Santa Fe Springs Municipal Code Ch. 130 General Provisions

No person shall register at any rooming house, lodginghouse, hotel, inn or other place in the city under the name of any other person or of a fictitious person or give, sign or cause to be signed upon the registry of any rooming house, lodginghouse, hotel, inn or other place, any assumed, false or fictitious name, or any name other than the true and correct name of the person so registering or so giving or signing or causing his name to be signed.

(Ord. 173, passed 3-23-61; '64 Code, § 15-14)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or to stand or sit in or at the entrance of any church, hall, theater or place of public assemblage so as in any manner to obstruct such entrance.

(Ord. 20, passed 5-15-57; '64 Code, § 15-21)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) Every person who recovers possession or takes possession of any motor vehicle under the provisions of any conditional sale or lease contract or chattel mortgage, hereafter termed "repossessed" or "repossessing" shall, within 24 hours after repossessing such vehicle if repossessed within the city, complete and file with the Department of Police Services a form furnished by the city.

(B) Such form shall set forth the following information:

(1) The make, model, year, motor number, serial number and license number of such vehicle.

(2) The name and address of the registered owner of such vehicle.

(3) The name and address of the legal owner of such vehicle at the time of repossession.

(4) The name and address of the person or agency repossessing the vehicle.

(5) The date, time and exact location of repossession.

(6) Such other information as the Director of Police Services shall find to be necessary for the identification of vehicles reported to him as having been stolen or necessary for the prevention of fraud in the repossession of motor vehicles.

(Ord. 83, passed 6-26-58; '64 Code, § 15-27)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this section unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Camp shall have the same meaning ascribed in Section 136.01.

City Facility means any structure owned, operated, controlled, or maintained by the City, including City parks, historical landmarks and plazas, municipal buildings, and other indoor facilities and public areas created, established, designated, maintained, provided, owned, operated or controlled by the City for the purpose of public use, rest, play, recreation, enjoyment, exchange of services, storage, or assembly, and shall include all buildings and structures located thereon or therewith. The term City facility shall also apply to such areas when they are reserved or permitted for use by individuals, groups, or organizations through an approved special written permit issued by the City.

City Park means parks, playgrounds, recreation centers or areas, and other public areas created, established, designated, maintained, provided, owned, operated or controlled by the City for the purpose of public rest, play, recreation, enjoyment or assembly, and shall include all buildings, structures, improvements, and equipment located thereon or therewith.

Electioneering means the visible display or audible dissemination of information that advocates for or against any candidate or measure on the ballot within 100 feet of a polling place, a vote center, an elections official's office, or a satellite location under California Elections Code Section 3018.

Hours of Operation for City Parks means 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., seven days a week, subject to the following exceptions:

Lakeview Park. From May 1 and October 31, from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and from November 1 and April 30 from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m..

Santa Fe Springs Park. From May 1 and October 31, from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and from November 1 and April 30 from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, City parks may be closed by the City Manager or their designee at any time without prior notice, due to health and safety conditions, or failure to comply with the requirements of this code.

Pet means a common domesticated animal such as any dog, cat, rabbit, and other similar animals commonly treated and possessed as a domestic pet.

Smoke or Smoking means engaging in an act that generates smoke, for example: possessing a lighted pipe or a lighted hookah pipe; operating an electronic cigarette, a lighted cigar, or a lighted cigarette of any kind; or lighting or igniting a pipe, a hookah pipe, a cigar, or a cigarette of any kind.

Special Written Permit means a permit issued under the City's Facility Reservation and Use Policy adopted by the City Council on November 12, 2024, as may be amended from time to time.

True Threat of Force means a threat that has sufficient indicia of intent and seriousness, that a reasonable observer would perceive it to be an actual threat to use force by the person making the threat.

Wild Animal shall have the same meaning ascribed in Section 92.003.

(B) Prohibited Activities. It shall be unlawful for any person within any City park or City facility to:

(1) Operate, drive, park or leave standing any motorized vehicle, or any other vehicle, including, but not limited to, electric or motorized scooters, off highway vehicles, motorcycles, golf carts, remote control cars, or to ride any horse or other animal at any time; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to those specific areas within such City parks or City facilities which by order of the City Council, or by authority of any officers or employees of such City having supervision in or over such City parks or City facilities, may now or hereafter be designated for City parking purposes. Provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation, driving or parking of any vehicle or vehicles under a permit granted by the order of the City Council, or by authority of any officers or employees of such City having supervision in or over such City parks or public facilities, or owned by or in the lawful service of such City, or to the operation, driving or parking of delivery and commercial vehicles actually engaged in making lawful deliveries or pick-ups of any goods, wares, merchandise or supplies into or from such City parks or public facilities, or engaged in the performance of an authorized service for such City therein, or to any employee of the City while such employee is actually engaged in the performance of his or her work for such City in such park or facility, or is actually going to or from his or her place of employment in such park or facility.

