desired by the applicant;

3. An express acknowledgment and stipulation that the granting of any application by the Department of Playground and Recreation shall not be construed as a recognition by or estoppel against the City that title

to the said lands is in the applicant or the owner named in said application; and that said application shall only be considered as a matter of record for said Department of the matters contained therein;

4. An express acknowledgment and stipulation that neither the applicant nor the City shall be bound by or limited by virtue of the application from claiming more or less lands than the amount thereof claimed in

the application by reason of natural accretions or natural changes or avulsions in the high tide lines, or by mistake.

5. Applicants must provide as a part of each application a map giving the legal description, by bearings and distances of the upland or riparian property front which, or upon which, said structure is proposed to

be constructed, maintained, repaired or operated. Said map and description shall show in relation to the property so described the location of the 1.95 contour Los Angeles City datum as found to exist at any certain time to be stated in the application, by a survey made within thirty days of said application.

6. Applicants must submit, as a part of each application, a plan of the proposed structure, giving the width, length, height and nature thereof, the manner of the proposed construction of the same showing the

spacing between piers and piles and the size thereof, together with the materials to be used in constructing the same, and the location and direction of the center line thereof, by bearings and distances from the center line of some adjacent public street or highway; provided, that all of said structure must lie within the prolonged side lines of applicant’s property.

It shall not be necessary to obtain a permit to repair any structure mentioned in this article if such structure is now or may be hereafter maintained under a grant as provided in this article; provided, that the repair provided for in this section shall not affect or change the drift of sands, or alter the current of waters in a manner different from the effect such structure had on the current or drift of sands, or alter the current of the waters in a manner different from the effect such structure had on the current or drift prior to the arising of the condition necessitating such repair, and providing such repair shall only restore the structure to its original condition.

All applicants for such permits shall deposit with the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners a filing fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) at the time of making such application, which sum shall be retained by the Board in the event such application is finally granted. In the event the application is denied, the Board shall return any and all deposits to the applicant.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall make an investigation of the plans and the location of the proposed or existing structure to determine whether the same will interfere or is interfering with any of the rights of the public. After an investigation and report by the Board there shall be a hearing upon the application. Notice of the hearing of the application, giving the time of and place at which the hearing is to be held, shall be mailed to the applicant at the applicant’s place of residence as contained in the application, at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners, in the exercise of sound and reasonable discretion based upon compliance with the provisions of this article and based upon the effect the proposed or existing structure may have or has had upon any of the rights or interests of the public, and of its effect on the public beach land, may grant or deny any and all applications to construct, maintain, repair or operate any of the structures mentioned in Section 63.08 for which an application has been made; provided, however, that the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners must grant or deny any application within sixty days after the date of the filing of the same.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall have the power to suspend or revoke any grant issued under the provisions of this article, and during the suspension of any such grant, or after the revocation of the same, no person whose grant is suspended or revoked shall erect, construct, maintain or use any structure mentioned in the revoked or suspended grant.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners may, when a grant is revoked, or if the structure is maintained without a grant, order or cause the structure to be destroyed.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall follow the procedure outlined in Section 22.02 of this Code in revoking or suspending such grant. The said Board shall only have the right to revoke or suspend a grant when the holder thereof violates any of the provisions of this Code or the terms and conditions of the grant.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners in the issuance of any grant may impose therein any and all reasonable terms and conditions that the Board may in its discretion determine to be necessary for the preservation of public beaches, public beach lands and the waterfront areas of the City.

In case the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners deny any application for a grant under Section 63.08 within thirty (30) days after written notice to the applicant of the denial of the application, any applicant claiming that the action of the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners is arbitrary or unreasonable, may appeal from the decision of the Board to the City Council. The City Council shall consider said application and the facts or the circumstances surrounding the same, and the reason for denial of the grant and, if the City Council shall in its discretion determine that the action of said Board is unreasonable and arbitrary, the City Council may issue such grant on the terms and conditions to be prescribed by the Council, provided such terms and conditions do not violate any State law or Charter provisions concerning beach lands, tide lands or waterfront property, and provided further that such terms and conditions prescribed by the Council do not violate the provisions of this article relating thereto.

If any person now owns or maintains any structure on any public beach land or water over which the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners now has or may hereafter acquire jurisdiction and said structure has been erected under and pursuant to a grant issued by the State of California, the County of Los Angeles, or any municipality now existing, or formerly existing within the County of Los Angeles, the same may be maintained in its present condition until the expiration of the time specified in the grant. After the grant under which any such structure was erected has expired, a renewal of such grant must be secured from the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners in the manner outlined in this article and subject to the terms outlined therein. Any existing structure, built under a grant issued by the State of California, County of Los Angeles, or any municipality now existing or formerly existing in the County of Los Angeles, on lands that are now under the control of, or that may hereafter be under the control of the Playground and Recreation Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, and which grant does not specify the length of time for which said grant was to run, shall expire twenty (20) years from the date of the issuance of the grant.

However, any existing structure hereinbefore mentioned in this section may be repaired and maintained in the manner specified in the original grant without the necessity of obtaining a new grant from the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners until the expiration of the life of the grant, as above mentioned, but such structure cannot be maintained or repaired in a manner that differs from the manner specified in the original grant for the construction of the same, and, if any such existing structure is now being maintained, or has been repaired, or the grantees or their successors hereafter attempt to maintain or repair such structure in a manner that differs from the original grant in any way that will affect or change the drift of sand, or alter the current of water, the owners of such existing structure must obtain a grant from the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners to maintain such existing structure in its present condition and a grant must be obtained in the event that any attempt is made to repair such existing structure in a manner that will alter the current of water or change the drift of sand in a manner different from the original drift of sand or flow of current. The Board may deny said application if in the exercise of a reasonable discretion the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners determines after an investigation, that the particular structure for which an application is being made has been repaired and is now being maintained or it is sought to repair or maintain a structure in a manner different from the construction of the same in its original grant and the present or contemplated condition of the structure is or would be such that it would change the current of the water or the drift of the sand in a manner different from the manner in which the original structure would affect the current or drift.

Every grant issued by the Board of Playground Commissioners under this article shall prescribe:

(a) That upon the expiration thereof all groins, jetties, breakwaters, sea walls, pipe lines, sewers, piers, wharves, buildings or other structures shall become and be the property of the City, with or without

compensation therefor, as the particular grant may declare, or

(b) That the grantee or holder thereof shall have the privilege, or be compelled to remove the groin, jetty, breakwater, sea wall, pipe line, sewer, pier, wharf, building or other structure, at their own expense, and

said grantee may or may not retain the materials used in the construction, as the particular grant may specify.

Before any permit for any groin, jetty, breakwater, sea wall, or other work or structure, which may result in the artificial accretion of land to the adjoining uplands, the Department of Playground and Recreation will require the applicant for such permit to waive all claims, title and interest to and in all such artificial accretions of land which may develop as a result thereof lying beyond or seaward from the line of mean high tide as shown by the survey accompanying the application and as defined by this article.

The Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, shall determine whether or not any contemplated repair will change the drift or alter the current of the water in a manner different from the effect of such structure to be repaired on the current or drift prior to the arising of the condition necessitating such repair.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the right of owners of lands abutting tide lands to natural accretions to their land.

Before the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall make any grant on any beach property for a period of over five (5) years, the same must be submitted to and approved by the City Council, and without such approval the Board of Playground and Recreation Commissioners shall have no power to make such grant.

Nothing in this article contained shall prevent the City Council from granting to the Board of Harbor Commissioners any tidelands and submerged lands herein mentioned when the City Council shall determine that the needs and requirements of commerce, navigation and fishery demand that such territory be placed under the control, supervision and management of the Harbor Department.

Nothing in this article from Section 63.01 to Section 63.24 shall be construed in any manner to affect the necessity for an applicant desiring to erect any structure mentioned in said sections from complying with the provisions of Ordinance No. 28,700 or Article 1, Chapter 9 of this Code, except that applicants for grants to construct any structure under such provisions shall first apply for and obtain the grant mentioned in Section 63.08.

(Amended by Ord. No. 153,027, Eff. 11/16/79.)

A. Any employee designated as a park ranger and regularly employed as such shall have the power, authority and immunity of a public officer and employee as set forth in Penal Code Section 836.5 to make arrests without a warrant whenever the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor within a park and in the employee’s presence in violation of any of the following sections of this Code: 41.27, 41.57, 42.15, 57.308.1.2, 63.44, 63.45, 86.03 through 86.06, and California Penal Code Section 415. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,976, Eff. 9/1/94.)

B. Each such person while performing their respective duties shall wear a uniform departmental badge issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 52.32 of this Code.

C. “Park” shall include every public park, roadside rest area, playground, zoological garden, ocean, beach or other recreational facility area, together with any parking lot, reservoir, pier, swimming pool, golf course, court, field, bridle path, trail, or other recreational facility, or structure thereon, in the City of Los Angeles and under the control, operation or management of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches, or the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. “Park” does not include any State Historic Park located within the City of Los Angeles.

(Added by Ord. No. 153,027, Eff. 11/16/79.)

A. Definitions. (Amended by Ord. No. 183,815, Eff. 9/27/15.) As used in this section:

“Beach” shall include public seashore and shoreline areas bordering the Pacific Ocean that are owned, managed or controlled by the City. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,525, Eff. 7/16/22.)

“Board” shall mean the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,525, Eff. 7/16/22.)

“City” shall mean the City of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation.

“Department” shall mean the Department of Recreation and Parks of the City of Los Angeles.

“Donation” shall mean a gift; a voluntary act which is not required and does not require anything in return.

“Electronic Smoking Device” shall mean any device that may be used to deliver any aerosolized or vaporized substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, e-

cigar, vape pen, or e-hookah. Electronic Smoking Device includes any component part of or accessory to the device, and also includes any substance that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such device, whether or not the substance contains nicotine. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,525, Eff. 7/16/22.)

“Food” shall mean any type of edible substance or beverage.

“Goods or Merchandise” shall mean any items that are not Food.

“Handcrafts” shall mean objects made either by hand or with the help of devices used to shape or produce the objects through such methods as weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacing and beading, including objects such as jewelry, pottery, silver work, leather goods and trinkets. Most handcrafts have more than nominal utility apart from any communicative value they possess. Most commonly, handcrafts do not communicate a message, idea or concept to others, and are often mass produced or produced with limited variation. Handcrafts do not include visual arts.

“Park” shall include every public park, roadside rest area, playground, zoological garden, ocean, beach or other recreational facility area, together with any parking lot, reservoir, pier, swimming pool, golf course, court, field, bridle path, trail, or other recreational facility, or structure thereon, in the City of Los Angeles and under the control, operation or management of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches, or the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. “Park” does not include any State Historic Park located within the City of Los Angeles. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,525, Eff. 7/16/22.)

“Perform, Performing, Performance or Performances” shall mean to engage in any of the following activities in a public Park: playing musical instruments; singing; dancing; acting; pantomiming; puppeteering; juggling; reciting; engaging in magic; creating visual art in its entirety; presenting or enacting a play, work of music, work of art, physical or mental feat, or other constitutionally protected entertainment or form of expression. The terms Perform, Performing, Performance or Performances shall not include:

(i) The provision of personal services such as massage, boot camps, yoga classes or dog training;

(ii) The completion or other partial creation of visual art;

(iii) The creation of visual art which is mass produced or produced with limited variation; or

(iv) The creation of handcrafts.

“Performer” shall mean a person who performs. Performer includes the employers, employees and agents of a performer. Indicia of being a performer include, but are not limited to, setting up performance equipment, staging or orienting the performance towards the public, performing in the same location for an extended period of time, performing in public over multiple days, seeking voluntary contributions through the passing around of a hat or leaving open an instrument case or other receptacle, and soliciting donations after a performance.

“Person or Persons” shall mean one or more natural persons, individuals, groups, businesses, business trusts, companies, corporations, joint ventures, joint stock companies, partnership, entities, associations, clubs or organizations composed of two or more individuals (or manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them), whether engaged in business, nonprofit or any other activity.

“Smoke” shall mean the gases, particles or vapors released into the air as a result of combustion, electrical ignition or vaporization, including from an electronic smoking device, when the purpose of the combustion, electrical ignition or vaporization is human inhalation of the gases, particles or vapors. Smoke does not mean the combustion of material solely for olfactory purposes that does not contain any tobacco or nicotine or the emissions from a product specifically approved by the United States Food Drug Administration for use in mitigating, treating or preventing disease. (Added by Ord. No. 184,063, Eff. 3/9/16.)

“Smokeless Tobacco” shall mean any product containing cut, ground, powdered or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity, including but not limited to snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, dissolvable tobacco products and snus. (Added by Ord. No. 184,063, Eff. 3/9/16.)

“Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated product containing, made, or derived from nicotine, tobacco, cannabis, or other plant, whether natural or synthetic, that is intended for inhalation. “(Amended by Ord. No. 187,525, Eff. 7/16/22.)

“Vend or Vending” shall mean to sell or barter food, goods, merchandise or services, or to require someone to pay a fee or to set, negotiate, or establish a fee before providing food, goods, merchandise or services, even if characterized by the vendor as a donation.

“Vendor” shall mean a person who Vends. Vendor includes the employers, employees, and agents of a Vendor.

B. Within the limits of any park or other City-owned Harbor Department designated and controlled property within the City of Los Angeles: (Amended by Ord. No. 174,737, Eff. 9/9/02.)

1. No person under the age of 18 years shall cause, permit or allow any ungelded equine animal to be present in said park.

