Note: State has adopted a general scheme for regulation
of the criminal aspects of being intoxicated in both public and private
places and hence local ordinances are invalid.
People v. De Young, 228 C.A.2d 331;
See Penal Code Section 647(f).
Also State has preempted cities with respect to the crime
of prostitution.
Spitcauer v. County of Los Angeles, 227 C.A.2d 376
Case entitled "Lancaster v. Mun. Ct. of Beverly Hills"
(1972) 100 C Rptr. 609, held municipal ordinances prohibiting massage
of persons of opposite sex invalid as preempted by state law.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time, at any place
within the City, to conduct himself in a disorderly manner, or in
any manner to molest or annoy any other person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accost, address, follow,
or molest any other person in, upon or along any public street, court,
park, bus, street car, public square, railway or other depot, or other
public place within the City so, or in any manner, as to frighten,
terrify or disturb the peace of any other person.
(a)
It shall
be unlawful for any person, while attending a professional sporting
or entertainment event at a place of public assemblage, to intentionally
throw, discharge, launch or spill any solid or liquid substance or
otherwise cause such a substance to be thrown, discharged, launched,
spilled or to become airborne for the purpose of disrupting, interrupting
or impeding the progress of, said event, or the radio or television
transmission thereof.
(b)
It shall
be further unlawful for any person, while attending a professional
sporting or entertainment event, at a place of public assemblage,
to explode, set off, discharge or otherwise release or cause to be
released any fireworks or any gaseous substance which is physically
harmful, irritating, offensive, or repugnant to the sense of smell.
(Ord. 91-30 11-12-91)
It shall be unlawful for any person, upon any public street
or place, or in any rooming house, lodging house, apartment house,
hotel or other place in the City, to solicit a person of the opposite
sex, to whom he or she is not married, to have sexual intercourse
with such person so soliciting.
It shall be unlawful for any person to rent, let, or assign
any room or apartment in the City with the understanding or belief
that such room or apartment is to be used by the person or persons
to whom it is so let, rented or assigned for the purpose of unlawful
sexual intercourse.
It shall be unlawful for any person to administer, for hire
or reward, to any person of the opposite sex, any massage, any alcohol
rub or similar treatment, any fomentation, any bath, or any electric
or magnetic treatment, nor shall any person cause or permit in or
about his place of business, or in connection with his business, any
agent, employee or servant or any other person under his control or
supervision to administer any such treatment to any person of the
opposite sex.
This Section shall not apply to any treatment administered in
good faith in the course of the practice of any healing art by any
persons licensed to practice any such art or profession under the
provisions of the Business and Professions Code of California or of
any other law of this State.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, to knowingly permit any house, room, apartment or place owned by him or under his charge or control in the City, to be used in whole or in part as a gambling house or place for playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on any game, other than bingo as provided for in Section 8-82 et seq., not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code, which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, or any other device, for money, checks, chips or any other representative of value.
(Ord. 2290 12-13-77)
It shall be unlawful for any person to play or bet at or against
any game designated in the immediately foregoing section.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly attend, visit
or be in any house, room, or other place in the City where there is
any gambling being conducted, played, or carried on other than legally
conducted bingo games as authorized by this Code.
(Ord. 2333 4-24-79)
It shall be unlawful for any person to inhale, breath, ingest
or drink any compound, liquid, chemical, or substance known as glue,
adhesive cement, mucilage, dope, or any other material or substance
or combination thereof with the intent of becoming intoxicated, elated,
dazed, paralyzed, irrational, or in any other manner changing, distorting
or disturbing the eyesight, thinking process, balance, or coordination
of such person. For the purpose of this Section only, such condition
so induced shall be deemed to be an intoxicated condition.
The provisions of this Section shall not pertain to any person
who inhales, breathes, or drinks such material, or substance pursuant
to the direction of prescription of any doctor, physician, surgeon,
dentist, or podiatrist authorized to so direct or prescribe.
(Ord. 1655 7-24-62)
It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen to loiter,
about or upon the public streets, avenues, alleys, parks, playgrounds
or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of
amusement and eating places, vacant lots of any unsupervised place
between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and the time of sunrise of the
following day on the days of Sunday through Thursday, and between
the hours of eleven o'clock p.m. and the time of sunrise of the following
day on the days of Friday and Saturday; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section do not apply when the minor is accompanied
by his or her parents, guardian, adult spouse, or other adult person
having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is upon
an errand directed by his or her parent or guardian or other adult
person having the care and custody of the minor or when the minor
is returning directly home from a meeting, entertainment, education
or recreational activity.