(2) Lead or let loose any wild animals, cattle, horse, mule, goat, sheep, swine, dog, bunnies, or fowl of any kind; provided, that this subdivision shall not apply to dogs when led by a leash or chain not more than six feet long.

(3) Carry or discharge any firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, or any other fireworks, or air gun or sling shot.

(4) Feed, offer food, or in any manner provide food or other edible material to any nondomesticated animal. This restriction shall not apply to personal pets.

(5) Cut, break, injure, vandalize, deface, damage, destroy, or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rack, building, monument, fence, sign, cones, traffic or crowd control devices, bench, other structure, apparatus, or property, or pluck, pull up, cut, take out or remove any shrub, bush, plant or flowers, or remove or write upon any building, monument, fence, bench, other structure, equipment or thing, except in connection with and in the course of actual duties being performed as an employee of such City.

(6) Cut, disturb, insert, or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand or gravel, except in connection with and in the course of actual duties being performed as an employee of such City.

(7) Distribute any handbills or circulars, or post, place or erect any bill, notice, paper, sign, banner, or advertising device or matter of any kind, without special distribution permit from the City Manager pursuant to Section 130.23.

(8) Make or kindle a fire, except in picnic stoves installed by the City for that purpose, unless a special written permit shall be obtained in advance from the City Manager or their designee

(9) Camp, sleep, or lodge, unless a special written permit is obtained in advance from the City Manager or their designee.

(10) Engage in, riotous, boisterous, threatening, disruptive, lewd, obscene, or indecent conduct, or to use abusive, profane, intimidating, demeaning, or harassing language that amounts to a use of force or a true threat of force.

(11) Attempt or threaten to inflict, or actually inflict, physical harm to another individual or City staff.

(12) Exhibit, sell, offer for sale, advertise for sell, hire, lease or solicit donations for an object, service, merchandise or article without special written permission from the City Manager or their designee.

(13) Gamble or play any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, or other device for money, chips, shells, credit, or any other representation of value; or gamble or bet for any athletic activity; or maintain or exhibit any gambling table, or other instrument of gambling or gaming.

(14) Practice, carry on, conduct, or solicit for any trade, occupation, business or profession, or circulate any petition or survey of whatsoever kind or character without special written permit from the City Manager or their designee. In the event a City park or City facility is utilized as a polling place during an election, electioneering shall be strictly prohibited.

(15) Play or engage in any game excepting at such place or places as shall be set part for that purpose.

(16) Enter or loiter in a City park outside of hours of operation without a special written permit from the City Manager or their designee.

(17) Deposit any paper, fruit, rubbish, debris, trash or any waste material of any kind except in such receptacles as may be located in such City park therefore.

(18) Possess, sell, exhibit, transport or consume any alcoholic or intoxicating beverage, or to be under the influence of alcoholic or any illegal or controlled substance. This section shall not be deemed to proscribe any act which is positively permitted or prohibited by state law or without a special written permit from the City Manager or their designee.

(19) Operate drones, remote control planes, potato shooters, compressed gas, rocket launchers, smoke bombs or other similar type of projectiles.

(20) Loiter in or about any public toilet or enter any public toilet designated for the opposite sex; except that this provision shall not apply to persons under eight years of age, or to City employees in the regular course of their duties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, single-user restroom facilities shall not be restricted to persons of a specific sex or gender identity in accordance with state law.

(21) Call, hold, conduct, arrange for, or be present at any distinct, individual, or separate, group, gathering, lodge, association, company, corporate or other picnic, meeting, sporting practice, sport training, sport games, or sporting event, or any other type of assembly having, or which will have, in excess of 50 persons in attendance thereat without a special written permit from the City Manager or their designee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no public gatherings of any size are allowed at Heritage Park without a special written permit.

(22) Interfere or attempt to interfere with the use of any table, space, or facility in such facilities or parks which at the time is reserved and posted by the City or written reservation then in effect to any other person or persons; provided, however, that all such reservations shall specify the period covered by same and shall be subject to cancellation by the City Manager or their designee. Unless the actual use of the table, space or facility referred to in any reservation is commenced within 30 minutes after the period covered by such reservation, the reservation shall thereupon be void and all rights under such reservation may be cancelled by the City Manager or their designee.

(23) Smoke unless the City has designated a specific smoking area, designated by posted signage.

(24) Erect four or more "pop-up" canopies per group/party. No canopy shall exceed ten feet by ten feet. All canopies shall be weighed down. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "pop-up" canopies shall be strictly prohibited at Heritage Park.

(25) Record video or audio for personal or commercial production of City programs or activities for commercial (profit and sale) purposes without a special written permit from the City Manager or their designee and in compliance with applicable laws.

(26) Enter without shoes, shirt/top, and/or bottoms, unless otherwise permitted by the City Manager or their designee as part of a program or activity.

