Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 3 Sanitary Operation

Section 113.01 Rubbish and Garbage Collection and Disposal.

(Amended by Ord. No. 161,574, Eff. 9/8/86.)

It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of collecting or disposing of rubbish or garbage to operate any refuse disposal truck, parking lot sweeper, or vacuum truck, or to collect, load, pick up, transfer, unload, dump, discard, sweep, vacuum, or dispose of any rubbish or garbage, as such terms are defined in Section 66.00 of this Code, within 200 feet of any residential building between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, unless a permit therefore has been duly obtained beforehand from the Board of Police Commissioners.

The standards which shall be considered in determining whether a permit shall be granted are the following:

(a) Whether the work to be done is in the public interest, or

(b) Whether the applicant would suffer hardship, injustice or delay if the permit were not granted, or

(c) Whether fuel conservation would result if the permit were issued.

No permit shall be required to perform emergency work as defined in Sec. 111.01(c) of this chapter.