Los Angeles Municipal Code Div. 7 Amusements and Exhibitions

(Added by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)

Section 103.101.1 Picture Arcade Permits and Regulations. 103.101.2 Compliance by Existing Permittees. 103.101.3 Game Arcade.

103.101.4 Cyber Cafés. 103.102.1 Additional Regulations. 103.102.2 Compliance by Existing Permittees and Effect of Noncompliance. 103.106.1 Social Contact Concierge Establishment. 103.107 Escort Bureaus. 103.107.1 Escort – Permit Required. 103.109 Motion Picture Shows. 103.111 Parades and Assemblies. 103.112 Billiard Rooms, Poolrooms, Bowling Alleys. 103.112.1 Family Billiard Rooms. 103.113 Rides. 103.115 Skating Rinks. 103.116 Games of Skill and Science. 103.117 Rifle Range – Shooting Gallery. 103.118 Teenage Dances. 103.120 Soundproofing of Places of Amusement – When Required.

(Added by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “CARD CLUB” or “SOCIAL CARD CLUB” means any place maintained, operated or conducted, for the principal purpose of furnishing a place where members or guests or other persons play card games,

and where:

(i) A fee is charged either as membership dues or for admission to such place, or for the privilege of playing at cards; or

(ii) Any collection or donation of money is made or received.

2. “CARD SCHOOL” means any place maintained, operated or conducted for the purpose of giving instructions in the playing of card games of any type.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall maintain, operate, conduct or carry on any card club, social card club or card school without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Games Prohibited by Law. No permit issued by the Board shall authorize the conduct of any card game which is prohibited by the Penal Code of California or any ordinance of this City. Any permit issued in violation of this subsection shall be void.

(d) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 117,644, Eff. 1/1/61.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “Carnival” shall mean any fair, festival or like activity of a temporary nature having a concession or concessions.

2. “Concession” shall mean and include any booth or stand or any space, court or area at or in which any game or test of skill, science or amusement is offered and at or in which the public is permitted or invited to participate for a fee, charge or donation.

3. “Operator” or “Conductor” shall mean the operator or conductor of a carnival or concession, as more particularly set forth in Subsection (b) of Section 21.75 of this Code.

(b) Permit Required.

1. No person shall conduct, operate, maintain or carry on a carnival without a written permit from the Board unless exempted under the provisions of Subsection (g) of this section.

2. The operator or conductor shall be responsible for filing the application for a police permit.

3. The permit shall become immediately null and void and without force or effect upon failure to comply with any applicable provisions of this section, or upon the making of a false or misleading application therefor, or upon violation of the gambling statutes or ordinances of the State of California or City of Los Angeles, the hearing, suspension or revocation pro- visions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding.

4. The duration of a carnival operating under fee exempt permit shall not exceed ten calendar days.

(c) Permit Application Requirements.

1. The application shall be filed on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board.

2. The application shall be for a specified time and for a specified location.

3. New applications shall be required for any renewal, change in location, or change in operating time period, and shall be accompanied by the required fees set forth in Section 103.12.

4. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,300, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) The application shall be filed with the Office of Finance not less than 14 calendar days prior to the first day of operation of the carnival. No

application shall be accepted by the Office of Finance which is not filed within the time limit prescribed herein.

5. A complete list of the names and a brief description of the method of play for each game or test of skill, science or amusement shall be attached to the application.

(d) No Permit to Minors. No application shall be accepted from any person under 18 years of age. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(e) (None)

(f) Carnival Prohibited on Streets. No permit shall be granted to any person to hold a carnival in or upon any of the streets or alleys belonging to this City.

(g) Permit Exemptions. No police permit and no police permit fee shall be required for any religious, charitable, educational or other nonprofit benevolent institution to operate or conduct a carnival when the net proceeds of the carnival are to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, benevolent, educational, or civic purposes, and the operator or conductor has applied for and obtained a tax exempt registration certificate pursuant to the provisions of Section 21.75 of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 143,208, Eff. 5/6/72.)

(h) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit to conduct or operate a carnival. The applicant for such permit shall cause a notice of public hearing to be published two times at intervals of not less than five days within the 14-day period prior to the first day of operation of the carnival. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the carnival is to be located and the applicant shall bear all expenses involved in such printing and publishing. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the carnival is to be conducted at least five calendar days prior to the first day of the carnival. All such public notices shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public of the proposed carnival, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of objecting persons to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests, or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all carnivals, the provisions of Section 103.03 of this Code to the contrary not withstanding. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(i) False Statement. Any person who makes or causes to be made any false or misleading statements or omissions in an application for a carnival permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “DANCING ACADEMY” means a regularly established place of business maintained or conducted principally for the purpose of giving instructions in dancing.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, conduct, maintain, or carry on the business of furnishing a place where instruction in dancing is given without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed on a permit by the Board upon written application by the permittee accompanied by the change of location fee prescribed in Section 103.12.