(27) Leave children under eight years of age unsupervised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this prohibition shall not apply to children participating in events or programs authorized or organized by the City, including camps and afterschool programs and with adult supervision.

(28) Bring pets into any indoor City facility, unless they are service animals as defined by law, or leave pets otherwise attended outdoors.

(29) Use or operate sound amplifying equipment, or similar device for any purpose including giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures, or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons in or upon any City park or City facility without a special written permit.

(30) Enter employee-only areas or areas otherwise not open to the public without authorization.

(31) Engage in instructor-led activities or classes, or exchange of services, unless otherwise authorized by a facility use agreement as approved by the City Council.

(32) Fail to comply with all applicable City, state, and federal laws and regulations, including specific rules posted or established for any program, event, class, or facility.

(33) Fail to obey the direction of the City Manager or their designee, or law enforcement to cease and desist activities prohibited by the section, of this code, or any regulations or policies of the Department of Recreation and Parks, Department of Community Services, or conditions associated with any special written permit or a special event permit issued pursuant to Chapter 119 (Special Event Permits).

(C) Violations. Failure to adhere to the requirements or otherwise cease and desist from the prohibited activities enumerated in (B) shall be declared unlawful and, above may result in:

(1) The immediate revocation of the special event permit, removal from the City park or City facilities;

(2) Temporary or permanent suspension from entering City park or City facilities, as permitted to the fullest extent of the law;

(3) The issuance of an administrative citation as provided under Section 11.04; and/or

(4) Subject to criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 10.97. The remedies available to the City to enforce the requirements of this section are cumulative, and are in addition to any other remedies available under this code, state, and do not replace or supplant any other remedy that may be sought by the City.

('64 Code, §§ 15-38—15-39; Ord. 311, passed 6-29-67; Ord. 413, passed 1-13-72; Am. Ord. 975, passed 5-25-06; Am. Ord. 1023, passed 4-28-11; Am. Ord. 1095, passed 1-10-19; Ord. 1163, § 4, passed 10-7-25)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person within or upon any property owned or operated by the city to operate, drive, park or leave standing any motor vehicle, skateboard, scooter, or any other vehicle or bicycle, where notice of such prohibition has been posted and is visible at at least two entrances to the prohibited area, or in the immediate area where such activity is prohibited. The signs shall not be less than 12 inches wide by 18 inches height in size, with lettering of not less than one inch in height which prohibits the operation of skateboards. This section shall not apply to persons participating in any city-sponsored program, event or class in which use of the self-powered wheeled devices described herein are utilized, permitted or required.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, within or upon posted private property in commercial zones and industrial zones open to the public, to operate, drive, park or leave standing any motor vehicle, skateboard, scooter, or any other vehicle or bicycle, where notice of such prohibition has been posted and is visible at at least two entrances to the prohibited area, or in the immediate area where such activity is prohibited. The signs shall not be less than 12 inches wide by 18 inches height in size, with lettering of not less than one inch in height which prohibits the operation of skateboards. This section shall not apply to persons participating in any city-sponsored program, event or class in which use of the self-powered wheeled devices described herein are utilized, permitted or required.

(C) No person shall use a bicycle, skateboard, or scooter in a manner which creates a nuisance.

(D) No person shall use a bicycle, skateboard, or scooter for the purpose of grinding and/or sliding on any monument, sign, building, roof railing, fence gate, table, bench, planter, curb, bleachers, stairway, rail, handrail, and fountain or any other angled object or structure with defined edges by a person utilizing or riding upon any non-rolling portion of the skateboard.

(E) It is unlawful for any person to ride in or on a skateboard, scooter or bicycle, on or across any road, street or highway in such a manner as to interfere with the movement of vehicles thereon, or in such a way as to create an unreasonable risk or harm to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 21967, the following rules and regulations shall apply to riding or propelling of bicycles, skateboards, scooters and other listed devices on roadways. Bicycles, skateboards, scooters and other listed devices must:

(1) Stop at all stop signs and red signals;

(2) Yield to all vehicles at yield signs;

(3) Yield to pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks;

(4) Not impede traffic or interfere with the flow of vehicular traffic;

(5) Yield to approaching vehicles when entering any roadway;

(6) Not to be towed by a motor vehicle of any speed or a bicycle at an unsafe speed;

(7) Yield bicycle lanes to bicycles and not use bicycle lanes in any manner contrary to the free and open use of those lanes by bicycles; and

(8) Not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and travel into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.

(F) A police officer or person authorized to issue citations shall have the authority to impound the bicycle, skateboard, or scooter of a person who violates this chapter. The citation shall serve as a receipt for the item impounded.