2. No person shall cause, permit or allow any animal owned or possessed by them or any animal in their care, custody or control to be present in said park except: (Amended by Ord. No. 160,401, Eff. 11/1/85.)

   (a) Equine animals being led or ridden under reasonable control upon bridle paths or trails provided for such purposes; or

   (b) Equine or other animals which are hitched or fastened at a place expressly designated for such purposes; or

   (c) Dogs which have been specially trained and are being used by blind or otherwise disabled persons to aid and guide them in their movements. (Amended by Ord. No. 172,088, Eff. 7/30/98.)

   (d) Licensed dogs or cats when led by a leash not more than six (6) feet long, or when confined within the interior of a vehicle, or licensed dogs under the control of a competent person in

   designated dog exercise and training areas at: (Amended by Ord. No. 180,332, Eff. 12/16/08.)

   (i) City parks or portions of City parks approved and designated as dog exercise and training areas by the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners and approved by the City Council

   by ordinance;

   (ii) Laurel Canyon Park from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 3:00 p.m. until park closing every day of the week;

   (iii) Silver Lake Recreation Center, provided, however, that no dogs, whether or not led by a leash, shall be permitted or allowed in any part of the Silver Lake Recreation Center other than

   the fenced area designated as a dog exercise and training area, except as permitted or allowed by Paragraph (c) hereof;

   (iv) A portion of the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area consisting of approximately 10 acres and located on Victory Boulevard near White Oak Avenue, which shall be open at sunrise and

   closed at sunset every day of the week;

(v) A portion of Runyon Canyon Park consisting of approximately 90 acres located within the area 825 feet north of the Fuller Street entrance, 450 feet east of the Vista Street entrance and 1,850 feet south of the Mulholland Drive entrance. The boundaries of the off-leash dog exercise area described in this subparagraph shall be appropriately designated within the park. A separate portion of Runyon Canyon Park consisting of approximately 21,000 square feet located between the Fuller Street and Vista Street entrances and enclosed by a fence shall be designated a “no dogs or cats allowed” area and no dogs or cats shall be permitted or allowed inside the designated fenced area whether on or off leash;

(vi) A portion of Barrington Park consisting of 1.4 acres as designated on the site plan contained in Council File No. 02-0094 which shall be appropriately designated within the park and

enclosed by fencing as indicated on the site plan. No dogs, whether on or off leash, shall be permitted or allowed in any area of Barrington Park other than the fenced area designated as an off-leash dog exercise area, except as provided by Paragraph (c) hereof;

(vii) An enclosed portion of Knoll Hill consisting of approximately three acres as designated on Knoll Hill by the Harbor Department;

(viii) An enclosed area consisting of approximately .84 acres, bounded by the Westminster Senior Center parking lot on the west, Main Street on the east, Westminster Avenue on the

south and Clubhouse Avenue on the north, which shall be opened at sunrise and closed at sunset every day of the week;

(ix) A designated fenced area consisting of approximately .86 acres in Hermon Park;

(x) A designated area consisting of approximately 1.6 acres at Griffith Park and located at the north end of the John Ferraro Soccer Field on North Zoo Drive;

(xi) A designated area consisting of approximately 3 acres at Whitnall Park on Whitnall Highway in North Hollywood, including a 50,000 square foot area for large dogs and a 22,500

square foot area for small dogs.

(xii) A designated fenced area consisting of approximately 0.69 acre at the Westwood Recreation Center. (Added by Ord. No. 186,581, Eff. 4/30/20.)

(xiii) A designated fenced area consisting of approximately 0.99 acre at the Eagle Rock Recreation Center. (Added by Ord. No. 186,581, Eff. 4/30/20.)

(xiv) A designated fenced area consisting of approximately 0.35 of an acre in Glen Alla Park. (Added by Ord. No. 186,766, Eff. 10/24/20.)

(xv) A portion of the Joan Milke Flores Picnic Area within Angels Gate Park, specifically the non-paved area of the Joan Milke Flores Picnic Area that is bounded to the west by the Roxbury Street fence line, to the south by the West Paseo Del Mar fence line, to the east by the parking lot, and to the north and northeast by the walking path emanating from the parking lot until said path ends at the access road wherein the access road shall be the boundary. Signage shall be posted in the Joan Milke Flores Picnic Area describing the boundaries of the off-leash dog exercise area. (Added by Ord. No. 187,181, Eff. 10/18/21.)

The exception to Subdivision 2. contained in this Paragraph as it pertains to dogs shall not apply upon any boardwalk, sidewalk or public way immediately adjacent to any beach lands or

beach properties adjoining the waterfront of the Pacific Ocean between the southerly boundary of the City of Santa Monica and Washington Street in the City of Los Angeles, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through October 31, and no dogs shall be permitted within the area during those times and days.

3. Vending. Vending in a public Park is governed by Section 42.13, except First Amendment protected vending as specifically allowed below: (Amended by Ord. No. 185,900, Eff. 12/6/18.)

   (a) A Person may engage in traditional expressive speech and petitioning activities, and may Vend the following expressive items: newspapers, leaflets, pamphlets, bumper stickers, patches and/or

   buttons.

   (b) A Person may Vend the following items, which have been created, written or composed by the Vendor: books, audio, video or other recordings of their Performances, paintings, photographs, prints,

   sculptures or any other item that is inherently communicative and is of nominal value or utility apart from its communication.

   (c) Although an item may have some expressive purpose, it will be deemed to have more than nominal utility apart from its communication if it has a common and dominant non-expressive purpose.

   Examples of items that have more than normal utility apart from their communication and thus are subject to the Vending ban under the provision of this section include, but are not limited to, the following: housewares, appliances, articles of clothing, sunglasses, auto parts, oils, incense, perfume, crystals, lotions, candles, jewelry, toys and stuffed animals.

   (d) A Vendor only may display items that may be Vended pursuant to this subsection.

   (e) A Vendor may not provide free of charge any item that may not be Vended pursuant to this subsection if the purchase of an item that may be Vended lawfully pursuant to this subsection is a condition

   of receiving the free item.

   (f) A Performer may Perform.

(g) The City, by and through its Board or Department, may issue a license, permit or contract with a Person or organization to Vend or to conduct or operate an authorized event, concession, business or trade in a Park.

(h) Any Vendor conducting lawful Vending under this subsection must comply with applicable tax and licensing requirements and comply with all permitting or contract requirements of the City,

Department of Recreation and Parks, its Board, Commission or their authorized representatives.

(i) Violations. Violations of Subsection B.3. are governed by Section 42.13 D. of this Code. (Added by Ord. No. 185,900, Eff. 12/6/18.)

4. No person shall play or utilize any sound amplifying system except within or upon an area or facility set aside for such purpose by the Board, Department or Commission. For the purposes of this and the next subdivision, “sound amplifying system” shall mean and include any system of electrical hookup or connection, loud speaker system or equipment, sound amplifying system, and any apparatus, equipment, device, instrument, or machine designed for or intended to be used for the purpose of amplifying the sound or increasing the volume of the human voice, musical tone, vibration or sound wave. This subdivision shall not apply to the regular and customary use of portable radios, televisions, record players or tape recorders played or operated in such places and at such times so as not to disturb other persons in their permitted uses of the park.

5. No person shall hold or conduct any musical event or concert in which any sound amplifying system is utilized without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Board, Department or Commission. The application for such musical event permit shall state:

The name of the person or persons applying for the permit; the particular park and location therein at which the musical event is proposed to take place; the date and time of the event; the number of persons who will perform at such musical event; and the size of the expected audience. A written permit for the musical event shall be issued upon reasonable terms and conditions except when:

(a) The location requested has been previously reserved for the same date and time by another person or organization for a particular activity; or

(b) The size of the audience reasonably expected to attend the musical event will exceed the capacity of the location requested.

6. No person shall play any musical instrument between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within seven hundred and fifty (750) feet of any structure used for dwelling purposes, except within or upon an area or facility set aside for this purpose by the Board or Department. For purposes of this subdivision, the term “musical instrument” includes but is not limited to drums and other percussion devices.

7. No person shall use any area or facility set aside, used, maintained or designated for a specific recreational or park purpose by the Board, Department or Commission, where reasonable notice of such designation or purpose is given by signs posted thereon, for a purpose contrary to or inconsistent with such specific or designated purpose. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,021, Eff. 1/27/16.)

8. No person shall land, release, take off or fly any balloon, except children toy balloons not inflated with any flammable material, helicopter, parakite, hang glider, aircraft or powered models thereof, except in areas specifically set aside therefor.

9. No person shall engage in any voluntary parachute jump.

10. No person shall use any bow or crossbow, or throw or release any arrows, except as specifically permitted in designated archery areas.

11. No person shall take, seize, disturb or hunt any bird, animal, nest, egg or fish, except that a per- son may search for a lost or escaped dog, cat or horse. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,021, Eff. 1/27/16.)

12. No person shall remove any wood, tree, shrub, plant, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel.

13. No person, without permission from the Board or the Department of Recreation and Parks, shall cut, break, injure, tamper with, deface or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage, pen, monument, fence, bench, structure, apparatus, equipment or property; or mark, paint, post or write upon any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure. (Amended by Ord. No. 168,219, Eff. 10/4/92.)

14. (a) No person shall enter, remain, stay or loiter in any park between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day. On any public park or recreational facility subject to this section, the supervising employee at such site may extend the 10:30 p.m. closing time for up to one and one-half hours to accommodate any departmentally approved event, except for Griffith Park, for which the supervising employee at such site may extend the 10:30 p.m. closing time for up to only one hour to accommodate any departmentally approved event. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,461, Eff. 2/8/09.)

    (b) No person shall enter, remain, stay or loiter in any park which consists of an ocean area, beach, or pier between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 o’clock a.m. of the following day; except that no person shall remain, stay or loiter on Royal Palms Beach between the hours of 8:00 o’clock p.m. and 5:00 o’clock a.m. of the following day. On any park which consists of an ocean area, beach, or pier subject to this Section, the supervising employee at such site may extend the 12:00 midnight closing time, or in the case of Royal Palms Beach the 8:00 o’clock p.m. closing time, to accommodate special events such as grunion runs and other events approved by the Department of Recreation and Parks or the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches, as applicable.

    (c) No person shall enter, remain, stay or loiter in any of the following parks or facilities after their set hours of operation. The closing and opening hours for each of the following parks or facilities shall be as follows: (Amended by Ord. No. 182,547, Eff. 7/8/13.) Bellevue Recreation Center - closed at 10:00 p.m., open at 5:00 a.m. Cabrillo Beach pay Parking Lot (Port parking section) - closed at 10:30 p.m., open at 3:00 a.m. Elysian Park - closed at 9:00 p.m. (except for two parking lots adjacent to it, which shall close at 10:30 p.m.), open at 5:00 a.m. Gladys Park - closed at 7:00 p.m., open at 9:00 a.m. Monday through Sunday during Daylight Savings Time, and closed at 5:00 p.m., open at 10 a.m. Monday through Sunday during Non-Daylight Savings Time. (Added by Ord. No. 182,581, Eff. 6/24/13.) Runnymede Park - closed at 8:30 p.m., open at 5:00 a.m. (Added by Ord. No. 187,996, Eff. 11/6/23.) Stoner Skate Plaza - closed at 7:00 p.m., open at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Sunday during Daylight Savings Time, and closed at 5:00 p.m., open at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Sunday during Non-Daylight Savings Time. Sunland Recreation Center - closed at 9:00 p.m., open at 5:00 a.m. (Added by Ord. No. 187,454, Eff. 5/5/22.) Closed one hour after Sunset, open one hour before Sunrise: Dearborn Park Ernest E. Debs Regional Park (except to open no earlier than 5:30 a.m.) Hansen Dam Recreation Center Runyon Canyon Park Telfair Park

Closed at Sunset, open at Sunrise: Abbott Kinney Park Alma Park (Added by Ord. No. 183,820, Eff. 9/30/15.) Bell Canyon Park Carey Ranch Park Carlton Way Park (Added by Ord. No. 186,456, Eff. 1/15/20.) Chase Street Park Colton Street Community Park (Added by Ord. No. 186,456, Eff. 1/15/20.) Deervale Park

Del Rey Lagoon El Escorpian Canyon Park Erwin Street Park George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon (Added by Ord. No. 187,802, Eff. 5/8/23.) Greenwood Square Park (Added by Ord. No. 188,390, Eff. 10/22/24.) Hansen Dam Recreational Lake Harbor Highlands Park (Added by Ord. No. 185,754, Eff. 10/21/18.) Harold Henry Park Jesse Owens Park Kagel Canyon Park Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park (except the northern end of the park, as designated by appropriate signage, which shall close at 4:00 p.m. and open at 10:00 a.m.) Knapp Ranch Park Annex Liemert Plaza Linnie Canal Park Madison Avenue Community Garden and Park (Added by Ord. No. 186,456, Eff. 1/15/20.) Orcas Park Orcutt Ranch Pacific Palisades Park (portions near Via De Las Olas and near Mount Holyoak, as designated by appropriate signage) Porter Ranch Subparks (Palisades Bridle Trails, Wilbur-Tampa, Eddleston, Limekiln Canyon, Porter Ridge, and Viking) Reseda Park (north of the flood control channel on Kittridge Street between Reseda Boulevard and Etiwanda Avenue) (Added by Ord. No. 182,959, Eff. 5/7/14.) Richardson Family Park Robert Burns Park Ross Valencia Pocket Park (Added by Ord. No. 185,524, Eff. 6/12/18.) San Pascual Park Seily Rodriguez Park (Added by Ord. No. 186,456, Eff. 1/15/20.) Selma Park (Added by Ord. No. 186,456, Eff. 1/15/20.) Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area Facilities (Woodley Flight Field, Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve, the North Parking Lot of Balboa Park, Lake Balboa Park, Off-Leash Dog Exercise Area) South Weddington Park Stoney Point Park Valley Plaza Park (Laurel Grove and Whitsett Sections) Verdugo Mountain Park (Added by Ord. No. 188,811, Eff. 3/9/26.) Villa Cabrini Park Wilmington Square Park (Added by Ord. No. 184,060, Eff. 2/8/16.) Yucca Mini Park

15. No person shall ride or pull any horsedrawn vehicle on bridle trails or other areas except as specifically provided for such purposes by the Board.