(d) Invitational Dance. Persons other than those receiving regular instruction therein may be admitted to a dance, ball or dance instruction at a dancing academy by bona fide written invitation. Such invitation must be issued to a person named therein prior to the date specified in the invitation. Only the named person and not more than two other guests may be admitted by such invitation. The invitation shall be surrendered to a doorkeeper or ticket taker at the entrance to the dancing academy.

The invitee shall write the names and addresses of the invitee’s guests on the back of the invitation before presentation to the doorkeeper or ticket taker. Nothing in this section shall apply to the admission to a dancing academy of musicians or other persons regularly employed in the conduct of the dance, ball or dancing instruction.

(e) Public Dance – Unless Invitations. Every dance or ball given by a dancing academy for or to which former pupils of such academy are admitted shall be deemed to be a public dance unless all the provisions in this section concerning the issuance of invitations are complied with.

(f) Register Required. Every person conducting, maintaining or carrying on a dancing academy shall keep at all times a register of all persons instructed in dancing therein, in which shall be entered:

1. The name of each and every such person;

2. The time when such instruction begins;

3. The time when the same terminates;

4. The dates upon which instruction is given or contracted to be given;

5. In the case of a female minor under the age of 18 years or a male minor under the age of 17 years, the name of the parent or guardian or other person exercising parental control over such minor with whom the contract for instruction for dancing was made on behalf of such minor. Said register shall be at all time open to the inspection of the Chief of Police and the members of the Police Department.

(g) Intoxicating Liquor, Sale of. No person shall sell, furnish, serve or give away any intoxicating liquor in any dancing academy or in any room or place connected with or used in connection with any such dancing

academy or at any place upon the same premises or within the same enclosure in which such dancing academy is situated while dancing or dancing instruction is being carried on.

(h) Invitations – Writing False Names. No person shall write upon an invitation a false name or any name other than the true name of the persons accompanying the holder of any invitation as provided in this section.

(i) Illumination. No permittee or the permittee’s employees shall hold or conduct any dance or instruction in dancing in any dancing academy after sunset unless the room or hall in which the dance or instruction in dancing is held is well lighted at all times. The intensity of such lighting shall not be less than a minimum of one foot candle at a plane three feet above the floor at all points on such floor

(j) Shutting Off Light. No person shall shut or turn off the lights or lighting or reduce the intensity below the minimum in Subsection (i).

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

(a) Motion Picture Shows Defined. As used in this article, “motion picture shows” means the exhibiting or presenting of motion pictures to the public in any theater, show house or other place of entertainment.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in the business of exhibiting or presenting motion picture shows without a written permit from the Board.

(Title and Section amended by Ord. No. 176,617, Eff. 6/6/05.)

(a) Purpose. This Section establishes the standards and procedures for the issuance of permits for special events consisting of parades and assemblies in the City of Los Angeles. The purpose of this Section is to preserve and protect the public health and safety of the citizens of Los Angeles, the rights of individuals to engage in expressive activity protected under the First Amendment, and to provide for the recovery of costs to the City directly flowing from these events. This Section shall only apply to events that fall within the definition of “Parade” or “Assembly,” as set forth below. All other street closures, including Athletic Events (as that term is defined in this Section), shall be governed by the procedures set forth in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 41.20.

(b) Definitions. As used in this Article:

“ASSEMBLY” means any stationary formation, assembly, or gathering for the purpose of Expressive Activity upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public place which does not comply with normal or usual traffic regulations or controls. This term does not include block parties, street festivals, carnivals or other Street Closures, as that term is defined in this Section.

“ATHLETIC EVENT” means an event, not involving as a primary component, “Expressive Activity,” as that term is defined in this Section, in which a group of people collectively engage in a sport or form of physical exercise, including but not limited to jogging, bicycling, walking, roller skating, or running, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, which does not comply with normal and usual traffic regulations and controls.

“BOARD” means the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles.

“DEPARTMENT” means the Los Angeles Police Department.

“DESIGNATED POLICE COMMISSIONER” means the Board Commissioner designated by the President of the Board to act on behalf of the Board to grant or deny event permits.

“EVENT” means a parade or assembly, or both, which is the subject of a permit application under this section.

“EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY” includes conduct, the sole or principal object of which is the expression, dissemination or communication by verbal, visual, literary or auditory means of opinions, views, or ideas. It includes public oratory and the distribution of literature.

“PARADE” means any march or procession, other than an Athletic Event, consisting of persons, animals or vehicles, or combination thereof, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, which does not comply with normal or usual traffic regulations or controls. This term does not include Street Closures, as that term is defined in this Section, funeral processions, or official governmental motorcades.