(G) Upon presentation of the citation to a Police Department representative, the owner may claim the impounded bicycle, skateboard or scooter at the police department during business hours. Upon receipt of the impounded item, the owner shall be provided a copy of § 130.05 of the municipal code, and be advised that for any subsequent violations of this chapter, the city will impound the bicycle, skateboard or scooter, and seek a court order declaring the item a nuisance and authorizing the city to destroy said item. If the owner of the bicycle, skateboard or scooter is a minor, his/her parents or legal guardian may claim the item as described above.

(H) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-39.3; Ord. 590, passed 10-9-80; Ord. 738, passed 9-22-88; Am. Ord. 897, passed 4-22-99; Am. Ord. 1072, passed 5-12-16)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Charge Admission. The demand and receipt of a tangible benefit, monetary or otherwise, which is a motivating influence for admission to the party. The customary courtesies and clearly noncommercial activity such as gifts by guests, sharing of expenses for dinner and beverages, or reciprocal hospitality, shall not be considered to be charge for admission. Charge Admission does not include a donation for a political, charitable or religious purpose.

Party. A group of persons meeting together for social, recreational or amusement purposes.

Residential Zone. Residential zones as defined in the zoning code.

(B) It is unlawful to charge admission to any party conducted in a residential zone.

(C) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, §§ 15-50—15-51; Ord. 633, passed 7-28-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) For the purposes of this section, Human Waste Material is defined as human urine discharged from the body or human fecal material defecated from the rectum.

(B) No person shall deposit, by means of urination or defecation, any human waste material in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view or upon the surface of the ground or upon any premises, lot or in any building, basement or in any public street, or into any standing water, stream or excavation or public place other than a proper toilet or portable toilet.

('64 Code, § 15-52; Am. Ord. 744, passed 1-26-89)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, the City Council does declare as follows:

(A) Use of public streets, sidewalks, parks, parkways, medians, lands and properties. The City Council finds and determines that the use of its public lands, which includes streets, sidewalks, parks, parkways, medians and any land or properties under its control, are for public purposes. The use of these areas are public and there is no vested right to do commercial business upon these public lands or property.

(B) Vending, peddling, selling, and/or soliciting on public lands, rights-of-way, or public property is prohibited. No person shall vend, peddle, sell, and/or solicit any merchandise, goods, or services on a public street, sidewalk, park, parkway, median, land property, or any other land or property under the control of the city, except as provided in this section.

(C) Vending, peddling, selling, and/or soliciting on public lands, rights-of-way, or property; exceptions.

(1) No person shall vend, peddle, sell, and/or solicit any merchandise, goods, or services on any publicly controlled lands, rights-of-way, or property controlled by the city, except for:

(a) The sale of printed materials as allowed by §§ 130.20 through 130.22 of this chapter; or

(b) For special events as determined by the City Council; or

(c) Newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and other constitutionally protected forms of free speech; or

(d) Sidewalk vendors as set forth in § 130.09 et seq.

(2) The City Council may determine special events as allowed under this code. The City Council may also designate which types of vendors, peddlers, sellers, and/or solicitors will be allowed to participate in these special events.

(D) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-57; Ord. 803, passed 1-9-92; Am. Ord. 970, passed 6-8-06; Am. Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

Cross reference— Business regulations; permits required, see Ch. 110; Peddlers and vendors, see Ch. 118; Penalty, see § 10.97

For the purpose of this subchapter, unless defined herein or elsewhere in this code, the words used in this subchapter shall have the same definitions ascribed to them in Chapter 6.2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. Any reference to California statutes includes any regulations promulgated thereunder and is deemed to include any successor or amended version of the referenced statute. The following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Arterial Highway. A major highway designated on the City Arterial Highway System map.

Director. The Director of Police Services and/or his or her designee.

Operator. Any person who operates a vending cart for the purpose of vending food, beverage or merchandise therefrom.

Owner. Any person who owns or controls one or more sidewalk vending carts and one of the following:

(1) Conducts, allows or causes the operation of such vending cart(s) for the purpose of vending food, beverage or merchandise;

(2) Operates or manages such vending cart(s); or

(3) Contracts with or employs persons to vend food, beverage or merchandise from such vending cart(s).

Sidewalk Vendor. A person who sells food, beverage and/or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, or from one's person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.

Sidewalk Vendor Permit. A permit issued by the city authorizing the holder to engage in the business of vending food, beverage or merchandise upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.

Stationary Sidewalk Vendor. A person who vends from a fixed location.

Vend. Offering food, beverage or merchandise of any kind for sale on any sidewalk, street, parkway, alley, highway, or unenclosed place open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned.

Vending Cart. Any pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, from which food, beverage or merchandise is offered for sale to the public.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Operator and/or vendor must have permit. No person shall vend from any vending cart or from his or her person, without first obtaining both a sidewalk vending permit required by this subchapter and a business license pursuant to chapter, and if vending food or beverages, any required permit(s) from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

(B) Visible permit. No person shall vend from a vending cart or his or her person without displaying upon his or her person or vending cart a valid vending permit in his or her own name, and a photo identification with the vendor's first and last name, and the name of the business he or she represents.