16. No person shall drive or ride any cycle or vehicle, whether powered by a motor or human power, except on paths, roads or drives designed and provided for such purposes.

17. No person shall make or kindle a fire or cook food, except on a stove or masonry or concrete hearth or fire circle provided for such purpose, or on a portable stove or hearth of an approved type and in areas specifically posted for such use.

18. No person shall erect any barrier or lay, string or join any wires, ropes, chains or place any obstruction on or across any path, trail or area where the public may be expect to make contact with such barrier, wire, rope or chain.

19. No person shall throw, discard or deposit any paper, rubbish, debris, ashes, dirt, bottles, cans, trash or litter of any kind or nature whatsoever, except in receptacles specifically provided therefor.

20. No person shall appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be in any public park, playground, beach or the waters adjacent thereto, in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic symphysis, pubic hair, buttock, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any such person, or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof of any such female person, is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering.

    (a) This subdivision shall not apply to children under the age of 10 years.

    (b) This subdivision shall not apply to live theatrical performances performed in a theater, concert hall, or other similar establishment located on public land.

21. No person shall carry or discharge any firearms, firecrackers, fireworks, rockets, model rockets, torpedoes, airgun or slingshot.

22. [Suspended until further action by Ord. No. 176,929, Eff. 10/1/05.] No person shall assemble, collect or gather together in any walk, drive- way, passageway or pathway in any park or in other places set apart for the travel of persons or vehicles in or through any park or occupy the same so that the free passage or use thereof by persons or vehicles passing along the same shall be obstructed in any manner.

23. [Suspended until further action by Ord. No. 176,929, Eff. 10/1/05.] No person, without permission from the Board or the Department of Recreation and Parks, shall distribute, display, circulate, post, place or erect any bills, notice, paper, or advertising device or matter of a commercial nature. (First para. Amended by Ord. No. 168,219, Eff. 10/4/92.)

    (a) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit sport organizations qualified as nonprofit organizations under State and federal tax laws pursuant to written permit from the Board, from posting and maintaining signs at sport fields where such organizations conduct a sport recreation program or programs acknowledging the sponsorship of such organizations by firms, businesses, or individuals; provided that as to any location where the Board authorizes such signs to be posted the following conditions are met: (1) The sole or primary purpose of the nonprofit sport organization is to conduct a sport recreation program or programs at the sport field involved. (2) The nonprofit sport organization is required to maintain the sport field involved at its own cost and expense. (3) Such signs are posted only during the playing season for that particular sport each year and only for the shorter of either the duration of the season or the period of time that the non-profit sport organization operates that season’s program at that facility, and not at any other time. (4) The proceeds derived from the sponsorships acknowledged by such signs are expended solely for the maintenance of the sport field involved; except that any surplus after meeting such expenses may be expended to meet the expenses incurred by the non-profit organization in conducting the recreation program or programs at that facility. (5) The signs are placed only on the perimeter fence of the field, are one-sided, facing the spectator area of the field, and are of a size, number and design as specified by the Board. (6) Each such sign identifies the sponsor as well as the non-profit organization and contains a statement declaring such sponsorship or support.

(b) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the County of Los Angeles from conducting a Marketing Program on those beaches which are the subject of that certain “Joint Powers Agreement Between the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles Providing for Lifeguard and Maintenance Services to be Rendered by the County on Beaches Located Within the City” dated May 20, 1975, as amended. The term “Marketing Program” is defined to mean a program whereby the County grants third parties limited advertising rights on the beaches, such as the right to display name or product identification on lifeguard towers, trucks, uniforms, rescue boats, lifeguard equipment, public restrooms, fences, concession buildings, parking lot receipts and other beach facilities, in exchange for financial support in the form of money, equipment or services to be used in performing the obligations assumed by the County in the Agreement. Provided, however, that any such name and product identification shall not directly solicit the sale, use or consumption of any product; that the County shall not permit name and product identification of alcoholic beverage or tobacco products; and that the County shall not display the name of any marketing program sponsor or donor, or of their products on the beaches in any manner other than as is described in this subsection without the prior written approval from the Board. Additionally, such Marketing Program shall be subject to all of the restrictions set forth in Section 2.116.210 of the Administrative Code of the County of Los Angeles, which is incorporated herein by reference as amended from time-to-time.

24. Smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco is prohibited. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable as an infraction. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,053, Eff. 3/9/16.)

    (a) Exception. Smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco is permitted in the following areas:

    (1) City golf courses, except for the following courses where smoking is only allowed in designated areas and not in all areas of the course:

    Roosevelt Golf Course

    Wilson Golf Course Harding Golf Course Tregnan Golf Academy

    (2) Those areas within parks that are specified in a permit issued by the Recreation and Parks Film Office authorizing smoking by actors during filming; and

    (3) Designated smoking areas at the Autry National Center, the Greek Theater, and the Los Angeles Zoo.

    (b) Signage Requirement. The Department shall post and maintain conspicuous signs clearly indicating that smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco is prohibited. These signs shall clearly state that

    the use of smokeless tobacco is prohibited, recite the phrase “No Smoking” and/or use the international no- smoking symbol, and shall cite this subdivision of Section 63.44 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

25. No person shall discard, dispose of, or deposit any tobacco product, including cigarette and cigar butts and ashes, except in approved containers specifically placed and designated for receipt of trash, refuse, rubbish, litter or other kind of waste materials. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable as an infraction. (Added by Ord. No. 182,927, Eff. 4/19/14.)

26. Bulky Items, Tents and Storage of Personal Property in Parks. (Added by Ord. No. 183,761, Eff. 7/18/15.)

    (a) Declaration of Legislative Intent – Purpose. Parks should be accessible and available to residents and the public at large for their intended recreational uses. Bringing bulky items into a Park and the

    unauthorized use of a Park for the storage of personal property interferes with the rights of other members of the public to use Parks for their intended purposes and can create a public health or safety hazard that adversely affects the Park and those who use the Park for recreational activities. The purpose of this section is to maintain Parks in clean, sanitary and accessible condition, to prevent harm to the health or safety of the public, to prevent the misappropriation of Parks for personal use, and to promote the public health and safety by ensuring that Parks remain readily accessible for their intended recreational uses.

    (b) Definitions. The definitions contained in this subsection shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this section.

    (1) “Bulky Item” means any item that is too large to fit in one of the City’s 60 gallon trash containers with the lid closed, including, but not limited to, a mattress, couch, chair or other furniture or appliance. Bulky Item does not include a portable, collapsible picnic chair or table.

    (2) “Person” means any individual, group, business, business trust, company, corporation, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, entity, association, club or organization composed of

    two or more individuals (or manager, lessee, agent servant, officer or employee).

    (3) “Personal Property” means any and all tangible property, and includes, but is not limited to, goods, materials, merchandise, Tents, tarpaulins, bedding, sleeping bags, hammocks, and personal items such as luggage, backpacks, clothing, documents, medication and household items.

    (4) “Store,” “Stored” or “Storing” means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.

(5) “Tent” means any tarpaulin, cover, structure or shelter, made of any material which is not open on all sides and which hinders an unobstructed view behind or into the area surrounded by the tarpaulins, cover, structure or shelter.

(c) Prohibition on Bulky Items in a City Park. No Person shall bring into any Park any Bulky Item without a permit therefor.

(d) Prohibition on Erecting a Tent in a City Park. Except for areas expressly designated for camping, no person shall erect, configure or construct a Tent in any Park.

(e) Ban on Attachments. No Person shall erect any barrier against or lay string or join any wires, ropes, chains or otherwise attach any Personal Property to any of the City’s real or personal property or trees or plants in a Park, including, but not limited to, a building or portion or protrusion thereof, playground equipment, sports equipment, exercise equipment, fencing, netting, trash can, gazebo, pagoda, pole, post, bike rack, drinking fountain, sign, table, bench, tree, bush, shrub or plant, without the City’s prior written consent.

(f) Removal of Stored Personal Property; Discarding of Stored Personal Property.

(1) No Person shall Store Personal Property in any Park.

(2) All Stored Personal Property remaining in any Park after closing may be removed by the City.

(3) Personal Property placed in a Park shall be deemed to be Stored Personal Property if it has not been removed from the Park prior to the daily closure of the Park. Moving Personal Property to

another location in the same Park or another Park or any other Public Area as defined in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 56.11, shall not be considered removing the Personal Property from the Park. The City may remove such Stored Personal Property after providing notice pursuant to Subsection (g) herein. This section shall not apply to Personal Property that remains in the Park after the Park closes pursuant to statute, ordinance, regulation, permit, contract or other authorization by the City.

(4) The City may remove and discard any non-permitted Bulky Item from a Park without prior notice.

(5) In the event Personal Property placed in a Park poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of the public, the City may remove and discard it without prior notice.

(g) Pre-Removal Notice. Notice of the City’s removal of Personal Property will be provided as follows:

(1) By erecting in a Park at least one sign in a conspicuous place providing notice that any Personal Property remaining in the Park after the Park closes may be removed and impounded and may

be discarded by the City if not claimed within 90 days of the City’s removal of the Personal Property; or

(2) By placing on or near the Personal Property, a written notice containing the following:

(i) A general description of the Personal Property to be removed;

(ii) The location from which the Personal Property will be removed;

(iii) The date and time the notice was posted;

(iv) A statement that the Personal Property has been Stored in violation of Section 63.44 B.26. and will be removed by the City if the Person who Stored the Personal Property in the Park

does not remove the Personal Property from the Park within 24 hours;

(v) The location where the removed Personal Property will be stored, including a telephone number and the internet website of the City through which a Person may receive information as

to impounded Personal Property as well as information as to voluntary storage location(s); and

(vi) A statement that the City may discard the Personal Property if not claimed within 90 days after the City’s removal of it.

(h) Post Removal Notice. Upon the City’s removal of Personal Property, written notice shall be placed conspicuously in the area from which the City removed the Personal Property. The written notice shall contain the following:

(1) A general description of the Personal Property removed by the City;

(2) The date and approximate time the Personal Property was removed by the City;

(3) A statement that the Personal Property was Stored in violation of 63.44 B.26.;

(4) The location where the removed Personal Property will be impounded, including a telephone number and internet website of the City through which a Person may receive information as to

impounded Personal Property; and

(5) A statement that removed Personal Property may be discarded if not claimed within 90 days of the City’s removal of it.

(i) Failure to Remove Attended Personal Property. It shall be unlawful to fail to remove from a Park attended Stored Personal Property within 24 hours of receiving written notice

pursuant to Subsection (f)(2) or after closure of the Park, in any Park with a sign posed pursuant to Subsection (g).

(j) Storage and Disposal.

(1) Except as specified herein, impounded Personal Property shall be moved to a place of storage;

(2) Except as specified herein, impounded Personal Property shall be held by the City for 90 days, after which time, if not claimed, it may be discarded. The City shall not be

required to undertake any search for, or return of, any Personal Property held by the City for longer than 90 days;

(3) The City shall maintain a record of the date any Personal Property was discarded.

(k) Repossession. The owner or any other person entitled to the Personal Property removed by the City may repossess the Personal Property prior to its disposal upon submitting satisfactory proof of ownership or entitlement to the Personal Property. A Person may establish proof of ownership by, among other methods, describing the location where and date when the Personal Property was Stored in a Park and providing a specific and detailed description of the Personal Property. Valid, government-issued identification is not required to claim removed Personal Property.

(l) Illegal Dumping. Nothing herein precludes the enforcement of any law prohibiting illegal dumping, including but not limited to, California Penal Code Section 374.3, and Los Angeles Municipal

Code Sections 41.14, 63.44 B.13. or 190.02, or any successor statutes proscribing illegal dumping.

(m) Certain Penalties Inapplicable. Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.00 shall not apply to violations of this section except as to violations of Subsections (c), (d), (e), (i) and (l).

(n) Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the

validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

C. The Board is hereby authorized to designate particular park roads for commercial trucks and vehicles for park purposes only. No such truck or vehicle carrying any article for trade or commerce shall drive upon any park road except as may be specifically provided or designated for such use. The 1.5 mile walkway surrounding Lake Balboa in Lake Balboa Park shall be designated as a “pedestrian walk only.” No person shall roller blade, roller skate, skate board, or ride or drive any bicycle, scooter or similar vehicle upon the designated walkway. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,113, Eff. 12/4/93.)

D. Within the limits of any park other than beaches, no person shall:

1. Swim, bathe, wade in or pollute the water of any park, fountain pond, lake or stream, except as permitted by the Board or its authorized representative.

2. Enter any municipal swimming pool or dressing room therein at any time when a life guard or dressing room attendant is not present.

3. Roller skate, board skate, or ride or drive any bicycle, scooter, or similar vehicle on the decks surrounding a swimming pool or on tennis courts.

4. Camp or engage in Camping in a Park, except in locations designated for such purposes, or erect, maintain, use or occupy any Tent, excluding Umbrellas or Sun Shades. (Amended by Ord. No. 183,815, Eff. 9/27/15.)