“PERMIT APPLICATION FEE” means a nonrefundable fee to be paid by the applicant at the time the permit application is submitted to the Department. The amount of the fee will be set from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The fee will be used to defray the direct costs of processing and investigating the Event application.

“STREET CLOSURE” means the closure of streets by the Department of Public Works for an Athletic Event or other activity pursuant to Section 41.20 of this Code.

(c) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, manage or sponsor any Parade or Assembly without a written permit from the Board. No person shall participate in any Parade or Assembly with the knowledge that its sponsor has not been issued the required permit.

(d) Interference with Event. No person shall knowingly join or participate in any Parade or Assembly conducted under permit from the Board in violation of any of the terms of the permit, or knowingly join or participate in any permitted Parade or Assembly without the consent and over the objection of the permittee, nor in any manner interfere with the progress or orderly conduct of a permitted Parade or Assembly.

(e) Application for Permit.

1. Submission of Application.

   A. Written applications for permits should be submitted to the Department at least 40 days prior to the date of the requested Event. However, all applications for permits shall be acted upon by the Department and the Board so long as they are received by the Department not less than five days before the date of the requested Event. The five-day time limitation shall be waived by the Designated Police Commissioner if the occurrence giving rise to the permit application did not reasonably allow the applicant time to file within the time prescribed, and imposition of the time limitation would place an unreasonable restriction on the right to free speech.

   B. An application will be accepted by the Department only if it is fully completed, legible, and is accompanied by a receipt from the Office of Finance of payment of the Permit Application Fee as required pursuant to Subdivision (e)(2)C. below.

   C. Applications shall be submitted no more than six months before the Event date.

2. Form of Application.

   A. An application for a permit shall be made on a form provided by the Department and shall contain the following:

   (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;

   (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the sponsoring organization;

(3) the specific date(s) of the Event, including date(s) for set-up and tear down;

(4) the starting and ending times;

(5) the exact location of the assembly and disbanding areas, indicating the particular portion of a street, corner of an intersection, portion of private property or park area, etc., if appropriate;

(6) the exact route and direction of travel of the Parade;

(7) the portion of the street needed for the Event;

(8) the total number and type of bands, marching units, vehicles, animals, structures, or other elements/props which will be used in the Event;

(9) the estimated number of participants and spectators expected at the Event;

(10) a description of any sound amplification equipment which will be used in the Event;

(11) the number of floats, if any, which will be used in the Parade and their size, type and method of power;

(12) the cleanup activities planned; and

(13) the parking contingencies planned.

B. If the Event is designed to be held by and on behalf of or for any organization other than the applicant, the applicant for the permit shall file a communication in writing from the organization
authorizing the applicant to apply for such permit on its behalf.

C. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by a receipt from the Office of Finance evidencing payment of the requisite Permit Application Fee.

(f) Application Processing Procedure.

1. Timing of Action on Permit. The Board shall approve or deny an application as set forth in this subsection no later than the earliest date of the following: (i) 15 days after the complete application and receipt

for payment of the Permit Application Fee were received by the Department, or (ii) three business days prior to the date of the scheduled Event; provided however that in the event that the Designated Police Commissioner waives the five-day notice requirement as set forth in Subsection (e), the application shall be approved or denied no later than 24 hours prior to the date of the scheduled Event.

2. Processing by the Department.

   A. Written Report. Applications for permits shall be filed directly with the Department. The Department shall investigate the application and prepare a written report, including recommendations of whether the permit should be granted or denied and any conditions which should be imposed.

   B. Notification of Affected Agencies. Upon receipt of the complete application and Permit Application Fee receipt, the Department shall notify and transmit a copy of the application to the following:

   (1) Chief Engineer of the Fire Department;

   (2) General Manager of the Department of Transportation;

   (3) General Manager of the Department of General Services;

(4) Director of the Bureau of Street Services and Director of the Bureau of Sanitation, Department of Public Works;

(5) CalTrans (where appropriate);

(6) General Manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority;

(7) California Highway Patrol, only if a state highway is involved;

(8) Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC);

(9) General Manager of the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors (where appropriate);

(10) General Manager of the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks (where appropriate);

(11) The Mayor’s Office of Special Events; and

(12) The Office of the Council Member of the affected Council District.

This notification and transmittal shall be for the purpose of identifying any logistical or public safety issues surrounding the granting of the particular application, and to enable the Department of
Transportation and the Bureau of Street Services to determine the traffic control and clean-up services that will be required and the costs to be paid by the applicant for those services.

Immediately upon the granting of a permit, the Board shall transmit a copy thereof to each of the above agencies.