(C) Employee permit required. No person shall employ or retain any person to operate a vending cart or otherwise vend form his or her person for the purpose of vending unless the person employed has a valid and current vending permit issued by the city.

(D) No vending at special events. No person shall vend at a city sponsored event (such as, but not limited to: filming, parades or outdoor concerts) where a permit is required therefore pursuant to this code unless the city has first issued that person a special event seller's permit.

(E) Exclusive concessionaire. Stationary sidewalk vendors shall not vend within a public park owned or operated by the city if there exists a signed agreement for concessions that exclusively permits the sale of food or merchandise by the concessionaire.

(F) Twenty-five foot setback from playgrounds and fields. To protect ingress and egress, and to preserve the safety of those using the city's facilities, vendors must remain 25 feet away from park playgrounds and marked athletic fields at all times.

(G) Sidewalk access. At no time shall a vendor be stopped, placed or positioned where it will block or restrict the free movement of vehicles or pedestrians along any public sidewalk, street or parkway. Sidewalk vendors shall maintain a clearance of not less than three feet on all sidewalk or pedestrian areas to enable persons to freely pass while walking or using mobility assistance devices.

(H) No vending except on sidewalks or pedestrian paths. No person shall vend or operate a vending cart on or in an area other than a sidewalk or pedestrian path, including, but not limited to any median, street and/or alleyway, unless authorized to do so during a city sponsored event.

(I) No clustering. On a sidewalk adjacent to an arterial highway, no person shall operate a vending cart within 30 feet of any other vending cart. On all other sidewalks and/or pathways, no person shall operate a vending cart within ten feet of any other vending cart.

(J) No vending to vehicles. No person shall vend directly to a vehicle or persons therein.

(K) Setbacks from street intersections. No person shall vend within 25 feet of any street intersection, fire hydrant or fire station. No person shall operate or vend within ten feet of any driveway.

(L) Stationary vending prohibited in residential zones. No person may conduct stationary vending in areas zoned for exclusively residential use unless that person is permitted to do so at a city sponsored event.

(M) Hours of operation in residential zones. No person shall vend in areas zoned exclusively for residential use before 9:00 a.m. or later than 6:00 p.m. Such requirement will not be applied to a sidewalk vendor who is authorized to operate at different times during a city sponsored event.

(N) Hours of operation in non-residential. In non-residential areas, no person shall vend before 9:00 a.m. or later than 6:00 p.m. unless another business within 500 feet and on the same street has longer permissible hours, in which case the maximum hours of operation shall apply to vending.

(O) School setbacks. No person shall operate a vending cart or vend within 500 feet of any K-12 school, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. while school is in session.

(P) Farmers' markets, swap meets, special use permit. No person shall operate a vending cart or vend within 500 feet of a permitted certified farmers' market, swap meet or an area designated for a temporary special use permit.

(Q) Disabled access/ADA. Sidewalk vendors shall not restrict or impede access to any public property by disabled persons and shall otherwise comply with the applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other state and federal disability access standards; and

(R) Prohibited items. Sidewalk vendors shall not sell, distribute or vend alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, products that contain nicotine and/or marijuana or any product used to smoke/vape nicotine or marijuana, and/or weapons, including, but not limited to, firearms, ammunition, explosives including fireworks, knives, mace, and/or pepper spray, any item of adult oriented material as defined in § 125.02 and/or any other item prohibited by this code or state law.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Cart dimensions. To maintain access to sidewalks, the maximum dimensions of any vending cart shall be five feet in length and three feet in width.

(B) Cart maintenance. The owner shall be responsible for all vending cart maintenance. Vending carts must be clean, sanitary, and in good working condition at all times.

(C) Health requirements. All vending carts must conform to the applicable Los Angeles County Department of Public Health standards.

(D) Vending permit displayed. Each vending cart shall have affixed to it in plain view, on the operator's left side of the vending cart, the vending permit and each other required permit.

(E) Signage. Signs and advertisements are only allowed in conjunction with a vending cart if they are affixed to, or painted on, the vending cart or its attached canopy. No sign and or advertisement may be placed and/or affixed to any public property.

(F) Lighting. Artificial lighting of any vending cart shall not project excessive light so as to create a traffic safety hazard or cause a nuisance.

(G) No open flame. No open flame shall be used on, within or about a vending cart.

(H) Electrical outlet or power source. A vending cart shall not use an electrical outlet or power source that is owned by the city and/or allow an electrical cord to contact or impede access to any public property and/or path of travel.

(I) Refuse bin. A refuse bin of at least 35-gallon capacity shall be provided in or on the vending cart to ensure proper disposal of customer trash. Prior to leaving a location, the sidewalk vendor shall pick up, remove, and dispose all trash generated by the vending operations or the vendor's customers within a ten-foot radius of the vending location.

