Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 42.00. REGULATION OF SOLICITING AND SALES IN STREETS.

nstallation and maintenance of any bench installed and maintained in accordance with Article 8 of Chapter VI of this code, nor to the operation and maintenance of searchlights, generators and floodlights in accordance with the restrictions and requirements of Division T of Chapter VIII of this Code. Nor shall the provisions of this section prohibit the putting of business notices, signs or emblems upon ordinary business or carrier vehicles. Nor shall the provisions of this section apply to temporary selling activities and advertising related thereto conducted pursuant to a permit granted under Subsection (j) hereof. (Amended by Ord. No. 145,691, Eff. 5/2/74.) (j) Permit for Temporary Selling Activities Board of Public Works. (Amended by Ord. No. 145,691, Eff. 5/2/74.) (1) The Board of Public Works may issue upon written application, made upon a form prescribed by the Board, a permit authorizing temporary selling activities and advertising relative thereto, on sidewalks, parkways and roadways, provided that as to roadways such permit’s issuance will, in addition to this section’s requirements, be governed by the provisions of Section 41.20 of this Code, in connection with a community civic event sponsored and conducted by a nonprofit organization formed for charitable, educational, civic, veteran, philanthropic or other benevolent purposes, under the following conditions: (Amended by Ord. No. 150,706, Eff. 5/13/78.) (A) “Community civic center” means the sponsoring and conducting by a nonprofit organization of a civic, artistic, cultural, charitable, educational, veteran or benevolent activity of community interest. The Board shall require reasonable proof of the nonprofit status of the sponsoring organization and a sufficient showing of community interest, which showing shall consist of furnishing the Board with names and addresses of at least 100 persons who will support the activity, at least 50% of which either reside or work in the location specified in the application for permit where the activity is to take place. (B) Each permit shall be valid for a period of three consecutive days only, two of which days shall be a Saturday or Sunday. (Amended by Ord. No. 158,731, Eff.