3. Action on Application.

A. Recommendations of Department.

(1) If the recommendation of the Department is to approve the application without conditions or with conditions to which the applicant agrees, the Executive Director of the Board, on behalf of
the Board, shall approve the permit.

(2) If the recommendation of the Department is to approve the application with conditions to which the applicant disagrees, the contested conditions shall be set forth in a report. The application,
report, and recommendations shall be referred to the Designated Police Commissioner and a copy shall be provided to the applicant.

(3) If the recommendation of the Department is to deny the permit, the grounds for the recommendation shall be set forth in a report. The application, report, and recommendations shall be
referred to the Designated Police Commissioner and a copy shall be provided to the applicant.

(4) If the Department simultaneously receives two or more applications from applicants requesting the same date, time, and location for the same or similar events, the Department will complete
the processing on the applications and forward them to the Designated Police Commissioner for action on each application.

B. Action by the Designated Police Commissioner. If an application is referred to the Designated Police Commissioner, the Designated Police Commissioner shall act to grant or deny the application in compliance with Subdivision (f)(1). The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision by the Designated Police Commissioner by facsimile or overnight courier and shall be informed that the applicant has the right to appeal the decision as set forth in Subsection (j) below.

(g) Issuance of the Permit. The Board shall issue a permit following:

1. Final action on the permit pursuant to Subsection (f);

2. An agreement by the applicant or sponsor in writing to comply with any conditions imposed on the Event by the permit, including payment of traffic control and clean-up costs; and

3. Compliance with all of the applicable requirements of Subsection (h) below.

(h) Conditions to Issuance of Permit. The Board may condition the issuance of a permit by imposing reasonable requirements concerning the time, place, and manner of the Event, as necessary to protect the safety of all persons and property, provided that the conditions shall not unreasonably restrict the right of free speech. These conditions include, but are not limited to:

1. Alteration of the date or time of the Event proposed on the application;

2. Alteration of the location of the Assembly, route of the Parade, and/or the area and manner of assembling and disbanding of the Parade;

3. Accommodation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including restricting the Event to only a portion of a street or highway;

4. Compliance with all ordinances or laws and obtaining all legally required permits or licenses;

5. Requirements for the training and use of volunteers, monitors, or parade officials;

6. Restrictions on the number and type of vehicles, animals, or structures at the Event, and prior inspection and approval of floats, structures, and decorated vehicles for fire safety by the Los Angeles Fire
Department;

7. Requirements for the use of garbage containers, cleanup, and restoration of City property;

8. Requirements for providing notice of permit conditions to volunteers, monitors, parade officials, and event participants;

9. Requirements for providing a certain specified number of parade officials or volunteers to ensure a safe and expeditious parade;

10. Requirements for the provision of adequate first aid and sanitary facilities;

11. Requirements for the use of amplification devices or amplified sound; and

    12. Requirements to provide proof of automobile insurance (where the Event involves the operating of vehicles, including motorized floats, upon the streets or highways).

(i) Grounds for Denial of Application or Revocation of a Permit.

1. The Board, through either the Executive Director or the Designated Police Commissioner, shall approve an application for a permit unless it determines from a consideration of the application or other pertinent information, the existence of any of the following, any of which shall also be justification for the Board to revoke a previously issued permit:

   A. Information contained in the application, or supplementary information requested from the applicant, is false in any material detail;

   B. The applicant failed to provide a complete application after being notified of the requirement of producing additional information or documents;

   C. The Event will interfere with another Event, street closure or other activity for which a permit has previously been granted;

   D. The concentration of persons, animals and/or vehicles at the site of the Event, or at the assembly and disbanding areas, will prevent proper police, fire, ambulance, or other public services to areas contiguous to the Event;

   E. The time, route or size of the Event will disrupt to an unreasonable extent the safe and expeditious movement of traffic contiguous to the event site or route, or unreasonably disrupt the use of a street or

   highway when it is usually subject to great traffic congestion;

   F. The size or duration of the Event will require the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the City that providing the minimum level of police services to other areas of the City is

   jeopardized. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes denial of a permit because of the need to protect Event participants from the conduct of others;

   G. The Event will substantially interfere with any construction or maintenance work scheduled to take place upon or along the affected City streets or highways, or a previously granted encroachment permit;

   H. The parade will not move from its point of origin to its point of termination in five hours or less;

   I. The length of the parade route exceeds 3 miles from its point of origin to its point of termination; or

   J. The applicant fails to conduct the Event in accordance with the information contained in the permit application, or any terms and conditions imposed on the issued permit.

   2. When the grounds for denial of the application for a permit specified in Subdivision (i)1. can be corrected by altering the time, place and/or manner of the Event as authorized by Subsection (h), the Board

   shall, instead of denying the application, conditionally approve the application provided the applicant accepts such conditions for permit issuance. The conditions imposed shall provide for only such modifications of the applicant’s proposed Event as are necessary to achieve compliance with this subsection.