   (a) Definitions: For purposes of this subdivision, the following words or phrases shall mean:

(i) “Camp” or “Camping” means using a Park for living accommodation purposes, as evidenced by: (a) remaining for prolonged or repetitious periods of time, not associated with ordinary recreational use of a Park, with one’s personal possessions or belongings (including but not limited to clothing, sleeping bags, bedrolls, blankets, sheets, pillow, luggage, backpacks, kitchen utensils, cookware and cooking equipment); and (b) engaging in one or more of the following: sleeping, storing personal possessions or belongings as defined above, making a fire, cooking, or consuming meals. The combined activities of (a) and (b) constitute camping when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using a Park as a living accommodation regardless of the person’s intent or the nature of other activities in which the person might also be engaged.

(ii) “Tent” means any shelter or structure, made of any material, that is not open on all sides and which lacks an unobstructed view into the Tent, shelter or structure from the outside.

(iii) “Umbrella or Sun Shade” means any canopy or cover that is open on all sides, consists of pliable tent-like material such as canvas, nylon or other synthetic fabric, and that is maintained in

an upright position by one or more supporting metal, plastic, or wooden poles. No Umbrella or Sun Shade shall exceed eight feet in height and ten feet in diameter or length or width. All Umbrellas or Sun Shades shall be dismantled and removed from the Park before the Park is closed.

5. Operate a boat on any pond, lake or waters therein, except as permitted by the Board or its authorized representative.

E. No parent, guardian, or person having the custody of any child under the age of eight (8) years shall cause, permit or allow such child to enter or visit any park, other than beaches, having a lake, pond, stream or swimming pool within its boundaries, unless such child is accompanied by a person of not less than sixteen (16) years of age.

F. No person over eight (8) years of age shall enter or use any restroom in a park designated for persons of the other sex.

G. Every person shall comply with rules promulgated by the Board for the use of golf courses, tennis courts, and dog parks, which rules shall be conspicuously posted at each golf course, tennis court, and dog park. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,332, Eff. 12/16/08.)

H. In parks consisting of beaches and water recreation areas, the Board or the Director of Beaches is hereby empowered and authorized to establish in and upon the beaches and water recreation areas water activity zones restricted as to the following uses:

1. Bathing and Swimming Zones – No person shall use, possess or operate in the waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this section any object commonly known as a surfboard, paddleboard or similar device (but not including surfmats which are made of a nonrigid material with a non-slippery surface, so constructed that when inflated for use it will not fold in any direction between twenty-four (24) and thirty (30) inches in width and forty (40) to sixty (60) inches in length, and equipped with a safety rope, and belly boards) at such times and in such zone when said waters are restricted for swimming and bathing only.

   Such restrictions shall be effective when a yellow flag having dimensions of not less than two feet by two feet and having a solid black circle in the center (commonly known as a “blackball flag”) is prominently

   displayed from a lifeguard tower, lifeguard station, pier or similar structure under the control of the Department of Beaches.

   At such times as the blackball flag is displayed, swimming and bathing only shall be permitted in the waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite those areas of the beach within 200 yards of the point of display of said

   blackball flag, provided, however, that where said blackball flag is displayed from consecutive operational lifeguard towers, lifeguard stations and similar structures under the control of the Department of Beaches along a beach regulated by this article then all waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite said beach shall be restricted to swimming and bathing only.

   Such restrictions shall also be indicated by pairs of red flags put in place by the Director of Beaches or the Director’s authorized employee. At such times as said red flags are displayed, swimming and bathing

   only shall be permitted in the waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite those areas of the beach lying between a given pair of such red flags.

   2. Surfboards Zone – Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Director of Beaches may from time to time designate certain areas to be used exclusively by persons using surfboards and

   paddleboards. Such designation may be revoked at any time and the area covered by any such designation may be enlarged or reduced at any time. A person shall not swim or bathe in the waters of the Pacific Ocean included in an area so designated except while using a surfboard or paddleboard or as is necessary in order to use a surfboard or paddleboard.

I. Within the limits of parks consisting of beaches and water recreation areas:

1. No person shall surf by board or engage in bathing or swimming activities in any area posted as closed.

2. No person shall bathe, swim, surf by board or operate any boat or other device in, or upon, water in violation of any authorized warning signal or device. Any person in violation of any warning signal or device or in violation of any Bathing and Swimming Zone or Surfboard Zone restriction shall not fail, refuse or neglect to leave the waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this section.

   3. No person shall engage in the sport commonly known as aquaplaning, water skiing, or any derivation thereof unless such activities are permitted by conspicuously posted signs at appropriate places upon the

   beach and lands abutting and adjacent thereto.

   4. No person shall use any spear gun on any beach or in any waters within one thousand (1,000) feet of shore unless otherwise specifically permitted in posted areas.

   5. No person shall operate a boat within one hundred (100) feet of any bather or swimmer, or within two hundred (200) feet of a beach used by bathers or swimmers.

   6. No person shall beach or launch any boat, except at a place designated for such purposes. The Board or the Director of Beaches may designate any beach area or portions thereof as an area which may be used for the purpose of beaching or launching boats.

   7. No person shall use, possess or operate any object commonly known as a surfmat, paddleboard, bellyboard, surfboard, or similar device except within 200 yards from shore or 75 yards seaward of the point at

   which the average wave breaking, whichever distance is greater, or when used by a skin diver to hold the skin diver’s flag.

   8. No person shall bring or permit or allow in the waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this section any object commonly known as, or used as, a paddleboard or surfboard, within 100 feet

   of any person in the waters thereof who was not at the time using or possessing a similar object.

   9. No person shall Camp or engage in Camping on a Beach, except in locations designated for such purposes, or erect, maintain, use or occupy any Tent, excluding Umbrellas or Sun Shades. Nor shall any person fasten or maintain any wire, rope or exterior bracing or support of any kind between such Umbrella or Sun Shade or any portion thereof, and any structure, stake, pole, tree, rock, fence, or thing outside of such

   Umbrella or Sun Shade. (Amended by Ord. No. 183,815, Eff. 9/27/15.)

   (a) Definitions: For purposes of this subdivision, the following words or phrases shall mean:

(i) “Camp” or “Camping” means using a Beach for living accommodation purposes, as evidenced by: (a) remaining for prolonged or repetitious periods of time, not associated with ordinary recreational use of a Beach, with one’s personal possessions or belongings (including but not limited to clothing, sleeping bags, bedrolls, blankets, sheets, pillow, luggage, backpacks, kitchen utensils, cookware and cooking equipment); and (b) engaging in one or more of the following: sleeping, storing personal possessions or belongings as defined above, making a fire, cooking or consuming meals. The combined activities of (a) and (b) constitute camping when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using a Beach as a living accommodation regardless of the person’s intent or the nature of other activities in which the Person might also be engaged.

(ii) “Tent” means any shelter or structure, made of any material, that is not open on all sides and which lacks an unobstructed view into the Tent, shelter or structure from the outside.

(iii) “Umbrella or Sun Shade” means any canopy or cover that is open on all sides, consists of pliable tent-like material such as canvas, nylon or other synthetic fabric, and that is maintained in

an upright position by one or more supporting metal, plastic, or wooden poles. No Umbrella or Sun Shade shall exceed eight feet in height and ten feet in diameter or length or width. All Umbrellas or Sun Shades shall be dismantled and removed from the Beach before the Beach is closed.

10. (Added by Ord. No. 163,039, Eff. 1/17/88.) No person shall enter, be, or remain on any beach area unless that person complies with all regulations applicable to that beach and with all other applicable ordinances, rules and regulations.

11. (Added by Ord. No. 163,039, Eff. 1/17/88.) A person exercising any of the privileges authorized by this section does so at that person’s own risk without liability on the part of the City for any injury to person or property resulting therefrom.

12. (Added by Ord. No. 163,039, Eff. 1/17/88.) Except as otherwise provided in this section or as authorized by the Board, no person shall camp on or use for overnight sleeping purposes any beach, or bring a housetrailer, camper or similar vehicle onto any beach.

13. Bulky Items, Tents and Storage of Personal Property in Beach Parks. (Added by Ord. No. 183,761, Eff. 7/18/15.)

(a) Declaration of Legislative Intent – Purpose. Beach Parks should be accessible and available to residents and the public at large for their intended recreational uses. Bringing bulky items into a Beach Park and the unauthorized use of a Beach Park for the storage of personal property interferes with the rights of other members of the public to use Beach Parks for their intended purposes and can create a public health or safety hazard that adversely affects the Beach Park and those who use the Beach Park for recreational activities. The purpose of this section is to maintain Beach Parks in clean, sanitary and accessible condition, to prevent harm to the health or safety of the public, to prevent the misappropriation of Beach Parks for personal use, and to promote the public health and safety by ensuring that Beach Parks remain readily accessible for their intended recreational uses.

(b) Definitions. The definitions contained in this subsection shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this section.

(1) “Bulky Item” means any item that is too large to fit in one of the City’s 60 gallon trash containers with the lid closed, including, but not limited to, a mattress, couch, chair or other furniture or appliance. Bulky Item does not include a portable, collapsible picnic chair or table.

(2) “Person” means any individual, group, business, business trust, company, corporation, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, entity, association, club or organization composed of

two or more individuals (or manager, lessee, agent servant, officer or employee).

(3) “Personal Property” means any and all tangible property, and includes, but is not limited to, goods, materials, merchandise, Tents, tarpaulins, bedding, sleeping bags, hammocks, and personal

items such as luggage, backpacks, clothing, documents, medication and household items.

(4) “Store,” “Stored” or “Storing” means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.

(5) “Tent” means any tarpaulin, cover, structure or shelter, made of any material which is not open on all sides and which hinders an unobstructed view behind or into the area surrounded by the

tarpaulins, cover, structure or shelter.

(c) Prohibition on Bulky Items in a City Beach Park. No Person shall bring into any Beach Park any Bulky Item without a permit therefor.

(d) Prohibition on Erecting a Tent in a City Beach Park. Except for areas expressly designated for camping, no person shall erect, configure or construct a Tent in any Beach Park.

(e) Ban on Attachments. No Person shall erect any barrier against or lay string or join any wires, ropes, chains or otherwise attach any Personal Property to any of the City’s real or personal property or trees or plants in a Beach Park, including, but not limited to, a building or portion or protrusion thereof, playground equipment, sports equipment, exercise equipment, fencing, netting, trash can, gazebo, pagoda, pole, post, bike rack, drinking fountain, sign, table, bench, tree, bush, shrub or plant, without the City’s prior written consent.

(f) Removal of Stored Personal Property; Discarding of Stored Personal Property.

(1) No Person shall Store Personal Property in any Beach Park.

(2) All Stored Personal Property remaining in any Beach Park after closing may be removed by the City.

(3) Personal Property placed in a Beach Park shall be deemed to be Stored Personal Property if it has not been removed from the Beach Park prior to the daily closure of the Beach Park. Moving

Personal Property to another location in the same Beach Park or another Beach Park or any other Public Area as defined in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 56.11, shall not be considered

removing the Personal Property from the Beach Park. The City may remove such Stored Personal Property after providing notice pursuant to Subsection (g) herein. This section shall not apply to Personal Property that remains in the Beach Park after the Beach Park closes pursuant to statute, ordinance, regulation, permit, contract or other authorization by the City.

(4) The City may remove and discard any non-permitted Bulky Item from a Beach Park without prior notice.

(5) In the event Personal Property placed in a Beach Park poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of the public, the City may remove and discard it without prior notice.

(g) Pre-Removal Notice. Notice of the City’s removal of Personal Property will be provided as follows:

(1) By erecting in a Beach Park at least one sign in a conspicuous place providing notice that any Personal Property remaining in the Beach Park after the Beach Park closes may be removed and

impounded and may be discarded by the City if not claimed within 90 days of the City’s removal of the Personal Property; or

(2) By placing on or near the Personal Property, a written notice containing the following:

(i) A general description of the Personal Property to be removed;

(ii) The location from which the Personal Property will be removed;

(iii) The date and time the notice was posted;

(iv) A statement that the Personal Property has been Stored in violation of Section 63.44 B.26. and will be removed by the City if the Person who Stored the Personal Property in the Beach Park does not remove the Personal Property from the Beach Park within 24 hours;

(v) The location where the removed Personal Property will be stored, including a telephone number and the internet website of the City through which a Person may receive information as to impounded Personal Property as well as information as to voluntary storage location(s); and

(vi) A statement that the City may discard the Personal Property if not claimed within 90 days after the City’s removal of it.

(h) Post Removal Notice. Upon the City’s removal of Personal Property, written notice shall be placed conspicuously in the area from which the City removed the Personal Property. The written notice

shall contain the following:

(1) A general description of the Personal Property removed by the City;

(2) The date and approximate time the Personal Property was removed by the City;

(3) A statement that the Personal Property was Stored in violation of 63.44 B.26.;

(4) The location where the removed Personal Property will be impounded, including a telephone number and internet website of the City through which a Person may receive information as to

impounded Personal Property; and

(5) A statement that removed Personal Property may be discarded if not claimed within 90 days of the City’s removal of it.

(i) Failure to Remove Attended Personal Property. It shall be unlawful to fail to remove from a Beach Park attended Stored Personal Property within 24 hours of receiving written notice pursuant to

Subsection (f)(2) or after closure of the Beach Park, in any Beach Park with a sign posed pursuant to Subsection (g).

(j) Storage and Disposal.