(J) Noise making. No noise-making devices shall be used in conjunction with sidewalk vending.

(K) Refuse cleanup. Sidewalk vendors shall not discard, deposit, leave, or abandon any trash, food or objects, in or upon any street, sidewalk, gutter, storm drain, catch basin, or upon any public or private lot of land in the city.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Permit application. Any person desiring to obtain a vending permit shall first file an application with the Director for such permit. Such application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee as established by resolution of the City Council to defray, in part, the cost of the investigation and report required by this subchapter. Fees required under this subchapter shall be in addition to any other license, permit or fee required under this subchapter or any other chapter of this code.

(B) Vending prohibited without permit. Neither the filing of an application for a vending permit, nor the payment of the application fee shall authorize the vending from, operation or management of a vending cart.

(C) Required information. The owner will be responsible for providing the following completed documentation to the city during the term of such owner's participation and shall continue to keep current the following:

(1) Name of the business;

(2) Name of the applicant;

(3) If a corporation, articles of incorporation;

(4) Business address and phone number of the applicant;

(5) A description of the merchandise which the sidewalk vendor will vend;

(6) Number of vending carts owned, operated, leased, controlled or contracted by the applicant to be used in the city;

(7) A description of the logo, color scheme, insignia and any other distinguishing characteristics of the applicant's vending cart;

(8) The full and true names, dates of birth and addresses of all persons employed, contracted, leased or otherwise given control of the applicant's vending cart(s) and the California driver's license or similar state or federal identification establishing the identity of such persons;

(9) A policy of liability insurance in a form and with companies approved by the city and approved to do business in California, which policy names the city, its officers, employees and agents as additional insureds in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 combined single limit for all activities associate with sidewalk vending, which policy shall remain valid for the duration of the vending permit and/or any vending activities within the city;

(10) The California seller's permit number (California Department of Tax and Fee Administration sales tax number), if any, of the owner;

(11) The owner shall ensure that all applicable food service permits are obtained from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Copies of current County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health permits, including individual permits for each cart, must be provided to the Director prior to receiving a vending permit;

(12) If food or beverage is prepared off-site for sale by a vendor, the owner also provide the Director with proof that each location where the food or beverage is prepared has the applicable current health/food/beverage permits;

(13) At the time of application, one head-shot photograph of each vending cart operator, at least two inches by two inches in size, taken within the six-month period immediately preceding the date of the application shall be submitted; and

(14) Certification by the applicant that to his or her knowledge and belief, the information in the application is true and correct.

(D) Ongoing information submission. The owner shall obtain approval for any new vending cart(s) and/or operators(s) seeking the city's vending permit. On an annual basis, from the date the first permit for a vending cart is granted, the owner shall provide to the Director a roster of all vending cart operators employed by the owner and permitted to vend within the city.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Background. The Director may confirm or otherwise investigate the facts stated in the application and shall investigate the criminal history of the applicant and operator(s) for a vending permit pursuant to § 130.14.

(B) Thirty days to act. The Director shall, within 30 days after the date of the filing of the application, approve or deny the application for the permit or renewal thereof. If an application is deemed pending as set forth in § 130.14, the Director shall, within 30 days after being informed of the adjudication of the pending criminal matter or receipt of the requested information, approve or deny the application for the permit or renewal thereof.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

After receiving the application, the Director shall issue the vending permit only if he or she finds that all of the following requirements have been met.

(A) Fees. All fees for the vending permit have been paid.

(B) Fines. All vending-related administrative citations and fines payable to the city have been paid.

(C) Complete application. The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this subchapter.

(D) Truth. The applicant has not knowingly made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application.

(E) Cooperation. The applicant has provided all information required by this subchapter necessary for approval of the application.

(F) Criminal history. Within five years before the date of submission of the application for a vending permit, neither the applicant nor any operator of a vending cart has been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or drug-related misdemeanor or felony crime, including but not limited to: the sale of a controlled substance as specified in Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 11054 through 11058, and crimes involving any of the following actions, which are considered crimes of moral turpitude for the purposes of this section: assault with intent to commit murder, attempted lewd acts on a minor, arson, burglary, child abuse, criminal threats, domestic violence when committed against your spouse, failure to register as a sex offender, felon in possession of a firearm, felony hit and run, grand theft auto, murder, perjury, possession for sale of controlled substances, rape, receiving stolen property, robbery, trespass with the intent to injure any property or property rights, or interfere with the conduct of business, voluntary manslaughter, and welfare fraud.