(j) Appeal Procedure.

1. Right to Appeal. The applicant shall have the right to appeal any permit conditions imposed upon an Event or the denial of a permit application. The applicant shall also have the right to appeal the amount of traffic control fees or clean-up deposits imposed pursuant to subsection (l).

   2. Notice of Appeal. A notice of appeal stating the grounds for the appeal shall be filed with the Board no later than three days after delivery of the notice of the denial of the application or notice of the

   contested/disputed permit conditions.

   3. Hearing by the Board.

   A. If an applicant files a notice of appeal, the Board shall conduct a hearing on the appeal at the next scheduled meeting of the Board. The Board shall render its decision at the hearing unless the permit
   applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final.

   B. If the date of the next scheduled meeting of the Board following the receipt of a notice of appeal is later than two business days before the date of the scheduled Event, the Board shall convene a
   special meeting within 24 hours of the delivery of the notice of appeal. Notice of the time and place of said special meeting shall be given to all parties at least 24 hours prior to said hearing. The Board shall
   render its decision at the hearing unless the permit applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final.

   C. No Board member who did not hear the evidence or who was not read or heard the record or proceedings shall vote on the decision.

(k) Contents of Permit. In each permit, the Board shall prescribe:

1. The assembly area and time therefor:

2. The start time;

3. The minimum and maximum speeds for the Parade;

4. The exact route of the Parade;

5. What portions of streets to be traversed may be occupied by the Event;

6. The maximum number of units and the maximum and minimum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the Parade;

7. The maximum length of the Parade in miles or fractions thereof;

8. The disbanding area and disbanding time;

9. The number of persons required to officiate and/or monitor the Event;

10. The number and type of vehicles, if any;

11. The material and maximum size of any sign, banner, placard or carrying device therefor; and

12. All conditions imposed upon the Event pursuant to Subsection (h) of this Section.

(l) Fees and Indemnification.

1. Each applicant, and any other person, organization, firm or corporation on whose behalf the application is made, shall be required to agree in writing to jointly and separately indemnify, protect and defend and hold harmless the City of Los Angeles, its officers and employees against all claims, damages, expenses, loss or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of, or resulting from, the alleged acts or omissions of the permittee, its officers, agents or employees in connection with the Parade or Assembly.

2. Traffic Control Costs.

   A. Prepayment of Costs. Upon approval by the Board of a permit for a Parade or Assembly but prior to the date of the scheduled Event, the Department of Transportation, through the Bureau of Street Services, shall provide the applicant with a statement of the estimated cost of providing traffic management at the Event. The applicant/sponsor shall be required to pay the traffic control costs either prior to the date of the Event or within 15 days thereafter. Traffic control consists of clearing the parade/assembly route of unauthorized vehicles, posting any parking restrictions necessary for the Event, diverting traffic around the Event, and directing pedestrian and vehicular traffic along the route of a parade.

   B. Computing Traffic Control Costs. The traffic control costs shall be computed by determining the number of LADOT personnel who will be required for traffic control beyond that which would otherwise be required at that time, multiplied by the number of hours for which such additional service is rendered at the rate of the City’s full cost of providing officers on an hourly basis as established by the Department of Transportation.

   C. Refunds or Additional Charges. If the actual cost for traffic control on the date of the Event is less than the estimated cost pursuant to Subdivision (l)2.A. above, the applicant/ sponsor will be refunded the difference by the City. If more traffic officers’ hours are required than originally charged, the applicant/sponsor will be billed the additional costs.

   D. Traffic control costs shall not be assessed if the size of the parade/assembly can be controlled by 5 or fewer traffic officers over a two-hour period, as determined by LADOT.

3. Clean-up Deposit.

   A. The applicant/sponsor of an Event involving horses or other large animals, the sale of food or beverages, or the erection of any structure shall be required to provide a clean-up deposit prior to the date of the Event, paid to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Services. The clean-up deposit shall be in the amount established in a cleanup fee schedule adopted by the City Council.

B. The clean-up deposit shall be returned after the Event if the area used for the Event has been cleaned and restored to the same condition as existed prior to the Event, as determined by a representative of the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Services.

C. If the property used for the Event has not been cleaned or restored, the permittee shall be billed for the actual cost of the clean-up and restoration by the Office of Finance, and the clean-up deposit or portion thereof shall be applied toward the payment of the bill.

D. If the permittee disputes the bill, the permittee may appeal to the Board of Public Works within 5 days after receipt of the bill. Should there be any unexpended balance on the deposit after completion of the work, this balance shall be promptly refunded to the permittee. Should the amount of the bill exceed the clean-up deposit, the difference shall become due and payable to the City upon the applicant’s receipt of the bill.