(1) Except as specified herein, impounded Personal Property shall be moved to a place of storage;

(2) Except as specified herein, impounded Personal Property shall be held by the City for 90 days, after which time, if not claimed, it may be discarded. The City shall not be required to undertake

any search for, or return of, any Personal Property held by the City for longer than 90 days;

(3) The City shall maintain a record of the date any Personal Property was discarded.

(k) Repossession. The owner or any other person entitled to the Personal Property removed by the City may repossess the Personal Property prior to its disposal upon submitting satisfactory proof of ownership or entitlement to the Personal Property. A Person may establish proof of ownership by, among other methods, describing the location where and date when the Personal Property was Stored in a Beach Park and providing a specific and detailed description of the Personal Property. Valid, government- issued identification is not required to claim removed Personal Property.

(l) Illegal Dumping. Nothing herein precludes the enforcement of any law prohibiting illegal dumping, including but not limited to, California Penal Code Section 374.3, and Los Angeles Municipal

Code Sections 41.14, 63.44 B.13. or 190.02, or any successor statutes proscribing illegal dumping.

(m) Certain Penalties Inapplicable. Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.00 shall not apply to violations of this section except as to violations of Subsections (c), (d), (e), (i) and (l).

(n) Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared

invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

J. Within the limits of any park containing a fishing pier:

1. No person shall operate any vehicle on a fishing pier, except as permitted by the Board or its authorized representative.

   2. No person shall ride a bicycle, scooter, skate, skateboard, or other wheeled device on any pier. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection shall not apply to the use of wheelchairs by persons whose physical

   condition necessitates such use.

   3. No person shall dive or jump, or cause another to fall, dive or jump from a pier, or climb or be on the outside of the railing of a pier except:

      (a) members of the lifeguard service of the Department of Beaches or any other person as may be delegated by the lifeguard service or any of its personnel to assist them in rescuing or saving lives;

      (b) members of the lifeguard service during the course of drills and training;

      (c) authorized persons involved in the maintenance, repair or construction of the pier or a part thereof; or

      (d) as a participant in an aquatic event or activity which is approved and authorized by the Director of Beaches.

2. No person shall swim, operate or otherwise use a surfboard, skindive or use self-contained underwater breathing apparatus within an area described as one hundred (100) feet of either side of the pier except for purposes otherwise authorized by this article. 5. No person shall climb or crawl on the pier railings, pilings or under structures. 6. No person shall do any overhead casting or allow any fishing lure or hook to pass inboard of the pier railing while casting. 7. No person shall clean any fish except at locations provided for that purpose. 8. No person shall use more than one pole or drop line at any one time. 9. No person shall fish or trap sea life for commercial purposes. 10. No person shall use any fishing spear or spear gun.

K. Within the limits of any parking lot located within the limits of any park:

1. No person shall drive a vehicle onto any public parking lot without paying the posted fee to the attendant on duty thereon or by paying the metered fee.

2. No person shall stand or park any vehicle on any metered or unmetered public parking lot between the hours of 10:30 o’clock p.m. and 5:00 o’clock a.m. of the following day or such other hours as the

Council may establish for each public parking lot by ordinance, whether said vehicle is occupied or unoccupied. Provided, however, that within the limits of parks consisting of ocean areas, beaches or piers, no person shall stand or park any vehicle on any metered or un- metered public parking lot between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 o’clock a.m. of the following day or such other hours as the Council may establish for each such parking lot by ordinance. (Amended by Ord. No. 164,209, Eff. 1/8/89.)

3. No person shall refuse to exhibit upon demand of any attendant the driver or operator’s portion of a parking ticket when the driver or operator of any vehicle that is standing, parked or being operated on any

unmetered parking lot has been issued a numbered parking ticket.

4. No person shall remove the identifying portion of a parking ticket from any vehicle while on such parking lot.

5. No person shall drive a vehicle onto any public parking lot through a driveway posted with a sign stating “Do Not Enter”.

6. No person shall remove an automobile from public parking lot except through a gateway or driveway marked “Exit”.

7. No person shall park in a parking lot, except entirely within a space indicated by painted lines, said spaces being commonly referred to as a “parking slot” or “parking stall”.

8. No person shall park where there is posted a “No Parking” sign.

9. No person shall drive a truck of more than one (1) ton capacity on any public parking lot.

10. No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon any public parking lot at a speed greater than ten (10) miles per hour, unless otherwise posted.

11. No person shall drive a vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit.

12. No person shall teach another person to drive a motor vehicle or use such parking lot for driving practice.

    13. The provisions of Subdivisions 2.,7., and 8. of Subsection K. shall be enforced by civil penalty in the same manner as the provisions of Section 80.76.2 of this Code. (Added by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff.

    7/12/93.)

L. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63.44 K.2., where a parking lot is located within any park, including those consisting of beach and water recreation areas, the Director of Beaches, or the Board in the event the City exercises management and control over such park, may post or cause to be posted a sign at the entrance to such parking lot indicating that the lot is closed to public parking at an hour earlier than 1:00 a.m. or later that 3:00 a.m. When such sign is posted, no person shall stand or park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle within the parking lot during the hours wherein parking is prohibited. Any vehicle parked in violation of the provisions of this subsection may be removed from such parking lot in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the State of California. (Amended by Ord. No. 164,209, Eff. 1/8/89.)

M. Within the limit of any zoological garden located within a public park, no person other than authorized City employees shall:

1. Feed or throw food to any animal located therein, except in that area of the Children’s Zoo so designated, approved food may be fed to animals located therein.

2. Harass, tease or annoy any animal by means of gestures, movements, throwing of objects, shouting or by any other means.

3. Have within their possession any cans, bottles, skateboards, bats, balls, a knife with a blade longer than three (3) inches, or any other objects which are capable of being thrown at or otherwise used to harm

any animal.

N. Skateboard and all-wheel facilities. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,218, Eff. 11/11/21.)

1. Within the limit of any park or portion thereof designated by the Board as a skateboard facility, whether the facility is supervised or unsupervised:

   (a) No person shall ride a skateboard unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads.

   (b) No person shall ride anything other than a skateboard in the skating area.

   (c) The opening and closing hours of the park shall be 12:00 noon to sunset Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to sunset on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; however, skate parks shall also be

   closed during periods of wet weather or when conditions, such as vandalism, make it unsafe to skate.

(d) The Board shall cause signs to be erected at all skateboard facilities providing reasonable notice that any person riding a skateboard at the facility must wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads while skateboarding; that no bicycles or scooters are allowed in the skating area; that the park hours are 12:00 noon to sunset Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to sunset on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays; that the park will be closed during periods of wet weather or when conditions make it unsafe to skate; and that any person in violation of this ordinance will be subject to citation for violation thereof.

2. Within the limit of any park or portion thereof designated by the Board as an all-wheel facility, whether the facility is supervised or unsupervised:

   (a) No person shall ride a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads.

   (b) No person shall ride anything other than a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device in the riding area.

   (c) The opening and closing hours of the park shall be 12:00 noon to sunset Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to sunset on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; however, all wheel parks shall also be

   closed during periods of wet weather or when conditions, such as vandalism, make it unsafe to ride.

   (d) The Board shall cause signs to be erected at all all-wheel facilities providing reasonable notice that any person riding a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device at the facility must wear a

   helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads while riding; that no person shall ride anything other than a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device in the riding area; that the park hours are 12:00 noon to sunset Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to sunset on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays; that the park will be closed during periods of wet weather or when conditions make it unsafe to ride; and that any person in violation of this ordinance will be subject to citation for violation thereof.

3. In addition to the Board’s Charter authority to establish, construct, maintain, operate, and control all property acquired by it or assigned to its jurisdiction for public recreation, for purposes of implementing this subsection, the Board shall have the authority to designate all applicable facilities located on property owned by the City of Los Angeles, but not under the control, operation, or management of the Board, as either skateboard facilities or all-wheel facilities.

4. Definitions. For purposes of this subsection, the following words or phrases shall mean:

   (a) “Other wheeled recreational device” means nonmotorized bicycles, scooters, in-line skates, roller skates, and wheelchairs.

(b) “Park” shall include every skateboard facility and all-wheel facility located in a public park or other recreational facility area, owned by the City of Los Angeles, whether or not such facility is controlled, operated, or managed by the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners.

O. Within the limit of any park consisting of beach lands or beach properties adjoining the waterfront of the Pacific Ocean between the southerly boundary of the City of Santa Monica and Washington Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles: (Amended by Ord. No. 183,134, Eff. 7/8/14.)

1. No person shall operate a motorized scooter on any boardwalk, sidewalk, bike path or other public way. For the purpose of this Subsection, the term “motorized scooter” as defined in California Vehicle

Code Section 407.5, shall mean any two-wheeled device that has handlebars, has a floorboard that is designed to be stood or sat upon when riding, and is powered by an electric motor. A “motorized scooter” may also have a driver seat that does not interfere with the ability of the rider to stand and ride and may also be designed to be powered by human propulsion. For purposes of this section, a motorcycle (as defined in Vehicle Code Section 400), a motor-driven cycle (as defined in Vehicle Code Section 405), or a motorized bicycle or moped (as defined in Vehicle Code Section 406) is not a motorized scooter. A device meeting the above definition that is powered by a source other than electrical power is also a motorized scooter.

2. No person shall operate an “electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” unless specifically exempt under Subdivisions 4.(a) or (b) of this Section, on any boardwalk, sidewalk or other public

way. A person may operate an EPAMD on a bike path subject to the safety and operational requirements set forth in California Vehicle Code Sections 21281 and 21281.5. An electric personal assistive mobility device or EPAMD, as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 313, shall mean a self-balancing, non-tandem two-wheeled device that is not greater than 20 inches deep and 25 inches wide and can turn in place, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system averaging less than 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 12.5 miles per hour.

3. No person shall operate a “hybrid, multiple-wheeled motorized scooter-type device” or a “hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device” unless specifically exempt in Subdivisions

4.(a) or (b) of this Section. For purposes of this section, a hybrid, multiple-wheeled motorized scooter-type device shall mean a device that has three or more wheels, has handlebars, has a floorboard that is designed to be stood upon when riding, or a driver seat that does not interfere with the ability of the rider to stand and ride, and is powered by an electric motor, and may also be designed to be powered by human propulsion. For purposes of this section, a hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility- type device shall mean a self-balancing, non-tandem, device containing three or more wheels that can turn in place, designed to transport only one person.

4. Exemptions:

   (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the California Penal Code, or a Department of Recreation and Parks employee, when acting in the

scope of their duties, may operate an EPAMD or a hybrid, multiple- wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device;

(b) A person who, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 467(b) may operate a self-propelled wheelchair, a

motorized tricycle or a motorized quadricycle. A person who, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian may also operate an EPAMD or other power-driven mobility device, such as a hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device, subject to the following safety and operational requirements set forth in California Vehicle Code Sections 21281 and 21281.5:

1. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall not operate on any boardwalk, sidewalk, bike path or other public way at a speed greater than is

reasonable and prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, pedestrians, and other conveyance traffic on, and the surface, width, and condition of the boardwalk, sidewalk, bike path or public way.

2. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall not be operated at a speed that endangers the safety of persons or property.

3. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple- wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall not be operated on any boardwalk, sidewalk, bike path or public way with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. 4. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians on foot, including persons with disabilities using assistive devices and service animals that are close enough to constitute a hazard. 5. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall be equipped with front, rear and side reflectors. 6. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall be equipped with a system that enables the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop. 7. If the EPAMD or hybrid, multiple-wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device is operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a lamp emitting a white light that while the EPAMD or hybrid, multiple- wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the operator and is visible from a distance of 300 feet in front of the device. 8. The EPAMD or hybrid, multiple- wheeled electric personal assistive mobility-type device shall be equipped with a sound emitting device that can be activated from time to time by the operator, as appropriate, to alert nearby persons. (c) Violations. Any Person violating a provision of this section shall be subject to the following penalties: 1. First violation. A first violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $100. 2. Second and subsequent violations. A second violation and all subsequent violations shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.00 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, including prosecution as an infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $250, or prosecution as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment. 3. Violations. The following constitutes a violation for purposes of this Section: a conviction for violation of this Section, a conviction under Penal Code Section 853.7 for failure to appear in court to contest a citation for violations of this Section, or a forfeiture of bail.

(d) Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

P. (New Subsec. P. Added by Ord. No. 179,129, Eff. 8/28/07.) Within the limit of any park designated by this subsection as being in a high fire hazard zone and between April 1 and November 1 of each year:

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no person shall light, ignite, set fire to, or burn any substance, or maintain an open flame of any kind for any purpose, including but not limited to cooking and

barbecuing, except in areas specifically designated and posted to allow open flames.

2. The Department shall post and maintain “No Open Flame” signs in conspicuous locations. These signs shall clearly and conspicuously recite the phrase “NO OPEN FLAMES BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND

NOVEMBER 1" and shall cite this subdivision of Section 63.44 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. The General Manager of the Department shall be authorized when fire hazardous conditions are present, to extend the period during which open flames are prohibited in parks designated by this subdivision; provided, if open flames are prohibited prior to April 1 or after November 1, the Department shall modify the signs required by this subdivision to provide notice of the dates that open flames are prohibited.