For the purposes of this Section the work "loiter" is defined
to mean to idle, linger, wander, stroll, play or to walk, drive or
ride aimlessly.
Each violation of the provisions of this Section shall constitute
a separate offense.
(Ord. 2464 1-24-84; Ord. 94-04 3-1-94)
It is unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen, who
is subject to compulsory education or to compulsory continuation education,
alone or in concert with others, to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or
play on or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks,
playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings,
places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots, unsupervised places
or any place open to the public during the hours of eight-thirty a.m.
and one-thirty p.m. of the same day or days when said minor's school
is in session.
(Ord. 96-08 6-11-96)
The provisions of Section 5-9.1 shall not apply when:
(a)
The
minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult
person having the care and custody of the minor;
(b)
The
minor is on an emergency errand directed by his or her parent or guardian
or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor;
(c)
The
minor is going or coming directly from or to their place of gainful
employment;
(d)
The
minor is going to or coming from a medical appointment;
(e)
The
minor has permission to leave campus for lunch and has in his or her
possession a valid, school-issued, off-campus permit;
(f)
The
minor is going to or returning directly to school or home from a public
meeting or school activity;
(Ord. 96-08 6-11-96)
(b)
Any person convicted of willfully violating Section 5-9.1 is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine and/or the performance of community service for a total amount of time to be imposed by the court, during times other than his or her hours of school attendance or employment. The court may continue the imposition of the sentence described herein, and if, after sixty days the defendant has had no unexcused absences from school during that period, and the minor produces proof of that fact to the court, the court shall cause the imposition of the fine to be set aside.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, when a person under the age of eighteen years is charged with a violation of section 5-9.1, and a peace officer issues a Notice to Appear in Superior Court to that minor pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 256, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless the minor requests that a petition be filed under Section 601 or Section 602 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d)
Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 5-9.1 through 5-9.5 shall be guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine as provided for in Section 36900 of the California Government Code.
(Ord. 96-08 6-11-96)
When a minor is detained by the Police Department under the
provisions of this Chapter for a period longer than one hour and is
convicted of a violation of this Chapter, the parent(s), guardian(s),
or other adult person(s) having custody of the minor are jointly and
severally liable with the minor for the costs of providing supervision
and detention of the minor by the Police Department, over and above
the services normally provided by the Police Department. The cost
of enforcement pursuant to these provisions of the Inglewood Municipal
Code shall be $57 per minor, per incident.
(Ord. 96-08 6-11-96)
It is unlawful for any person who is a member of a "criminal
street gang" as that term is defined in California Penal Code § 186.22(f)
or who is in the company of or acting in concert with a member of
a "criminal street gang" to loiter or idle in a "public place" public
place defined to include the public way and any other location open
to the public, whether publicly or privately owned, including, but
not limited to any street, sidewalk, avenue, highway, road, curb area,
alley, park, playground or other public ground or public building,
any common area of a school, hospital, apartment house, office building,
transport facility, shop, privately owned place of business, to which
the public is invited, including any place of amusement, entertainment,
or eating place. Any "public place" also includes the front yard area,
driveway and walkway of any private residence, business, or apartment
house, under any of the following circumstances:
1.
With the
intent to publicize a criminal street gang's dominance over certain
territory in order to intimidate non-members of the gang from entering,
remaining in, or using the public place or adjacent area;
2.
With the
intent to conceal ongoing commerce in illegal drugs or other unlawful
activity.
(Ord. 96-08 6-11-96; Ord. 99-25 9-7-99)
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed in any way to limit
the power or right of a law enforcement officer to make any investigation,
detention or arrest as such law enforcement officer would be permitted
to make in absence of this Chapter.
(Ord. 99-25 9-7-99)
Any parent(s), legal guardian(s), or other adult person(s) authorized
by said parent(s) or guardian(s) to have the care and custody of a
minor, who knowingly permits or by insufficient control allows a minor
to violate the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-25 9-7-99)
Violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine not
to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
(Ord. 99-25 9-7-99)
If any provision or clause of this Chapter or the application
thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect any other provision or application, and to this end
of provisions of this Chapter are declared to be severable.
(Ord. 99-25 9-7-99)
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of the ordinance codified in this Section and Section 5-9 are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of such ordinance shall be declared invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences and paragraphs of such ordinance.
(Ord. 2464 1-24-84; Ord. 96-08 6-11-96)
It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care, custody or control of any person under the age of eighteen years to knowingly aid, abet or encourage such minor person to violate Section 5-9 hereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell tobacco in any form
within the City to any person under the age of eighteen years.