(G) Criminal information. The Director is specifically authorized to obtain state summary criminal history record information as provided for in Cal. Penal Code § 11105. Any complaint for the charges listed in division (E) of this section pending before a court of law shall cause the application to be considered pending until adjudication of the complaint. In addition, failure of the state to return state summary criminal history record information to the Director shall cause the application to be considered pending until such time as that information is provided to the Director.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

The term for a vending permit, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall be for a period of one year. Upon the expiration of such term, the vendor may renew the permit by submitting a new application together with such renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the City Council. No permit shall be sold, leased, transferred conveyed or granted to any other person.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Initial denial. If the Director does not find that all of the requirements set forth in this subchapter have been met, the Director shall deny the application for a vending permit and notify the applicant in writing of the ground(s) for the denial. Notice of denial of the application for the permit shall be deemed to have been served if it is personally served on the applicant or when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to the applicant at his or her residence address as set forth in the application for the permit.

(B) Suspension or revocation. Any vending permit issued under this subchapter may be suspended or revoked by the Director for any of the following reasons:

(1) Falsehood of any material information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the permit was based;

(2) Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the Director within 30 days of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the permit in the information supplied by the applicant upon which the issuance of the permit was based;

(3) Revocation, suspension or non-renewal of the certificate of eligibility issued to the applicant by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health;

(4) Conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the applicant of any offense which would have constituted grounds for denial of a vending permit; or

(5) For the term of the permit, upon the fourth violation or subsequent violations of this subchapter.

(C) Appeal of denial/suspension/revocation. An applicant for a sidewalk vendor permit and/or a permit holder shall be served with written notice by the Director when a permit has been denied, suspended or revoked and shall have the right to appeal such action, as follows:

(1) Notification shall be deemed to have been served when it is either personally served upon the permit holder or applicant, or when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to the permit holder or applicant at the address set forth in the application pursuant to § 130.12(C);

(2) The notice shall contain the grounds upon which the denial, suspension or revocation is based and the right to seek an appeal to the City Council;

(3) An appeal must be filed in writing with the City Clerk's office within ten calendar days from the date the notice was served and shall include a statement setting forth the factual basis for the appeal; and

(4) If no appeal is filed, the denial, suspension or revocation of the permit shall become effective ten calendar days after the notice was served. If an appeal is filed, the denial, suspension or revocation shall become effective upon final determination of the appeal by the City Council.

(D) One-year waiting period. Any person whose permit is revoked shall not be eligible to receive a new permit for a period of one year following such revocation, except as set forth herein.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

(A) Administrative citations exclusive remedy. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, this subchapter shall be punishable exclusively through the city's administrative citation process, unless state law allows the use of other enforcement mechanisms.

(B) Amount of citations. The amount of citation fees shall be the lesser of the maximum limits of state law or this code.

(C) Ability to pay. If a person receives an administrative citation for a violation of this subchapter and that person meets the criteria contained in Cal. Government Code § 68632(a) or (b), the city shall accept 20 percent of the administrative fine imposed as full satisfaction of the fine.

(D) Remedies inapplicable to other violations of law. The provisions and limitations of this subchapter shall not apply to a violation of any other provision of this code and/or state law or regulation, including, but not limited to, the California Retail Food Code.

(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)

The City Council finds that the profuse and promiscuous circulation of handbills, circulars, newspapers, dodgers and other forms of advertising matter, without regulation, on the streets of the city, on the premises, porches, drives, sidewalks and in the yards of the residents of the city and in vehicles standing on the public streets, results in the blowing of such matter in the streets, alleys and other public places in the city and has become a public nuisance by the littering of the streets, alleys and other public places, thereby causing an unsightly condition as well as a menace to the public peace, health and safety by increasing the risks of fires, apprising prowlers and criminals of the absence of residents from their homes and generally annoying and disturbing the general public and constituting a nuisance.

(Ord. 65, passed 3-13-58; '64 Code, § 15-4)

(A) No person shall distribute or throw upon any street, alley or public place, upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk, porch or steps of any building, upon or in any part of any structure, automobile or other vehicle or upon any vacant property in the city, any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet or other notice of commercial advertising.

(B) Nothing contained in this section is intended to prevent the lawful distribution of any printed matter other than commercial and business advertising matter.

(C) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 65, passed 3-13-58; '64 Code, § 15-5)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Nothing contained in § 130.21 shall prevent distribution and delivery of any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet or other notice of commercial advertising under the following circumstances:

(A) The distribution and delivery is made by any newspaper which at the time of its distribution is admitted as second-class matter under applicable United States postal regulations, is a newspaper of general circulation under Cal. Gov't Code § 6000 and at the time of distribution maintains a bona fide list of paying subscribers at regular published rates.

(B) The distribution of handbills, circulars, newspapers, dodgers and other forms of advertising matter is made by manual or personal delivery to persons expressly requesting the same.

(C) The distribution of any advertising matter of any kind upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk, porch or steps of any building, upon or in any part of any structure, automobile or other vehicle or upon any vacant property in the city is made with the distributor first obtaining permission of the owner or of an adult resident or occupant thereof.

(D) The city shall not be prevented from distributing printed matter intended to promote the health, welfare and safety of the general public.

