Los Angeles Municipal Code Div. 5 Regulation of Permittees

Section 103.13 Records. 103.14 Inspection. 103.15 Reports. 103.16 Property. 103.17 Advertising. 103.18 Permittee – Responsibility. 103.19 Signs Required. 103.20 Display of Permit. 103.21 Change in Owner Information. 103.22 Identification Cards. 103.23 Surrender of Permits. 103.24 Hours of Business. 103.25 Doing Business with Minor. 103.26 True Name, Age and Address.

Permittees shall keep records on such forms and in the manner the Board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Such records shall be kept for five years.

(Amended by Ord. No. 132,604, Eff. 8/8/66.)

(a) No person shall interfere with, prevent, or refuse to permit a police officer or a representative of the Board to make an examination or inspection, during all business hours, of any premises maintained by a permittee in the course of their business, for the purpose of determining whether the permittee is complying with all the rules and regulations of the Board and all provisions of the Los Angeles Municipal Code affecting said business.

(b) No person shall interfere with, prevent, or refuse to permit a police officer or a representative of the Board to make an examination, inspection or copy of any record kept by a permittee.

Permittees shall make such verified written reports to the Chief of Police concerning their business activities on such forms and in the manner the Board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.

No person shall interfere with, prevent, or refuse to permit a police officer or a representative of the Board to make an examination or inspection during all business hours of any property acquired by a permittee in the course of their business.

Permittees are responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of their advertising whether placed in the advertising medium by themselves or by their agents or employees.

Permittees are responsible for the actions of their agents or employees in the conduct of the permittee’s business.

Permittees shall erect and maintain any signs required by rules and regulations of the Board.

(a) Fixed Place of Business. Every person engaging in, conducting, managing or carrying on, at a fixed location, a business for which a permit is required shall keep such permit posted and exhibited in some conspicuous part of the place of business.

(b) No Fixed Place of Business. Every person engaging in, conducting, managing or carrying on, at other than a fixed location, a business for which a permit is required shall carry such permit with them at all times while engaging in said business.

(Amended by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

Whenever any change in owner information occurs, the owner shall file a verified report with the Board within 30 days after the change occurs. Matters that shall be reported include, but are not limited to, name changes, change of business address, criminal convictions, the association of one or more new partners, associates, members, directors, or officers, or a substantial change of stock ownership, unless the change requires a new permit pursuant to Section 103.08.

The Board may require permittees or their employees to carry identification cards.

(a) Issuance. The Board may issue identification cards to permittees or their employees in such form as the Board deems necessary to identify the permittee or employee.

(b) Surrender of Card. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,438, Eff. 11/7/68.) Each permittee shall immediately surrender to the Board any identification card issued by the Board upon the revocation or suspension or cancellation of their permit. Each permittee shall immediately surrender any identification card issued by the Board to an employee of the permittee when any such employee leaves the permittee’s employ or when such permittee’s permit is revoked or suspended or cancelled.

(c) Violation. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,438, Eff. 11/7/68.) No person shall carry any identification card issued to them pursuant to this section after their permit or their employer’s permit has been revoked

or suspended or cancelled. No person shall use the identification card issued to another person.

(Amended by Ord. No. 137,438, Eff. 11/7/68.)

Each permittee shall immediately surrender their permit to the Board upon the revocation or suspension or cancellation of their permit by the Board.

No person engaging in, managing, conducting or carrying on any business requiring a permit under this article shall purchase or receive any article, or carry on or transact such business at other than the hours or days the Board may allow by rule or regulation. All permittees engaging in more than one of the businesses requiring a permit shall observe the hours of business that are the most restrictive.

No permittee engaging in, managing conducting or carrying on the business of a junk dealer, junk collector, secondhand dealer, secondhand dealer-jewelry, or pawnbroker, or the permittee’s employee or agent shall receive, buy, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire an interest in any goods or thing, from any person under the age of 18 years. Any statement made to such permittee, employee or agent by a person under the age of 18 years to the effect that the person is over the age of 18 years shall not excuse such permittee or employee from any violation of this provision.

No person who sells or otherwise disposes of goods, wares or merchandise to a permittee conducting a business listed in Sec. 103.25 or to said permittee’s employee or agent shall fail or refuse to give their true name, correct age, and correct address.