It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass in, upon, on or across the property or another without the permission of the person in charge or control thereof; provided, however, that in order to constitute an offense such property shall have been posted in the form and manner as designated in Section 5-13.
In order to constitute an offense pursuant to Section 5-12, a property shall have posted at each of the corners of the property a sign constructed of metal or wood, or other material equally substantial, each of which shall be at least one square foot in area and shall be placed not less than three feet, nor more than six feet above the normal level of the ground at the location thereof. Upon said signs there shall be written or printed in legible letters at least two inches in height, the words "PRIVATE PROPERTY — NO TRESPASSING," and such other words as may be desired, if any, indicating that trespassers are subject to prosecution. Each such sign shall have either a white or black base, and in the event a white base is used the letters shall be in black, and if a black base is used the letters shall be in white, provided that in the event said property exceeds a total area of one acre, in addition to the posting of such notice at the corners thereof, similar signs shall be posted at intervals of not to exceed three hundred feet on or near the boundary lines of said property.
(Ord. 93-09 4-20-93)
Duly authorized officials in the performance of their official
duties or persons visiting for legitimate social or business reasons
shall not be deemed to be trespassers.
It shall be unlawful for every person who owns, conducts, operates
or manages a retail commercial establishment selling aerosol spray
paint containers, or marker pens with tips exceeding four millimeters
in width, containing anything other than a solution which can be removed
with water after it dries, to store or cause such aerosol spray paint
containers or marker pens to be stored in an area viewable by, and
accessible to the public without employee assistance, pending legal
sale or disposition of such paint containers or marker pens.
(Ord. 93-09 4-20-93)
Pursuant to Section 53069.5 of the California Government Code,
the City of Inglewood does hereby determine to offer a reward in the
amount of $1,000 for information leading to the identification, apprehension
and conviction of any person who wilfully marks, vandalizes, damages
or destroys the property of another through the application of graffiti,
without the permission of the owner or occupant of the property so
marked vandalized, damaged or destroyed. In the event of multiple
contributors of information leading to the identification, apprehension
and conviction of any violators hereunder, the reward amount shall
be divided by the city in the manner deemed appropriate to the city
administrator or his designee.
Claims for rewards under this Section shall be filed with the
city clerk and reviewed by the city administrator or his designee.
No claim for a reward shall be allowed unless the city investigates
and verifies the accuracy of the claim and determines that the requirements
of this Section have been satisfied.
(Ord. 99-16 6-1-99)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drink or have in his
possession any intoxicating liquor in any public school or school
district grounds; provided, however, that the Superintendent of the
School District or the principal of any school may permit the use
of alcoholic beverages solely in connection with school laboratory
experiments or demonstrations. In addition to being subject to prosecution
as a misdemeanor, a violator may be immediately expelled from such
school grounds or premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any electrical
or electronic device, appliance, equipment or apparatus generating
or causing high frequency oscillations or radiations which interferes
with radio broadcast receiving apparatus or wireless receiving apparatus,
except that a person duly licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy,
chiropractic or dentistry by the State of California, in the course
of practice of his or her profession, may operate or cause to be operated
under his or her direct supervision, any machine necessary to give
treatment, providing, however, that all reasonable methods of preventing
interference with radio broadcast receiving apparatus or wireless
receiving apparatus have been applied.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to radio stations,
either broadcast, commercial or amateur, licensed by the Federal Government,
or which are engaged in interstate communication, or to public utilities
under the supervision of the State Public Utilities Commission.
The Department of Community Development and Housing shall have
the duty of enforcement of this Section and pursuant thereto, a Radio
Interference Inspector shall be appointed.
(Ord. 2397 5-5-81)
When an inspection and test has been made by the Radio Interference Inspector and it is found that any device, equipment, apparatus or appliance coming within the terms of Section 5-16 is being operated in violation thereof, the owner or operator of such device, equipment, apparatus or appliance, shall be notified in writing and a copy of such notice shall be placed on file in the office of the Department of Community Development and Housing. Such notice shall be personally served upon the owner+ or operator of such device.
The owner or operator of such device, equipment, apparatus or
appliance shall make additions, repairs or modifications thereof in
order that the same may be operated in a manner which complies with
the provisions of this Section or discontinue the use of such device,
equipment, apparatus or appliance within forty-eight hours, or other
reasonable period specified by the inspector.
