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Title 5 — Sanitation and Health

Redondo Beach Municipal Code Ch. 6 Public Health Code

Redondo Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Redondo Beach

Cite as: Redondo Beach Municipal Code Chapter 6 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 5-6.01. Adoption of the Los Angeles County Health Code.

(a)

(1) There is hereby adopted for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing public health matters in the City that certain Los Angeles County Health Code, being County of Los Angeles Ordinance No. 7583, adopted by the Board of Supervisors August 25, 1959, effective September 25, 1959, including amendments through County Ordinance No. 10075, effective October 31, 1970, and County of Los Angeles Ordinance No. 97-0071, adopted by the Board of Supervisors December 16, 1997, save and except such portions thereof as are deleted, modified, or amended by the provisions of this chapter, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in length herein, and from the date on which this chapter shall take effect the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the City.

(2) Three copies of said Code, adopted herein by reference, are on file and open to public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

(b) Pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 50022.1 to 50022.10, inclusive, and subject to the particular additions, amendments, and deletions set forth in this chapter, the rules, regulations, provisions, and conditions set forth in that certain Los Angeles County Health Code, Division 1 of Title 8 added by Ordinance No. 970071 and that certain California Assembly Bill 300, Safe Body Art Act, enumerated as California Health and Safety Code Sections 119300 through 119328, inclusive, one full printed copy of Los Angeles County Health Code, Division 1 of Title 8 and California Assembly Bill 300, Safe Body Art Act was by the Council ordered filed and which has been actually filed in the office of the City Clerk, expressly incorporated herein and made part hereof as fully and for all intents and purposes as though set forth herein at length, are hereby established and adopted as the rules, regulations, standards, provisions, and conditions to be observed and followed for the protection of public health and matters incidental thereto, subject to the additions, amendments, and deletions set forth in this chapter, said Code with its appendices and tables, containing said rules, regulations, standards, provisions, and conditions, is hereby established and adopted, and the same shall be designated, known, and referred to as the "Body Art Health and Safety Code" of and for the City.

(1) A copy of Division 1 of Title 8 as adopted in Section 5-6.04 has been deposited with the City Clerk and shall at all times be maintained by the Clerk for use and examination by the public.

(2) A copy of California Assembly Bill 300, Safe Body Art Act, enumerated as California Health and Safety Code Sections 119300 through 119328 as adopted in Section 5-6.05 has been deposited with the City Clerk and shall at all times be maintained by the Clerk for use and examination by the public.

(§ 1, Ord. 1968 c.s., eff. June 19, 1968, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2032 c.s., eff. December 23, 1970, § 1, Ord. 2925 c.s., eff. February 6, 2004, and § 1, Ord. 3145 c.s., eff. December 17, 2015)

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§ 5-6.02. Violations.

Section 110 of said Los Angeles County Health Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Violations of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand and no/100ths ($1,000.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail or the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted shall make such violation a separate offense.

(§ 1, Ord. 1968 c.s., eff. June 19, 1968)

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§ 5-6.03. Nuisances.

Section 317 of said Los Angeles County Health Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Whenever a nuisance or condition endangering the public health shall be ascertained to exist on any premises or in any house or any other place, the Health Officer shall notify in writing the person having control of, or acting as agent for, such premises, house, or other place to abate or remove such nuisance or condition within a reasonable time to be stated on such notice. Upon the neglect or refusal of such person to comply with such notice, the Health Officer may abate such nuisance or condition, and the person having control of such house, premises, or place, in addition to the penalties provided by this ordinance, shall be liable to the City of Redondo Beach for the cost of such abatement, to be recovered in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. If no person can be found upon whom to serve such notice, the Health Officer may proceed to abate such nuisance or condition at the expense of the City at a cost not to exceed Fifty and no/100ths ($50.00) Dollars per day.

(§ 1, Ord. 1968 c.s., eff. June 19, 1968)

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§ 5-6.04. Adoption of Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 8.04 regarding body art.

(a) Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 8.04 of the Los Angeles County Code as amended herein, in effect on November 3, 2015, and as amended or renumbered in the future by Los Angeles County is hereby adopted by reference and shall constitute and may be cited as the Body Art Regulations of Redondo Beach.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, Sections 8.04.025, through 8.04.060, inclusive, 8.04.067, through 8.04.097, inclusive, 8.04.106, through 8.04.240, inclusive, 8.04.260, through 8.04.339, inclusive, 8.04.345, 8.04.349, through 8.04.370, inclusive, 8.04.380, through 8.04.403, inclusive, 8.04.415 through 8.04.425, inclusive, 8.04.432, through 8.04.446, inclusive, 8.04.452, through 8.04.530, inclusive, 8.04.580, 8.04.595, 8.04.620, 8.04.630, 8.04.645 through 8.04.655, inclusive, 8.04.670, through 8.04.700, inclusive, 8.04.752, through 8.04.760, inclusive, 8.04.780, 8.04.820, 8.04.841, 8.04.950 through 8.04.1230 are hereby deleted.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-6.04(a) of this Code, the definition set forth in Section 8.04.064 of Chapter 8.04 shall read as follows:

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§ 5-6.05. Adoption of Safe Body Art Act, California Assembly Bill 300.

(a) The Safe Body Art Act, enumerated as California Health and Safety Code Sections 119300 through 119328, inclusive in effect on November 3, 2015, and as amended or renumbered in the future is hereby adopted by reference and shall constitute and may be cited as the Body Art Regulations of Redondo Beach.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-6.04(a) of this chapter, Article 4.5 (Mobile Body Art Facilities) of the Safe Body Art Act Sections 119316 through 119316.5, inclusive, are hereby deleted.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-6.04(a) of this chapter, Article 5 (Temporary Body Art Facilities) of the Safe Body Art Act Sections 119317 through 119318, inclusive, are hereby deleted.

(§ 3, Ord. 3145 c.s., eff. December 17, 2015)

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§ 5-6.06. Interpretation.

(a) Whenever there is a conflict between any of the provisions of said Body Art Health and Safety Code and other sections of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code or other ordinances of this City heretofore or hereafter adopted relating specifically to the same subject matter, the latter shall prevail.

(b) The definition or regulation of any activity, condition or structure in said Body Art Health and Safety Code shall not be interpreted or deemed to permit or allow the conduct of any such activity or the construction or maintenance of any such condition or structure as may be otherwise prohibited or restricted by any other sections of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code or other ordinances of this City heretofore or hereafter adopted.

(§ 4, Ord. 3145 c.s., eff. December 17, 2015)

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§ 5-6.07. Violations of body art health and safety regulations.

Any person, firm, or corporation ("person") violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of Redondo Beach shall be guilty of a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 1-2.02 of this Code. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of Redondo Beach is committed, continued, or permitted by any such person, and he or she shall be punished accordingly.

(§ 5, Ord. 3145 c.s., eff. December 17, 2015)

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