3. The following parks are located in a high fire hazard zone:

   Andres Pico Adobe Park

   Aliso Canyon Park

   Aliso Triangle

   Alizondo Drive Park

   Angels Gate Park

   Angels Point

   Ascot Hills Park

   Averill Park

   Bandini Canyon Park

   Barnsdall Art Park

   Bee Canyon

Bell Canyon

Bell Canyon Park

Beverly Glen Park

Bogdanovich Park

Brand Park

Briarwood Park

Bronson Canyon

Browns Creek Park

Carey Ranch

Carlin G. Smith

Castle Peak Park

Chase Park

Chatsworth Oaks Park

Chatsworth Park North

Chatsworth Park South

Cleland Avenue Bicentennial Park

Coldwater Canyon Park

Crestwood Hills Park

De Neve Square Park

Decker Canyon Camp

Deervale-Stone Canyon Park

Eddleston Park

El Escorpion Canyon

El Sereno North Park

El Sereno Park

Elysian Park - All Areas

Elysian Therapeutic Recreational Center

Ernest E. Debs Regional Park

Facility Site House

Fehlhaber-Houk Park

Ferraro Sports Complex

Fryman Canyon

Glassell Park Recreation Center

Grace E. Simons Lodge

Griffith Park - All Areas

Haines Canyon Park

Hansen Dam Golf Course

Hansen Dam Recreation Area

Harbor Regional

Heritage Square

Hermon Park

Hill-Palmer House

Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park

Knapp Ranch Park

Knapp Ranch Park West

La Tuna Canyon

Lake Hollywood Park

Lake View Terrace Park

Laurel Canyon Dog Park

Laurel Canyon Park

Lazy J Ranch Park

Leland Park

Lilac Terrace Park

Limekiln Canyon

Los Angeles Zoo

Los Feliz Pitch & Putt Golf Course

Mae Boyar Park

Mandeville Canyon Park

McGroarty Park

Moon Canyon Park

Moonshine Canyon Park

Mt. Olympus

Mulholland View Site #16

Norman O. Houston Park

O’Melveny Park

Orcas/Gabrieleno Equestrian Park

Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center

Oro Vista Park

Palisades Park

Palisades Recreation Center

Palisades Slide Area

Palisades-Asilomar Park

Pasko Park

Peck Park

Pilsn Property

Porter Ranch Park

Porter Ridge Park

Potrero Canyon Park

Pueblo de Rio Park

Rena Park

Reseda/Rinaldi Park

Richard Alatorre Park

Rivas Canyon Park

Roger Jessup Park

Roosevelt Golf Course

Runyon Canyon

Rustic Canyon

San Vicente Mountain Park

Santa Ynez Canyon

Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area

Serrania Ave Park

Shadow Ranch Recreation Center

Stetson Ranch Equestrian Park

Stoney Point Park

Sullivan Canyon Park

Taxco Trails Park

Temescal Canyon Park

The Homestead Acre/

Tregnan Golf Academy

Vanalden Park

Verdugo Mountain Park

Via De Las Olas Park

Viking Park

Villa Cabrini Park

Warner Center Park

Wattles Garden Park

West Hills Park

White’s Point Nature Preserve

Wilacre Park

Wilbur-Tampa Park

Wilder’s Addition (Point Fermin Park)

Wilson/Harding Municipal Golf Course

Woodbine Park

Woodland Hills Park

Zelzah Park

Q. The provisions of this section shall not prevent nor be construed to limit or prohibit any duly authorized departmental officer, agent or employee, or any duly authorized peace officer, from performing any act within the scope of their official duties. (Subsec. N. Redesignated Subsec. O. by Ord. No. 173,878, Eff. 4/12/01; Subsec. O. Redesignated Subsec. P. by Ord. No. 173,922, Eff. 5/28/01; Subsec. P. Redesignated Subsec. Q. by Ord. No. 179,129, Eff. 8/28/07.)

R. Violations. Except for Subsection 63.44 B.3., a violation of this subsection is subject to the provisions of Section 11.00 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,900, Eff. 12/6/18.)

S. Bathrooms, Locker Rooms and Changing Areas. (Added by Ord. No. 185,367, Eff. 1/27/18.)

1. Notwithstanding Subsection B.14.(b), the Board may allow 24-hour access to the restrooms at Venice Beach.

2. Between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., no individual who is utilizing the facilities in the multi-stall restroom building located on Park Avenue at Echo Park Lake for personal hygiene, or traversing

the pedestrian pathway immediately between the Park Avenue sidewalk and the multi-stall restroom building for the purpose of utilizing the facilities for personal hygiene, shall be cited or arrested for violating LAMC 63.44(B)(14)(a). The provisions of this subdivision shall be repealed and terminate six months from the effective date of this subdivision. (Added by Ord. No. 186,592, Eff. 4/23/20.)

T. Severability. (Renumbered by Ord. No. 185,367, Eff. 1/27/18.) If any portion, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this section and each portion or subsection, sentence, clause and phrase herein, irrespective of the fact that any one or more portions, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.

(Amended by Ord. No. 153,027, Eff. 11/16/79)

A. Whenever a danger to the public health or safety is created in any public park by such causes as flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident or other disaster, or by riot or unlawful assembly, the General Manager, an Assistant General Manager, a lifeguard of the Department of Beaches or a park ranger of the Department may close the area where the danger exists for the duration thereof to any and all persons not authorized to enter or remain within such closed area.

B. Park rangers may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post established for the purpose of controlling any dangerous condition stated in this section to all unauthorized persons.

C. No unauthorized person shall willfully and knowingly enter an area closed pursuant to Subdivision A. or B. of this section nor shall willfully remain within such areas after receiving notice to evacuate or leave the area from any park ranger, lifeguard, fire fighter, or peace officer.

(Amended by Ord. No. 171,454, Eff. 1/26/97.)

The following locations are designated “drug-free zones” pursuant to Section 11380.5 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California:

A. All public beach areas bordering the Pacific Ocean, from the Santa Monica City limits to the El Segundo City limits, which are owned, leased to, managed or controlled by the City, including all beach areas over which the City exercises control for law enforcement purposes, and all public park areas contiguous and adjacent to said beach areas, including the Del Rey Lagoon Park and the Vista Del Mar Park.

B. The following public parks:

1. 109th Street Recreation Center,

2. Algin Sutton Recreation Center,

3. Terrace Park,

4. Anderson Senior Center,

5. Ardmore Recreation Center,

6. Boyle Heights Sports Center/Senior Citizen Center,

7. Brand Park,

8. Branford Recreation Center

9. Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center,

10. Central Recreation Center,

11. Chevy Chase Park,

12. Cypress Park,

13. David M. Gonzales / Pacoima Recreation Center,

14. Denker Recreation Center,

15. East Wilmington Greenbelt Park,

16. Evergreen Recreation Center,

17. Ferndell (within Griffith Park),

18. Fernangeles Recreation Center,

19. Gilbert W. Lindsay Community Center,

20. Green Meadows Recreation Center,

21. Hansen Dam Recreation Area,

22. Harvard Park Recreation Center,

23. Hazard Park,

24. Hollenbeck Park,

25. Hollywood Recreation Center,

26. Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park,

27. Jesse Owens Mini Park,

28. Jim Gilliam Recreation Center,

    29. John Quimby Park,

    30. Lafayette Park,

    31. Lanark Park and Recreation Center,

    32. Lincoln Heights Recreation Center,

    33. Lincoln Park,

    34. Louise Park,

    35. Mac Arthur Park,

    36. Mar Vista Gardens,

    37. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park,

    38. Montecito Heights Recreation Center,

    39. Mount Carmel Park,

    40. North Hollywood Recreation Center,

    41. Oakwood Recreation Center,

    42. Panorama Recreation Center,

    43. Pecan Recreation Center,

    44. Penmar Recreation Center,

    45. Pershing Square,

    46. Poinsettia Recreation Center,

    47. Prospect Park,

    48. Queen Anne Recreation Center,

    49. Rancho Cienega Sports Center,

    50. Robertson Recreation Center,

    51. Ross Snyder Recreation Center,

29. Runyon Canyon Park,

    53. Sepulveda Recreation Center,

    54. Shatto Recreation Center,

    55. South Park Recreation Center,

    56. State Street Recreation Center,

    57. Stoner Recreation Center,

    58. Trinity Recreation Center,

    59. Valley Plaza Park,

    60. Van Nuys Recreation Center,

    61. Vermont Square Recreation Center,

    62. Wattles Gardens Park,

    63. Wilmington Recreation Center, and

    64. Woodley Avenue Park.

    C. All other parks in the City of Los Angeles, as that term is defined in Municipal Code Section 63.44.

(Added by Ord. No. 168,849, Eff. 7/31/93.)

No person, except a public officer in the performance of their duties, shall operate or cause to be operated, a motorized vessel on any of the waterways comprising the Venice Canals, including Grand Canal, and Eastern Canal. “Motorized vessel” shall mean every description of watercraft used on capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water, and which is powered by a gasoline engine or electric motor.

Within the limits of any public library no person shall do any of the following acts:

(a) Carry or discharge any firearms, fire crackers, rockets, torpedoes or any other fireworks, or airgun or slingshot;

(b) Cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage, pen, monument, fence, bench or other structure, apparatus, or property, or pluck, pull up, cut, take or remove any shrub, bush,
plant or flower, or mark or write upon any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure.

(c) Distribute any handbills or circulars, or post, place or erect any bills, notice, paper or advertising device or matter of any kind.

(d) Wade in or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake or stream.

(e) Indulge in riotous, boisterous, threatening or indecent conduct, or abusive, threatening, profane, or indecent language.

(f) Sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing, whatsoever, without the written consent of the Board of Library Commissioners.

(g) Practice, carry on, conduct or solicit for any trade, occupation, business or profession or to circulate any petition of whatsoever kind or character without the permission of the Board of Library
Commissioners.

(h) Remain, stay or loiter within the limits of any public library between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the following day. (Amended by Ord. No. 176,829, Eff. 8/27/05.)

(i) Play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice or other device, for money, chips, shells, credits, or any other representative of value or to maintain or
exhibit any gambling table or other instrument of gambling or gaming.

No person shall enter the grounds or any property or buildings of a public school or remain on such grounds or property or building in violation of posted rules regarding the use of school property. Any such conduct shall constitute a trespass upon school property. (Amended by Ord. No. 158,173, Eff. 9/1/83.)

No person shall take from the officer, board or commission of the City any map, book, record, paper or archives belonging to the City.

No person, officer, board or commission of the City having the custody of any map, book, record or paper belonging to the City or any archives thereof, and no deputy or employee of such office, board or commission, or any other employee of this City shall permit any such map, book, record, paper or archives to be removed from the office of such officer, board or commission, provided, however, that Section 63.95 and this section shall not be construed to prevent the removal of any such map, book, record, paper or archives to a place and at a time lawfully commanded by a subpoena duces tecum, or to prevent the removal of the same from the office of the officer, board or commission having the custody thereof, to the office of another officer, board or commission of the City for official use therein.

No person shall place upon any vehicle, other than a vehicle owned by or under the control or management of this City, any sign or plate bearing the words “Department of Fire, City of Los Angeles” or “Fire Department, City of Los Angeles” or any similar sign, or drive or operate any vehicle bearing such sign.

(Amended by Ord. No. 132,116, Eff. 5/20/66.)

Every passenger motor vehicle owned by this City, except passenger vehicles assigned to the Mayor, City Council, and members of the Police Department, shall at all times have painted or imprinted on each side of the vehicle, preferably on the foredoors, the official seal of this City, not less than six inches in diameter. At the option of the department to which said motor vehicle has been assigned there may be painted or imprinted in letters two inches in height, immediately below such seal, the name of the department, and immediately below such name there shall be painted or imprinted in digits one and one half inches in height the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent to the vehicle. In the absence of the department name, there shall be imprinted below said seal the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent. In no instance shall any passenger motor vehicle owned by this City bear more than three described markings, to wit: The City Seal, the name of the department to which assigned, and the prescribed equipment number of the unit, except that passenger motor vehicles, black and white in color, assigned to the Police Department may have painted or imprinted, thereon, immediately to the rear of the official seal of this City, the words “to protect and to serve,” no letter of which shall exceed two inches in height, and except that passenger motor vehicles assigned to the Fire Department may have painted or imprinted thereon numbers, letters, words of such size and color and in such locations as may be necessary to provide ground and aerial identification at emergencies.

(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 173,363, Eff. 7/29/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services may, upon written request, grant exemptions from the provisions of Sec. 63.98 which mandate the placing of the City seal on city vehicles. Such an exemption may be granted only for a period terminating at the end of the calendar year in which the exemption is granted, and that officer shall maintain a record thereof.

Every truck unit and unit of automotive equipment other than passenger motor vehicles owned by this City shall at all times have painted or imprinted on each side, preferably on the cab doors, the official seal of this City not less than eight (8) inches in diameter. At the option of the department to which said motor truck or unit of automotive equipment has been assigned there may be painted or imprinted in letters two (2) inches in height, immediately below said seal the name of the department and immediately below such name there shall be painted or imprinted in digits one and one-half (1-1/2) inches in height, the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent to the truck or equipment unit. In the absence of the department name there shall be imprinted immediately below said seal the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent.

It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to require all automotive equipment at the time of purchase and at all other times to have painted or imprinted thereon the City ownership markings required by this article, and all lettering shall be painted or imprinted in such colors and form as may be prescribed by the Purchasing Agent. At the close of each fiscal year the Purchasing Agent shall report to the Council the detail of automotive equipment in each department not conforming to the provisions of this article.

It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to maintain a detailed record of all automotive equipment owned by this city and requiring state registration. The Purchasing Agent shall obtain and assign state registration plates to each unit of automotive equipment owned by this city. Whenever the character of the services performed requires the operation of motor vehicles with state registration plates other than exempt, which are used in lieu of such exempt plates, the exempt plates so replaced shall be turned over to the Purchasing Agent, who shall be accountable to the Division of Motor Vehicles of the State of California for such exempt plates. Such license plates as may be used in lieu of exempt plates shall be obtained upon written application to the Division of Motor Vehicles by the head of the department to which the automotive equipment has been assigned. Such application shall be forwarded to the Purchasing Agent who shall transmit same to the Division or Motor Vehicles, together with such additional information as may be required. The Department of Water and Power and the Harbor Department are hereby exempted from the provisions of this section.