(Ord. 2397 5-5-81)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale
any electrical or electronic device, equipment, apparatus or appliance
which will, or which is apt to, cause high frequency oscillations
or radiations which will interfere with radio broadcast receiving
apparatus and/or wireless receiving apparatus, unless the same is
protected by or equipped with a suitable device which will reasonably
prevent such interference.
Any person selling any such device shall also either have displayed
in a conspicuous place easily visible to prospective purchasers thereof,
in the store, establishment or place of business of such person, a
sign to the effect that all equipment there sold or offered for sale
is protected or equipped as herein contemplated, or a tag attached
to each of such respective articles of merchandise plainly so indicating.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or have custody
or control of a book, paper, apparatus, device or paraphernalia with
the intent to use said book, paper, apparatus, device or paraphernalia
in the receiving, taking, making, offering, laying, accepting, recording
or registering a bet or wager, or purported bet or wager upon the
result, or purported result, of any trial or contest of skill, speed
or power between or among men or beasts.
(Ord. 1291 4-27-56)
(a)
It shall
be unlawful for any person to drink any malt, spirituous or vinous
liquor containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by
volume, upon any street, sidewalk, parkway, playground, railroad depot
or bus station, or in any public place or in any place open to the
patronage of the public, which premises are not licensed for the consumption
of such liquor on the premises.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the selling and drinking of alcohol shall be permitted at pre-designated portions of Vincent Park during a period from thirty minutes prior to the event until thirty minutes prior to its conclusion for large scale events at the amphitheater provided that a Category 2 permit is obtained pursuant to Section 8-53.2(2) of the Inglewood Municipal Code from the Permits and Licenses Committee. In order to obtain said permit, the Committee must first find that the serving of alcoholic beverages in a pre-designated portion of the park may be accomplished without detrimental impacts upon the users of such facilities, or the public in general. The Committee may permit the serving of alcoholic beverages upon such conditions as it finds appropriate, including, but not limited to, a proper security, circulation, parking, and noise mitigation plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Inglewood Municipal Code, a Special Use Permit shall not be required to be obtained from the Planning Commission for the selling or drinking of alcohol at Vincent Park amphitheater events.
(c)
No privilege
granted by this Section or any concession contract entered into pursuant
to this Section may be exercised until there has been compliance with
the applicable provisions of the Alcohol Beverage Control Act of the
California Business and Professions Code.
(d)
The user
of any premises or facility described in this Section shall be required
to indemnify or hold harmless the City, its officers, directors, employees
or volunteers from any loss, liability or damage arising out of, as
the result of, or in connection with the use of the facility or premises,
equipment or service, including all attorney fees and other costs
of defending any claim arising as a result thereof. In addition, the
user shall present the City with evidence of a policy of general liability
insurance and automobile liability (if applicable) in amounts not
less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), per occurrence, and
workers' compensation and employers' liability in accordance with
the limits of applicable law. All policies shall be effective throughout
the period of use, shall require fifteen days' prior written notice
to the City prior to cancellation, and shall name the City as an additional
insured.
(Ord. 03-06 7-8-03)
(Ord. 2465 1-24-84; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23)
(Ord. 2465 1-24-84; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23)
(Ord. 2465 1-24-84; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23)
(Ord. 2465 1-24-84; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23)
It shall be unlawful to possess any bottle, can or other receptacle
containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, has a broken
seal, or the contents of which have been partially removed while on
the posted premises of a retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage
licensee or a parking lot or public sidewalk immediately adjacent
thereto. Any person violating any provision of this Section shall
be guilty of an infraction.
(a)
As used in this Section "posted premises" means those premises which are subject to licensure under any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage license, the parking lot immediately adjacent to the licensed premises, and any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises on which a clearly visible sign has been placed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (b).
(b)
Any retail off-sale alcoholic beverage premises shall be "posted premises" if the licensee-owner installs and maintains signs on the licensed premises, clearly visible to the patrons of the licensee and to persons in or on any parking lot or public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises, which signs are not less than 8½ x 14 inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height and which states the following: Possession of Open Liquor Container Adjacent to this Store is Prohibited. IMC Section 5-18.5.
(Ord. 2470 2-28-84)
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge within
this City any gun, pistol or other firearm or any air gun or spring
gun or pistol; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section
shall not be construed to prohibit the discharge of a firearm at a
municipally operated or privately operated and licensed pistol or
rifle range or to prohibit the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer
in the course of his duties.
