Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 12 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 12.40 Employment and Business Solicitations in Public Places
Rosemead Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rosemead
Cite as: Rosemead Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 · Text as of 2026-10-04
12.40.010 - Definitions.¶
As used in this chapter the following meanings shall apply:
"Business" means and includes any type of product, goods, service, performance or activity which is provided or performed, or offered to be provided or performed, in exchange for money, labor, goods or any other form of consideration.
"Employment" means and includes services, industry or labor performed by a person for wages or other compensation or under any contract of hire, written, oral, express or implied.
"Solicit" means and includes any request, offer, enticement or action which announces the availability for or of employment, the sale of goods, or a request for money or other property, or any request, offer, enticement or action which seeks to purchase or secure goods or employment, or to make a contribution of money or other property. As defined herein, a solicitation shall be deemed complete when made, whether or not an actual employment relationship is created, a transaction is completed, or an exchange of money or other property takes place.
(Ord. 746 § 2 (part), 1994: prior code § 4174)
12.40.020 - Soliciting prohibited when.¶
A. It is unlawful for any person, while standing in any portion of the public right-of-way, including but not limited to public streets, highways, sidewalks and driveways, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business or contributions of money or other property, from any person traveling in a vehicle along a public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, public streets, highways or driveways. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in the city.
B. It is unlawful for any person, while the occupant of a moving or stopped vehicle, to offer or solicit, or attempt to offer or solicit, employment, business or contributions of money or other property, to or from a person who is within the public right-of-way, including but not limited to a public street, highway, sidewalk, driveway or any private commercial or business parking lots and streets and sidewalks which are customarily open to the public. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in city.
(Ord. 766 § 1, 1996; Ord. 746 § 2 (part), 1994: prior code §§ 4175, 4176)
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