(Amended by Ord. No. 160,677, Eff. 2/22/86.)

In the event of the discontinuance of ownership by this City of any unit of automobile equipment, it shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent, prior to the surrender of such automobile equipment, to remove or cause to be removed any registration plates assigned to such unit, and obliterate all identification markings denoting City ownership.

Provided, however, that if the equipment is inoperative and is being transferred to another entity solely for art, museum, or cultural display purposes, the City Council, by motion or by resolution, may direct that identification markings denoting City ownership including replicas of the City seal need not be removed therefrom or obliterated. In such instances the state motor vehicle registration plates shall be removed.

No person shall remove or transfer from any unit of automotive equipment owned by this City the state registration plates assigned to such unit by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the State of California, unless such removal is required by the regulations of the Division of Motor Vehicles.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate any unit of automotive equipment, or any automobile, truck, or other motor vehicle owned by the City of Los Angeles for any purpose other than for official business of the City of Los Angeles.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate any unit of automotive equipment, automotive, truck, or other motor vehicle owned by the City of Los Angeles, unless the riding in or upon the same is, necessary for the execution of official business of the City of Los Angeles, and it shall be unlawful for the operator of any of the foregoing equipment to permit, suffer or allow any person to ride in or upon the same unless the riding in or upon the same by such person is necessary for the execution of official business of the City of Los Angeles.

(c) The head of each department, respectively, shall cause to be placed in each passenger vehicle and motor truck owned by this City and under the control of their department, a metal sign permanently attached in full view of and clearly legible to the driver and occupants of such vehicle, bearing the following words:

NOTICE

The use of or the riding in or upon this vehicle for any purpose, other than for or upon official business of the City of Los Angeles, is prohibited by law.

(d) (Amended by Ord. No. 147,857, Eff. 12/20/75.) The provisions of this section shall not apply:

1. To motor vehicles assigned to the Mayor, City Attorney, Controller and members of the City Council (Amended by Ord. No. 173,299, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.), while such vehicles are being operated within the boundaries of the County of Los Angeles.

2. To van-type motor vehicles used in connection with the Commute-A-Van program. “Commute-A-Van program” shall refer to that program wherein City employees are transported to work from their

residences and returned thereto in van-type motor vehicles, owned by the City of Los Angeles, for which service a monthly fare is paid by each employee except the City employee designated to drive said vehicle.

Whenever the official seal of the City is to be used for display purposes, or is required by any City regulation as a means of identification, said official seal shall be displayed in its entirety without any deletions or additions thereto. In the absence of the adoption of an official design of the official seal of the City by the Council, the official seal of the City as used by the City Clerk shall be considered as the official design of the City seal.

No person shall operate any passenger motor vehicle or motor truck owned by this City if the official seal affixed to such vehicle is obscured from view in any manner. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause to be displayed on any unit of privately owned automotive equipment the official seal of this City or a facsimile of the same whether permanently or temporarily affixed upon such vehicle.

(Amended by Ord. No. 173,192, Eff. 5/28/00.)

No person shall make or use the seal of this City, or any cut, facsimile, or reproduction of said seal or make or use any seal or any design which is an imitation of said seal or of the design thereof, or which may be mistaken for the seal of this City or the design thereof, for any purpose other than for City purposes or for the purposes of any board, officer, or department thereof. Nothing herein shall prevent the City from licensing the manufacture and/or retail sale of items upon which the City seal is placed, upon a finding by the City Council that a public purpose is served by the use of the City seal in such a manner.

Every person who, being subpoenaed to attend as a witness before the Mayor, Controller, Treasurer, City Council or any committee thereof, or any board provided for in the City Charter, refuses or neglects, without lawful excuse, to attend pursuant to such subpoena, and every person who, being present before the Mayor, Controller, Treasurer, City Council or any committee thereof, or any board provided for in the City Charter, willfully refuses to be sworn or to answer any material and proper question, or to produce upon reasonable notice, any material and proper books, papers, or documents in their possession or under their control, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

No person serving or acting as inspector, judge, clerk or ballot clerk in any precinct at any election held in this City, shall fail, refuse, or neglect to deliver to the City Clerk at the same time the election returns of such precincts are delivered at the office of the City Clerk, all maps, rubber stamps, ink pads, copies of election laws and all other election supplies furnished in, to or for such precinct for such election.

(Amended by Ord. No. 181,702, Eff. 6/13/11.)

(a) The City Engineer shall have the authority and duty to establish street address numbers expressed in Arabic numerals or figures and notwithstanding street address numbers located on street curbs, to prescribe their location on buildings, structures and parking lots, and to order the installation, change, substitution and removal of all such numbers to fulfill the provisions of this Article.

(b) Every person requesting issuance of a new street number or change of an existing street number that is not associated with a building permit application shall pay the City a fee in the amount set forth in Section 61.16 of this Code for the work involved in processing the request. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,752, Eff. 12/7/25.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 144,527, Eff. 4/19/73.)

(a) Every person exercising or having ownership, possession, custody, control, or charge of any building, structure or parking lot shall have and maintain the established street address number thereon upon or near each entrance from a street of the City, and from any other public access way, in the manner and location designated by the City Engineer. “Access way,” shall include, but not be limited to, any alley, waterway, stairway, driveway or walkway. (Amended by Ord. No. 161,786, Eff. 1/9/87.)

(b) Installation, change, substitution or removal of any existing or subsequently-designated street address number shall be completed within five (5) days after receipt by the owner, occupant, lessee, tenant, subtenant, fiduciary, or custodian of such building, structure or parking lot, or any person or agent in charge thereof, of a written notice containing appropriate instructions therefor, from the City Engineer.

(c) The minimum dimensions of any street address number designated by the City Engineer on or after June 1, 1973, shall be as follows:

i. The height in inches of any number or figure therein shall be the sum of one-tenth (1/10) of the distance in feet of the number from the boundary of the property (upon which the building, structure or parking

lot is situated) abutting the street, plus two (2), providing that every number shall not be less than four inches in height.

ii. The overall width of any figure in or comprising the number shall be one-half (1/2) of its height.

iii. The width of any portion of a figure in or comprising the number shall be one-tenth (1/10) of its height.

(d) Design (including shape and style) as well as location of the street address numbers shall be such that they are legible and easily readable. The City Engineer may prescribe a street address number larger in size than the dimensions stated at Subparagraph (c) hereinabove when the City Engineer determines that due to lighting conditions, building locations, shadows, background, or other reasons, street address numbers of minimum dimensions will not be easily readable from the street or approach to the entrance. A street address number of unusual design or placement may not be employed without prior written approval of the City Engineer.

(e) The City Engineer shall adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the street address numbers provisions of this article.

The following shall be the respective starting points or dividing lines for numbers on buildings fronting on streets heretofore laid out or hereafter to be laid out or extended, viz.: from east to west, First Street; from north to south, Main Street from the south boundary of the City to a point on the west bank of the Los Angeles River, and the Los Angeles river; thence to the north boundary of the City, numbers shall begin at the above named starting point or dividing lines and continue to the terminal of the respective streets; provided that on all streets lying east of the Los Angeles River and extending north or northerly from First Street, the numbers shall continue to the northerly terminus of the street, or to Macy Street or Mission Road; and provided that on all streets extending south or southerly from Downey Avenue, the numbers shall begin at Downey Avenue as the dividing line and continue south to the terminus of the street or to Macy Street or Mission Road; and provided, further, that on all streets extending north or northerly from Downey Avenue, the numbers shall begin at Downey Avenue and continue to the northerly terminus of the street.

(Amended by Ord. No. 144,527, Eff. 4/19/73.)

The street address numbers on the northerly and westerly sides of the streets shall be odd numbers, the street address numbers on the southerly and easterly sides of the streets shall be even numbers.

One hundred numbers or as many thereof as may be necessary, shall be allowed to each block. No. 100 shall be the first number used at the respective beginning point on the sides of the streets which are to contain the even numbers, and No. 101 for the sides which are to contain the odd numbers. At the beginning of the second block from the starting point, the first numbers shall be 200 and 201, respectively and so continue throughout the system.

Twenty feet frontage shall be allowed for each number, to be calculated from the end of the block at which the number begins. On all streets the numbering shall be done as if the streets extended to the dividing lines for the City, as defined in Section 63.114 of this article.

No person shall have in their possession or under their control any key belonging to or fitted to open the lock of any city communications box subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services, or to make or fit any such key without the permission of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, the Board of Police Commissioners, the Chief of Police or the Department of General Services. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)

No person shall put, place or permit to remain any article or thing whatever in such a manner as to obstruct, hinder or interfere with the free access or approach to any city communications box, subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,426, Eff. 6/29/79, Oper. 7/1/79.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 131,900, Eff. 4/9/66.)

No person owning, controlling or occupying any land along or near the lines of a city communications system subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utilities and Transportation shall allow any branch, limb or other portion of any tree, shrub or vine growing on the land to be or remain within a distance of two (2) feet from any wire of the system.

The Department of Public Utilities and Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to remove, cut or trim any tree, shrub, branch, limb or other portion of any tree or shrub in any street, when in their opinion the same is necessary or convenient to permit the erection, construction, operation and maintenance of the city’s communication systems subject to the jurisdiction of the Department.

The City will pay a reward of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to the person furnishing information which leads to the arrest and conviction of any person making any false fire alarm, by any means, upon such conviction of any such person who shall make any such false alarm.

No person shall hitch or fasten any horse, mule or other animal to any lamp post, street sign or to any fire alarm and police signal box, post, standard or pole, or to any fixture or apparatus used about or in connection therewith, or to fasten or hitch such animal in such a manner as to permit such animal to deface, injure or destroy the same.

No person shall excavate or remove earth, sand, rock, stone or gravel from any natural deposit of such material in the bed of the Los Angeles River or the Arroyo Seco within this City without first obtaining from the Board a written permit so to do and filing the following application and deposit:

(a) Applications for permits shall be in writing and shall specify:

(1) The name and residence or business address of the person making such application;

(2) The title to or right in the property from which earth, sand, rock, stone, or gravel is to be excavated and removed.

(b) Every such application shall be accompanied by a map showing:

(1) The location of the property;

(2) The dimensions of the excavation proposed to be made;

(3) The depth to which it is proposed to carry such excavation;

(4) The ownership of the property contiguous thereto;

(5) Such other details as the Board may require.

(c) (Amended by Ord. No. 137,137 Eff. 9/29/68.) A deposit of $11.00 to defray the expense of supervision and inspection shall accompany said application.

The Board shall adopt such regulations for the location, size and depth of such excavation and for the work of excavating and removing earth, sand, rock, stone or gravel from any such natural deposit thereof as may be necessary for the public welfare and safety; and the work of excavating and removing said earth, sand, rock, stone or gravel, and supporting the banks of any contiguous public or private property shall be performed according to plans approved by the City Engineer and to the satisfaction of the Board, and under the supervision of an inspector appointed by the Board for that purpose.

Upon receiving a written application and map, as provided in Section 63.14, the Board shall issue a written permit to excavate and remove earth, sand, rock, stone or gravel in the manner provided in this article and in accordance with the regulations of the Board.

(a) The edge of any excavation made under this article shall not be nearer than two times the proposed depth of the excavation to the line of any public or private property other than that owned or controlled by the person making such excavation. The excavation may be carried to within ten feet of any such public or private property, provided the banks be supported in a manner satisfactory to the Board and that a substantial fence be erected along the top of the bank, when deemed necessary by the Board.

(b) In no case shall the depth of any excavation made under this article exceed the depth of the foundation of any pier, abutment, wall or support of any bridge or trestle across a water course upon which such excavation is made, with in Two Hundred (200) feet upstream or Five Hundred (500) feet downstream from such excavation.

Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, it shall be dangerous to the public welfare and safety to permit any such excavation to approach within five hundred (500) feet of the foundation of any pier, abutment, wall or support of any such bridge or trestle the Board may increase the distance within which such excavation may approach such pier, abutment, wall or support to such distance as it may deem necessary.

(c) In portions of the Arroyo Seco or the Los Angeles River where one or both banks is or are protected by walls, no excavation opposite along any wall, shall be made to a depth lower than three feet above the level of the bottom of the foundation of that portion of any wall opposite such excavation.