4. Waiver of Fees for Traffic Control and Clean-up Services. Upon receipt of an application therefor to the Bureau of Street Services One Stop Special Events Permit Office, Traffic Control and Clean-up

Services costs shall be waived for non- commercial Parades and Assemblies, so long as the particular event would qualify for a waiver applying all of the requirements, conditions and criteria set forth in Municipal Code Sections 41.20 and 41.20.1. Applications for such waivers shall be processed as set forth in Municipal Code Sections 41.20 and 41.20.1.

(m) Waiver. Except as specifically set forth herein, no requirements of this Section shall be waived.

(n) Violation. Willful violation of any of the provisions of this Section, or the terms or conditions of an Event permit by the permittee or any participant in said Event is a misdemeanor.

(o) Severability. If any subsection, subdivision. sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this section, or the application thereof to any person, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section or its application to other persons. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section and each subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(a) Definitions. As used in this section:

1. “RIDE” includes any merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, carousel, rocket ride, looper ride, roller coaster, dive-ride or other similar device.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate or maintain any ride within 500 feet of any dwelling without a written permit from the Board. A separate application and permit shall be required for each location. One or more pieces of equipment described in the application may be installed under one permit at each location.

(c) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(a) Definition. As used in this article:

1. “SKATING RINK, PUBLIC” means a place where skating is regularly conducted on certain days as a business, whether for profit or not, and to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge or at which the public is allowed to participate in the skating either with or without charge.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct or manage a skating rink without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Special Police Officers. A permittee conducting a skating rink may apply to the Board for the appointment of a special police officer to attend such skating rink for the purpose of preserving law and order. Such special police officer shall be paid by such permittee. The presence of a special police officer at a skating rink shall not relieve the permittee or the permittee’s employees from the responsibility for violation of any law or ordinance.

(d) Minors. No minor less than 16 years of age may enter or remain in a skating rink establishment unaccompanied by a parent or guardian between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. unless the parent or guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the skating rink a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator. (Amended by Ord. No. 157,231, Eff. 12/30/82.)

(e) Illumination. All skating rinks must be properly lighted when open to the public.

(f) Locations Prohibited. No person shall erect, operate or maintain any skating rink or any building or other structure within which persons are permitted to use roller skates for skating within 200 feet of any

schoolhouse, church or hospital.

(g) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Furthermore, the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested persons may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “GAME OF SKILL AND SCIENCE ” means any game of amusement, but not including athletic sporting events, which is participated in by one or more players for any prize, gift or award of anything of

value where or when any charge is made by the persons conducting, operating or maintaining such game, or any consideration is paid by any player for the right to play or participate in any such game, and the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is dependent upon the skill of the player or players and not upon chance, provided, that in any case where the result of such game may be dependent to some extent upon the judgment, intelligence or adroitness of the player, but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance. Such a game shall not be considered as a game of skill and science, but shall be considered as a game of chance.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, operate, maintain, conduct, carry on or permit, suffer or allow the operation, maintenance, conducting or carrying on of any game of skill and science without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Findings of Board. If the Board finds that the game proposed to be conducted is a game of skill and science and that such game is not prohibited by the provisions of Chapter 10, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the State of California, or any other law of the State of California, or any law of the City, and that the conducting, operating or maintaining of such game at the location described in the application will comport with the public welfare, the Board may grant such application and issue a permit to conduct the same.

If in making its determination of the questions as to whether the game proposed to be operated, conducted or maintained is a game of skill and science or a game of chance, the Board is of the opinion that although the result of such game is dependent to some extent upon judgment, practice, intelligence or adroitness on the part of participants in such game but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance, the Board shall find that the proposed game is a game of chance and not a game of skill and science, the application for permit shall be denied.

(d) Permits – Conditions. Any such permit shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:

1. That such permittee will not permit, suffer or allow the game authorized to be played in any manner other than the manner described in detail in the application.

   2. That no equipment, apparatus, device, material or contrivance of any kind be used in the conduct of or playing of such game that is not described or referred to in the application.

2. That such permittee shall not give or award any prize, award, or gift to any participant in any such game which is money, tokens, checks, warrants, certificates, or chips exchangeable for money by the permittee, the permittee’s agent or employees; provided, that chips or tokens redeemable in or exchangeable for merchandise or the right to further participation in such game, may be used in playing the game authorized hereby;

   4. That such permittee will not and does not enter into any agreement, combine or understanding with any person whatsoever to the effect that either the permittee, the permittee’s agent or someone acting for and

   on behalf of the permittee as contractor, or otherwise, will buy any gift, prize or award given or awarded to any participant in any game, or exchange any such gift, prize or award for money.