(Ord. 93-29 12-14-93)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, exchange, give
or loan to any person under eighteen years of age, any spring-blade
knife, gun, revolver, pistol or firearm of any description or any
spring or air gun or other device designed to intended to discharge
any B-B shot, shot or other deadly or dangerous missile, or any ammunition,
cartridge, shell or other device, whether containing any explosive
substance or not, whether designed or intended for use in any weapons
enumerated herein or not.
It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen years of age to have in his possession, care, custody or control, any weapon or article designated in Section 5-19.1.
Every person who, except in self defense, in the presence of
any other person, draws, exhibits or brandishes a replica firearm
or who simulates a firearm in a rude, angry and threatening manner,
or who in any manner, unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel
and causes the victim to reasonably believe that the person is actually
in possession of an operable firearm is guilty of misdemeanor.
As used in this Section, the term replica firearm shall include
any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material
which is a facsimile or toy version of, or is otherwise recognizable
as, a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine
gun, rocket launcher, or any other firearm as that term is used under
the provisions of Sections 12001, 12001.5, 12020(d)(1), and 12570
of the State Penal Code.
The term firearm shall be the same as the meaning of that term
under the State Dangerous Weapons Control laws and shall include air
rifles, pellet guns or BB guns.
(Ord. 87-25 9-29-87)
It shall be unlawful for any firearms dealer licensed to sell
firearms or any individual, gun store, firm or corporation licensed
to sell firearms ammunition to fail to comply with the following provisions:
(a)
"Firearm ammunition"
"Vendor"
Definitions.
as used in this Section, shall include any ammunition for
use in pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, or any other device designed
to be used as a weapon from which is expelled a projectile by the
force of explosion or other form of combustion.
shall mean any individual, gun store, firm or corporation
having a business license to sell ammunition.
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EXCEPTION. Excluded from the term Vendor and not subject to
the record keeping requirements of this Section shall be a duly licensed
firing range which sells ammunition at the firing range and where
such ammunition is expended (fired) entirely at the range and not
removed from the range premises. This exception shall not relieve
the Vendor of the responsibilities dictated by Penal Code Sections
12101 and 12316.
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(b)
Holiday Ammunition Sales. Except as specified in subsections (1), (2), and (3) hereafter, and with the specific exception that a duly licensed firing range, as provided under subparagraph (a)(2) above, shall be excused from the requirements of this subsection (b) parts (1) to (3), no person, including retail gun dealers, shall sell, give, lend or transfer ownership of any firearm ammunition during a period eight days prior to and including January 1st and July 4th each year.
(1)
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the sale or transfer of ownership
of firearm ammunition by a wholesale gun dealer to another wholesale
gun dealer or by a wholesale gun dealer to a retail gun dealer, or
of ammunition referred to in Section 12324 of the Penal Code Section
of the State of California.
(2)
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit sale to or acquisition by
any person described in Section 12302 or 12322 of the Penal Code of
the State of California.
(3)
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the sale of any
firearm ammunition when such sale is prohibited by Sections 12303,
12303.6, 12304 or 12321 of the Penal Code of the State of California.
(c)
Record
of Ammunition Sales. Every holder of a business license who sells
ammunition shall maintain records pertaining to ammunition sales prescribed
by this Chapter on the licensed premises and in the manner prescribed
herein. The record shall show:
(1)
The date of the transaction;
(2)
The purchaser's name, address and date of birth;
(3)
The purchaser's driver's license number or other identification and
state where issued;
(4)
The brand of ammunition purchased;
(5)
The type and amount of ammunition purchased;
(6)
The purchaser's signature; and
(7)
The right thumb print of the purchaser or transferee on the form
at the time of the purchase or transfer.
(d)
Log of Ammunition Sales. The information required by subsection (c) of this Section shall be completed in the log book at the time of the purchase. Such information shall be recorded in the following format:
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LICENSE/ID AND STATE
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(1)
The record shall be maintained in chronological order by date of
sale of the ammunition, and shall be retained on the licensed premises
of the business licensee for a period of two years following the date
of the purchase of the ammunition.
(2)
At the direction of the police chief or his designee, Inglewood police
officers may enter the premises of any licensed vendor of ammunition
during regular business hours for the purpose of examining or inspecting
any record required by this Chapter.
(3)
No person shall knowingly make a false entry in, or fail to make
a required entry in, or fail to obtain the required thumb print, or
fail to maintain in the required manner records prepared in accordance
herewith. No person shall refuse to permit a police department employee
to examine any record prepared in accordance with this Section during
any inspection conducted pursuant to this Section, or refuse to permit
the use of any record or information therefrom by the Inglewood police
department.