(Ord. 65, passed 3-13-58; '64 Code, § 15-6)

(A) Nothing contained in § 130.21 shall prevent distribution and delivery of any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet or other notice of commercial advertising by the holder of a special distribution permit issued by the City Manager.

(B) Upon application to the Department of Police Services, the City Manager shall issue such permit on application to any applicant who accepts and agrees to make such distribution and delivery in strict accordance with the following requirements:

(1) No distribution or delivery shall be affected between the hours of 5:00 p.m. of any day and 8:00 a.m. of the following day.

(2) The advertising matter shall either be delivered personally to a person on the premises or placed securely upon the premises in such a manner that such matter will not be blown from the premises of such person onto the private property of other persons or the streets or public places within the city.

(3) No such distribution or delivery shall be made upon any private premises if request not to do so is made by the owner or occupant thereof or if there is placed on such private premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign of not less than one inch in height bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Advertising," "No Handbills" or "No Peddlers or Agents" or any similar notice indicating that the occupant of the premises does not desire to have any commercial advertising left upon such premises.

(4) The permittee shall supply at least one supervisor for every 15 persons or fractional part thereof actually involved in distribution and delivery within the city. The supervisor shall contact the City Manager's office once a day while operating in the city.

(5) All persons engaged in such distribution and delivery shall bear upon their person or upon their delivery pouches, in a manner and in a place clearly visible to the public, the name and telephone number of the permittee.

(6) Such distribution and delivery shall be made along fixed delivery routes by regular carriers who shall be residents of the city if practicable.

(7) The permittee shall provide the city currently with a description of each route and the identity of the carrier assigned thereto.

(8) Periodically, or upon the request of the City Manager, the permittee shall cause the occupants of each premises to which it delivers to be informed of the telephone number and address to which complaints or requests to stop deliveries may be made.

(9) The permittee shall obey all laws and regulations of the city, state and federal governments and shall procure any and all licenses required to be held by it by the city.

(10) The permittee shall pay a special permit fee in an amount set by City Council resolution, payable in advance.

(11) The City Manager may revoke any permit issued by him after reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard to the permittee, upon finding that the permittee has not complied with any of the requirements of this section.

(12) Any denial of a permit by the City Manager under this section or the City Manager's revocation of any such permit may be appealed in writing to the City Council. The City Council shall give to the applicant reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard with respect to such appeal. The decision of the City Council with respect to such appeal shall be final.

(C) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-6.1; Ord 400, passed 4-20-71)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Premises. Any property within the city which is commercially zoned or used, and shall also include parking lots which are appurtenant to or used in conjunction with any commercially zoned or used properties.

('64 Code, § 15-21.1; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

(A) No person on any premises shall race or accelerate the motor of any vehicle, or bring to a sudden start or stop any motor vehicle, or blow or honk the horn of any motor vehicle, except where reasonably necessary in the operation thereof.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-21.2; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) No person shall place, throw or deposit any garbage, refuse or waste material upon, in or outside of any premises, except in waste or refuse receptacles provided therefor on such premises.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-21.3; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) No person shall enter any premises in a motor vehicle of any description and park such vehicle and leave the premises without obtaining the consent of the permittee or owner of the premises.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-21.4; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) No person shall enter any premises in a motor vehicle except for the purpose of conducting business with the permittee, owner, manager or proprietor thereof, and no such person shall enter such premises for the primary purpose of cruising a motor vehicle on such premises, racing a motor vehicle on such premises, or as a short cut to another street or alley, or for the purpose of annoying or endangering any person or persons or other vehicle or vehicles lawfully on such premises.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-21.5; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle onto any premises and then off of such premises without first parking thereon, unless there is no unoccupied parking space available on such premises.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 15-21.6; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It is unlawful for any person on any public streets, sidewalks, parkways, alleys, highways, or parking lots open to the public, to have in his possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed. This section does not apply within premises licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, nor to anyone keeping an alcoholic beverage in a vehicle in the manner authorized by the California Vehicle Code. This section shall not be deemed to proscribe any act which is positively permitted or prohibited by any law of the state.

('64 Code, § 15-21.7; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67; Ord. 573, passed 12-27-79)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Every person who consumes any beer, wine, or other intoxicating beverage on any public streets, sidewalks, parkways, alleys, highways, or parking lots open to the public is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not be deemed to proscribe any act which is positively permitted or prohibited by any law of the state.

('64 Code, § 15-21.7.1; Ord. 573, passed 12-27-79)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Persons owning, operating, managing or conducting such premises may, but shall not be required to, place signs upon such premises giving notice of the provisions of this subchapter. Enforcement of this subchapter shall not be dependent upon the placement of any such signs.

('64 Code, § 15-21.9; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)

The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to authorize the denial to any person of those rights guaranteed by the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Cal. Civil Code §§ 51 et seq.).

('64 Code, § 15-21.10; Ord. 316, passed 8-8-67)