Each of said conditions shall be incorporated in and made a part of each permit issued hereunder.

No person shall conduct, operate or maintain any such game, or permit, suffer or allow the conducting, operation or maintenance of any game in any manner or mode except in accordance with and in strict conformance with all of the conditions set forth in this subsection.

(e) Summary Revocation. If the permittee, the permittee’s agent, employee or servant acting for and on behalf of such permittee in connection with the operation, maintenance or conduct of any game, is convicted in any court of having violated any law of the State of California prohibiting or regulating gaming, or of having violated any of the laws of this City prohibiting or regulating gaming, all permits therefore issued to such permittee shall be revoked by the Board immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of final judgment of conviction of the court with the Board and without hearing or previous notice.

(f) Games Prohibited by Law. No permit issued by the Board shall authorize the conduct of any game which is prohibited by the Penal Code of California or any other law of the State of California or of this City. Any permit issued in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void.

(g) Public Hearings. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.) The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of th business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.

No person shall conduct, manage, or operate any shooting gallery, rifle range, gun club, trap shooting range, or other place where firearms are discharged without a written permit from the Board.

(Amended by Ord. No. 160,203, Eff. 9/2/85.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article, the term “premises” shall mean any facility open to the public where activity regulated hereunder is occurring, the room or rooms where such activity is occurring and the area adjacent thereto to which direct access is available from such room and the term “Teenager” shall mean any person over the age of 13 years and under the age of 18 years.

(b) Permit Required.

1. No person, dancing club or other association shall, without first obtaining a permit from the Board, operate, manage or maintain any dance hall, “disco”, nightclub or Social Contact Concierge Establishment, or conduct any public dance or dances wherein teenagers are permitted to be present, except as herein provided.

2. Such permit shall be in addition to any other dance permit required by this article.

(c) Permit – Application – Contents of. An application for a permit shall be accompanied by certification that the premises where a dance is to be held or dancing activity is to occur is adequate for the purpose, and that the premises conform with the existing health, safety, fire and zoning ordinances of the City of Los Angeles. The certification shall also specify the maximum number of persons that may safely be accommodated at the location where the dance or dancing activity is to take place.

(d) Exceptions.

1. A permit shall not be required for any agency or department of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Board of Education, or other political subdivision of the State of California, or for any religious or charitable organization holding a valid tax exempt registration certificate under Section 21.22 of this Code and which is normally engaged in youth or child-serving activities.

2. A permit shall not be required for any hotel, café, restaurant, banquet hall or catering facility which does not predominantly cater to the patronage of teenagers and where no charge or admission is imposed for the privilege of entering or dancing.

(e) Investigation. Upon the filing of an application, the Board shall cause that investigation to be made which it deems necessary. The Board shall issue no permit to the applicant unless the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The dance or dancing activity for which an application has been filed conforms to the laws of the City of Los Angeles and of the State of California, and will not constitute a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community;

2. A sufficient number of adult supervisors who are employees of the location will be provided to insure compliance with the provisions of this section and any rules or regulations promulgated by the Board with respect thereto. For purposes herein, a sufficient number shall constitute, at a minimum, a ratio of one adult to every 35 teenagers in attendance at the teenage dance premises.

(f) Lighting in Hall. Each of the premises where any dance or dancing activity regulated under this section is held, shall be adequately lighted at all times when open for dancing. For purposes herein, the volume of illumination shall at no time be less than one foot-candle in any part of the building and premises accessible to participants.

(g) Parking – Lighting. All off-street parking facilities under the direct or indirect control of a permittee shall be adequately lighted and supervised so as to ensure that violations of this article or other laws do not occur. For purposes herein, adequate lighting and supervision will be established by the Board at the time of the granting or reviewing a permit.

(h) Use of Drugs or Alcoholic Beverages – Prohibited. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, consumed or be available on the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity is being held which is regulated by this section. Admission to the premises shall be denied to any person showing evidence of drinking any alcoholic beverages or showing symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of any chemical substance.

(i) Time Limit for Dances. Teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall not be permitted after 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and local public school holidays. On all other days, except Fridays, Saturdays, and the day before a legal holiday, teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall be prohibited after the hour of 10:00 p.m., provided however that permission to continue dancing after 10:00 p.m. on such other days may be granted by the Board during public school vacation periods if the Board finds the continuation of dancing after 10:00 p.m. does not unreasonably disturb the peace and quiet of the surrounding neighborhood. In no event shall such an establishment be permitted to continue such teenage dances or dancing activity later than 1:00 a.m.