(a) Definition. “Tujunga Wash” shall mean that area within the following described bounds:

Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Glenoaks Boulevard 100 feet in width, with the center line of Branford Street, 40 feet in width; thence southeasterly along said center line of Glenoaks Boulevard to the center line of Truesdale Street, 40 feet in width; thence southwesterly along said center line of Truesdale Street and its southwesterly prolongation to the center line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company’s Right of Way (Inland Branch), 100 feet in width; thence southwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Sharp Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Sheldon Street, 60 feet in width; thence southerly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Strathern Street, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 400 feet easterly from the center line of Whitsett Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the southerly line of Vanowen Street, 65 feet in width, with the center line of St. Clair Avenue, 60 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Victory Boulevard, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, 50 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to intersection of the center line of Camellia Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the northerly line of Chandler Boulevard (Northerly Roadway), 50 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Bakman Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Camarillo Street, 80 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Bellflower Avenue, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Riverside Drive, 100 feet in width; thence southerly along said center line of Bellflower Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Moorpark Street, 50 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of easterly prolongation of the northerly line of Chiquita Street extending westerly from Lankershim Boulevard, with the center line of Lankershim Boulevard, 100 feet in width; thence southeasterly and southerly along said center line of Lankershim Boulevard to its intersection with the center line of Bluffside Drive, 60 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Vineland Avenue, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Aqua Vista Street, 40 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Woodbridge Street, 60 feet in width, with

the center line of Bakman Avenue, 60 feet in width; thence northerly in a direct line to intersection of the center line of said Bakman Avenue with the center line of Sarah Street, 60 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Riverside Drive, 100 feet in width, with the center line of Farmdale Avenue, 60 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Irvine Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Chandler Boulevard (South Roadway), 50 feet in width, extending westerly from Irvine Avenue; thence northwesterly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Emelita Street, 60 feet in width, distant thereon 600 feet easterly from the center line of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, 100 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the northerly line of Victory Boulevard, 75 feet in width, with the center line of Rhodes Avenue, 60 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Vanowen Street, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Whitsett Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Raymer Street, 40 feet in width, distant thereon 500 feet northwesterly from the center line of Whitsett Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence northwesterly along said center line of Raymer Street to a point distant thereon 500 feet southeasterly from the center line of Fulton Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence southerly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Vanowen Street, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 600 feet westerly from the center line of Ethel Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Oxnard Street, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 600 feet easterly from the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence southerly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Burbank Boulevard, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 500 feet easterly from the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence southerly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Magnolia Boulevard, 50 feet in width, with the northerly prolongation of the westerly line of Goodland Avenue, 30 feet in width; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Bellaire Avenue, 60 feet in width, extending northerly of Addison Street with the northerly line of Addison Street produced; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Morella Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the northerly line of Moorpark Street produced; thence southeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Woodbridge Street, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Colfax Avenue, 80 feet in width; thence southerly along said center line of Colfax Avenue to its intersection with the center line of first alley northeasterly of Ventura Boulevard; thence northwesterly along the center line of said alley to its intersection with the center line of Radford Avenue, 85 feet in width; thence northerly along the said center line of Radford Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Valley Heart Drive (South Roadway), 50 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Whitsett Avenue, 80 feet wide, with the easterly prolongation of the southerly line of Kling Street, 50 feet in width, extending westerly from Whitsett Avenue; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Riverside Drive, 50 feet in width, with the southerly prolongation of the easterly line of Bellaire Avenue, 20 feet in width, extending northerly from Riverside Drive; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Addison Street, 40 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Magnolia Boulevard, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 300 feet westerly from the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence northerly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Burbank Boulevard, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 500 feet westerly from the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence northerly in a direct line to a point in the center line of Oxnard Street, 50 feet in width, distant thereon 400 feet westerly from the center line of Coldwater Canyon Avenue, 50 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Atoll Avenue, 60 feet in width, with a line parallel with and 50 feet northerly, measured at right angles, from the southerly line of Victory Boulevard, 75 feet in width; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the intersection of the easterly line of Sunnyslope Avenue, 30 feet in width, with the northerly line of Hart Street, 30 feet in width; thence northerly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Woodman Avenue, 50 feet in width, with the center line of Raymer Street, 40 feet in width; thence northeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the southeasterly line of Truesdale Street, 80 feet in width, with the southerly line of Roscoe Boulevard, 50 feet in width; thence northeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Canterbury Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Reedley Street, 60 feet in width; thence northeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Branford Street 60 feet in width; thence northeasterly along said center line of Branford Stree

direct line to the intersection of the center line of Canterbury Avenue, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Reedley Street, 60 feet in width; thence northeasterly in a direct line to the intersection of the center line of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, 60 feet in width, with the center line of Branford Street 60 feet in width; thence northeasterly along said center line of Branford Street to the point of beginning.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall excavate or remove any sand, rock, stone or gravel from the Tujunga Wash without first obtaining from the Board of Public Works a permit so to do.

(c) Application and Deposit. Application for any such permit and accompanying deposit shall be made as provided in Section 63.124 of this Code.

(d) Rules and Regulations. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing excavations hereunder, and all provisions of Section 63.125 of the Code, not in conflict with this section, shall be applicable to the excavations made under this section.

(e) Authority of Board to Refuse Permit. The Board shall deny any application unless it appears to the City Engineer and the Board that the proposed excavation can and will be made without creating a condition hazardous to life or to public or private property.

(a) Official Permission Required. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to go upon any premises operated by the Board of Public Works of this city as a street maintenance yard, sewer maintenance yard, incinerator plant, dump, sewage treatment plant, sewage pumping plant, refuse collection transfer yard, equipment yard or storage yard, without the express permission of the Board of Public Works, or its duly authorized representative. No person shall be deemed to have such permission unless the person has evidence thereof upon themself or unless the person has the express oral consent of the officer or employee present at, and in immediate charge or care of, the premises.

The foregoing restriction shall not apply to any premises not posted as hereinafter provided, nor shall it apply to law enforcement officers, or to officers or employees of this City or of any governmental agency acting in the course of their public duties.

(b) Signs to be Posted. The Board of Public Works shall cause appropriate signs to be posted, at intervals of not more than 200 feet, about the boundary of any such premises, giving notice of the effect of this section.

(c) Enforcement. Any police officer or any authorized employee of the Department of Public Works, may use reasonable force to remove or expel from such premises any person who violates this section and who upon being directed to leave refuses to do so. This is in addition to other remedies provided by law.

(d) Access for Lawful Purposes. Subject to fair and reasonable conditions, necessary access to any posted premises shall be granted by the Board upon written request to any person having lawful business there to perform; and to anyone who has, and asserts in good faith, the right to inspect any such place for purposes incident to any proposed or pending action at law or in equity; and to other persons at the reasonable discretion of the Board, to be exercised in the public interest.

(e) Premises Not Requiring Protection. Whenever the Board shall find, as to any particular premises mentioned in this section, that there is no appreciable hazard of loss or damage to public property at such place, or other public purpose to be subserved by posting the same, it need not be posted, and, if not posted, the prohibitory provisions of this section shall not there apply.

(Added by Ord. No. 175,551, Eff. 11/18/03.)

(a) No person shall enter the grounds of any property or building used, operated or occupied by the Los Angeles Police Department or remain on those grounds or property or in the building in violation of posted rules regarding use, access and presence on any Los Angeles Police Department property. This conduct shall constitute a trespass upon Los Angeles Police Department property.

(b) The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners shall promulgate rules and cause appropriate signs to be posted giving notice of these rules.

(Added by Ord. No. 175,551, Eff. 11/18/03.)

(a) No person shall enter the grounds of any property or building used, operated or occupied by the Los Angeles Fire Department or remain on those grounds or property or in the building in violation of posted rules regarding use, access and presence on any Los Angeles Fire Department property. This conduct shall constitute a trespass upon Los Angeles Fire Department property.

(b) The Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners shall promulgate rules and cause appropriate signs to be posted giving notice of these rules.

(Added by Ord. No. 187,216, Eff. 11/11/21.)

(a) No person shall enter or remain on property or a facility used, operated, or occupied by the City of Los Angeles under the supervision, control, regulation, and management of a City department in violation of a posted rule promulgated by the department head pursuant to the Charter to ensure the preservation, maintenance, efficient and effective management, and safe use of property and facilities by the public and City employees. This section shall not apply to a person in a room in which a public meeting is in progress pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

(b) Any person violating a provision of this section shall be guilty of a public offense and shall be subject to the following penalties:

1. First Violation. A first violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $100.

2. Second and Subsequent Violations. A second violation and all subsequent violations shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.00 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, including prosecution as an

infraction punishable by a fine in the amount of $250, or prosecution as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

3. Violations. The following constitutes a violation for purposes of assessing the penalties available under this section: a conviction for violation of this section, a conviction under California Penal Code Section 853.7 for failure to appear in court to contest a citation for violations of this section, or a forfeiture of bail. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the offenses and penalties stated in this section are cumulative to offenses and penalties stated in all other state and local laws.

(Added by Ord. No. 187,217, Eff. 10/11/21.)

(a) Subject to Search Prior to Entry into a City Facility. Every Person, and their belongings, including, but not limited to, rolling carts, wheelchairs, and strollers are subject to search upon entry into a City facility and while a person and their belongings are in a City facility.

(b) Banned Items. Except with the prior written approval of the department head or the department head’s designee responsible for the control of a City facility, it shall be unlawful for any Person to enter, or remain in, a City facility with any of the following:

1. Any weapon prohibited by state law, including, but not limited to, Section 171b of the California Penal Code, as amended from time to time, or any successor statutes;

2. Illegal narcotic or illegal controlled substance;

3. Bear repellant, mace, or pepper spray;

4. Bat or baton;

5. Box cutter, utility knife, or razor blade;

6. Ice pick;

7. Fireworks or explosives;

8. Knife of any length;

9. Martial arts weapon of any kind;

10. Metal, composite, or wooden knuckles;

11. Sword, saber, or other bladed device;

12. Animal, except a service or comfort animal (an animal that is capable of working, assisting or performing a task for the benefit of a person with a disability); or

13. Replica firearm.

(c) Banned Items if May be Used as a Weapon or Are Dangerous or Hazardous.

1. Any item that, in the reasonable judgment of a peace officer, as defined in California Penal Code, Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 or Part 2 (“peace officer”), that may be used as a

weapon or otherwise may be dangerous or hazardous is not allowed inside a City facility, and a Person possessing such an item may be required to relinquish, dispose, or store the item outside of the City facility as a condition of entry into the facility.

2. It shall be unlawful for any Person to remain in a City facility if that Person fails or refuses to relinquish, dispose, or stow away from the City facility an item that, in the reasonable judgment of a peace officer,

may be used as a weapon or otherwise may be dangerous or hazardous.

(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the Persons listed below from possessing a firearm, knife, tear gas, stun gun, ammunition, or explosive in a City facility:

1. A duly appointed peace officer, a retired peace officer with authorization to carry concealed weapons as described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 254) of Chapter 2 of Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the California Penal Code, a full-time paid peace officer of another state who is carrying out official duties while in California, a full-time paid peace officer of the federal government who is carrying out official duties while in California and who limits their presence to the portions of any City facility or property open to the public, or any Person summoned by any of these officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace while the Person is actually engaged in assisting the officer; or 2. A qualified reserve peace officer, as defined by California Penal Code Section 830.6, to the extent that such person is otherwise authorized by their respective state, county, or city law enforcement agency to possess a weapon for use in accordance with the law enforcement policy of the agency.

(Added by Ord. No. 186,924, Eff. 3/29/21.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “Ballona Lagoon East Bank” shall mean the open space adjacent to the east bank of Ballona Lagoon in the Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon.

2. “Designated Walkway” shall mean the pedestrian paths or improved walkways along and abutting the Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon or Venice Canals waterways.

3. “Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area” or “ESHA” shall have the same meaning as set forth in California Coastal Act section 30107.5, which is any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are

either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments.

4. “Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon” shall mean the Grand Canal and Ballona Lagoon located in the City of Los Angeles near Venice Beach, bounded to the east by Via Dolce and Via Donte Streets, to the west

by Strongs Drive, Canal Court, and Pacific Avenue, to the north by Washington Boulevard, and to the south by Via Marina.

5. “LUP” shall mean the Venice Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan prepared to comply with the California Coastal Act of 1976, adopted by the City Council October 29, 1999 (CF 1998-0518), and certified

by the California Coastal Commission June 14, 2001.

6. “Venice Canal(s)” shall mean the Grand Canal, Carrol Canal, Linnie Canal, Howland Canal, and Sherman Canal located in the City of Los Angeles near Venice Beach, bounded to the east by Ocean Avenue,

to the west by Strongs Drive, to the north by South Venice Boulevard, and to the south by Washington Boulevard.

7. “Venice Canal ESHA” or “Grand Canal ESHA” shall mean the land located between a Designated Walkway and the waterways in the Venice Canals or Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon.

(b) Entry Upon Canal ESHAs Prohibited. No person shall leave a Designated Walkway in the Venice Canals or Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon and enter the Venice Canal ESHA or Grand Canal/Ballona Lagoon ESHA, or enter onto the Venice Canal ESHA or Grand Canal/ Ballona Lagoon ESHA from the canal waterways except for the limited purpose of:

1. Actively engaging in the boating activity of moving a boat into and out of the water at a public boat launch facility or a private dock with the dock owner’s authorization, moving into a boat from a Designated

Walkway, or exiting from a boat onto a Designated Walkway;

2. Nature study and interpretation for educational purposes associated with a school or educational institution and permitted by the Board of Public Works or its designee; or

3. Governmentally authorized habitat management, including keeping an ESHA free of accumulated trash and waste.

(c) Entry Upon Ballona Lagoon East Bank Prohibited. Public access is prohibited onto the Ballona Lagoon East Bank.

(Added by Ord. No. 187,735, Eff. 3/6/23.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “Ballona Wetlands” shall mean those portions of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve located east and north of the residential neighborhoods of Playa del Rey and Westchester, west of Lincoln

Boulevard, and south of the City boundary along Ballona Creek.

2. “ESHA Adjacent City Public Right-of- Way” shall mean public rights-of-way owned by the City on either side of Jefferson Boulevard or Culver Boulevard abutting the Ballona Wetlands.

(b) Nighttime Entry Upon ESHA Adjacent City Property Prohibited. Between dusk to dawn each day, no person or vehicle shall enter upon an ESHA Adjacent City Public Right-of-Way. This subsection does not apply to an employee or officer of a public agency.

(c) Signs to be Posted. The restrictions of this section shall be posted on signage identifying ESHA Adjacent City Public Right-of-Way areas.