(j) Teenagers Under the Age of 15 Years . No person under the age of 15 years shall be permitted to enter any premises where there is dancing activity regulated under this section unless such person is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian unless the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the facility a consent form for such minor to be there unaccompanied by said parent or guardian. The consent shall be set forth on a form approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or legal guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator of the facility and shall contain the minor’s name, date of birth, address, and the parent or legal guardian’s telephone number for use in case of an emergency. In the event no such consent form has been so completed and filed, such teenagers shall not be permitted to enter into or remain at the premises unless accompanied or escorted by their parent or legal guardian. Any teenager admitted and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian shall have the rights and privileges of other legally admitted teenagers. Any teenager entering pursuant to a consent form filed by the teenager’s parent or legal guardian must present valid identification as defined in Subsection (n).

(k) Persons Under the Age of 13 Years . In no event shall any person under the age of 13 years be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section.

(l) Persons Over the Age of 20 Years . No person over the age of 20 years shall be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section unless that person is a parent or legal guardian accompanying a child as required by Subsections (j) and (m) herein.

(m) Teenagers Between the Age of 15 and 18 Years . No person between the ages of 15 and 18 years may be present at premises regulated under this section unless the person (1) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or, if unaccompanied, the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed a consent form similar to that required by Subsection (j) herein; or (2) presents valid proof of age as defined in Subsection (n) herein.

(n) Proof of Age. Proof of age shall be required of each patron entering the establishment. Such proof may be established by identification issued by a governmental agency, the patron’s school, or the Department of Motor Vehicles, and must contain the patron’s name, date of birth, and a picture that has been taken within the preceding two years.

(o) Denial of Entry on Request of Parent. No person having charge or control of any premises regulated under this section shall allow a teenager to enter or remain at the premises after receiving a written notice

signed by the parent or legal guardian of such teenager which requests that said teenager be prevented from entering the premises.

(p) Attendance. Except in emergency situations, no patron shall be permitted to leave the premises at which any dance or dancing activity regulated by this section is being held and thereafter re-enter prior to the conclusion of such dance or dancing activity. No pass or other indicia permitting re-entry shall be issued.

(q) Criminal History of Supervisory Staff. No person, dancing club, or other association or entity obtaining a permit under this section shall employ any person as a supervisory employee at the premises at the time of any dancing activity regulated hereunder who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony in the last five (5) years, nor shall such permittee employ any person who has been arrested and is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. As permitted by California Labor Code Section 432.7, such permittee shall ask all applicants for such employment at the premises about any conviction, as that term is used in said Labor Code Section, and about any arrest for which the applicant is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. Copies of the employment applications of all persons hired shall be filed with the Board. Upon a showing of just causes a permittee may apply to the Board for a waiver of this provision. Just cause, as used in this subsection, shall include but is not limited to a demonstration that the prior conviction, or arrest as described herein, would not have an adverse effect on the employee’s ability to supervise teenagers at a location as described within this section. While teenagers are present, all employees also present within the premises, as that term is defined by this section, shall be considered supervisory employees.

(r) Duty of Management. If a teenager is discovered inside the premises showing evidence or symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of alcohol or any chemical substance, that teenager shall be reported by management to local police authorities and to the teenager’s parent or legal guardian. Management shall attempt to separate the teenager from other teenagers at the premises pending the arrival of police or the parent or legal guardian of the teenager. A notice shall be posted by all pay phones containing the local police telephone number and shall request all patrons to call the police if management neglects to take action to report a violation of this subsection.

(s) Operation After 1:00 a.m. – 18 Year Olds . If the premises intends to operate after the closing time set forth in Subsection (i) herein, the premises must first be vacated by all customers, and thereafter only those persons 18 years of age or older who present valid identification containing proof of age established as set forth in Subsection (n) herein may be permitted to enter the premises.

(t) Additional Restrictions by the Board. The Board may promulgate additional rules as necessary with respect thereto.

(u) Regulation by Permittee. Nothing herein is intended to preclude the imposition of more restrictive regulations by any permittee so long as the regulations are not in conflict with any provision of this section.

(a) Places of Amusement Included. This section applies to any place of public amusement or recreation for the operation of which a permit from the Board of Police Commissioners is required by this Code and in connection with which any loudspeaking system or public address system is used, or any other method of amplifying music, speech or sound employed.

(b) Authority of the Board. Whenever, upon notice and hearing, as required by this chapter, the Board shall determine that music or noise from any such place of amusement or recreation, caused by the operation of any loudspeaking system, public address system or other method of amplifying music, speech or sound, interferes with the peace and quiet of a substantial number of persons dwelling in the vicinity as to deprive them of the reasonable enjoyment of their property, the Board may suspend the permit until the offending premises is sound-proofed in a manner that, in the judgment of the Board, will be effective to eliminate the annoyance complained of.