(4)
The requirements of this Section shall not apply to:
(i)
Any person described in Section 12302 or Section 12322 of the Penal
Code of the State of California;
(ii)
Any off-duty peace officer who displays proper agency identification
which identifies him or her as an active peace officer;
(iii)
Any person who has been issued a permit to carry a concealed
weapon under the authority of Section 12050 of the Code of the State
of California;
(iv)
Any security guard licensed under the authority of Section 12033
of the Code of the State of California;
(v)
Any firearms dealer who has been issued a Federal Firearms License
or a Certificate of Eligibility by the State of California.
(5)
A violation of this Section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 98-22 10-13-98; Ord. 99-24 9-7-99; Ord. 99-37 12-14-99)
(a)
No
person shall sell or otherwise transfer to any other person a clip,
magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device which has a capacity
of, or which can be readily restored or converted to accept, more
than ten rounds of ammunition.
(b)
The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
(1)
The sale or transfer of such devices to any person described in Section
12302 or Section 12322 of the Penal Code of the State of California;
or
(2)
The sale or transfer of ownership of such device by a wholesale gun
dealer to another wholesale gun dealer or by a wholesale gun dealer
to a retail gun dealer; or
(3)
Any entity or establishment engaged in the business of motion picture,
television, video, theatrical, or re-enactment production, provided
the clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device is used
solely as a prop in the course of the motion picture, television,
theatrical, or re-enactment production by an authorized agent or employee
of the entity or establishment, and only if the entity or establishment
properly secures such magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar
device from unauthorized use; or
(4)
Any Federal, state or local historical society, museum or institutional
collection which is open to the public provided such magazine, belt,
drum, feed strip or similar device is properly housed, secured from
unauthorized handling and is unloaded.
(Ord. 98-22 10-13-98)
It shall be unlawful for any firearms dealer licensed to sell
firearms or any individual, gun store, firm or corporation licensed
to sell firearms to fail to comply with the following provision:
(a)
Definition.
(1)
The term trigger lock as used in this Section, shall mean a device
which is designed to prevent the firearm from functioning and which
is locked by a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or a similar locking
device, that is reusable, and, when applied to the weapon, renders
the weapon inoperable.
(b)
Trigger
locks required to be included in sale of firearms.
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No person shall sell, lease or otherwise transfer a firearm
without also selling or otherwise providing a working trigger lock
with each such firearm sold, leased, or otherwise transferred. In
the event the trigger locks are not manufactured for a particular
firearm, this requirement is satisfied by selling or otherwise providing
a similar device designed to prevent the unintentional discharge of
firearms.
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(Ord. 98-22 10-13-98)
All secondhand dealers, as that term is defined in Section 8-1.45, are prohibited from vending any weapon defined as a "Saturday Night Special" as that term is defined in Section 5-19.5.
(Ord. 98-22 10-13-98)
(a)
The
term "dealer" shall mean a retail firearms dealer licensed by the
City of Inglewood.
(b)
No
person shall make application to a dealer, as provided in Section
12072 of the California Penal Code, to purchase a pistol, revolver
or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, herein
referred to as "handgun," within thirty days of making a prior application
for the purchase of a handgun within the state of California. In computing
the thirty-day period, the date the application is made shall be counted
as the first day.
(c)
No
dealer shall transfer the title of any handgun to any person whom
the dealer knows has made application to purchase more than one handgun
within the state of California within a thirty-day period prior thereto,
nor shall any dealer process a handgun transaction between unlicensed
parties pursuant to California Penal Code Section 12072 if the dealer
knows that the one receiving the handgun has made application to purchase
more than one handgun within the state of California within a thirty-day
period prior thereto.
(d)
No
dealer shall transfer the title of any handgun to any person or process
a handgun transaction between unlicensed parties pursuant to California
Penal Code Section 12072 if the dealer prior to transfer has received
notice from the California Department of Justice, herein referred
to as the "DOJ," that DOJ has received an application for that person
to purchase a handgun within the state of California within a thirty-day
period prior thereto. For the purposes of this subsection, the date
of application of purchase shall be the date the DOJ receives the
dealer record of sale or receives the transmission of required information
by any medium of communication authorized under state law.
(e)
For
the purposes of this Section, the redemption of a handgun pledged
to a pawnbroker shall not be deemed the sale, purchase or transfer
of title of that handgun. However, a dealer may not rely on this exemption
unless the purchaser provides proof that the transaction was the redemption
of a handgun pawned to a pawnbroker by the purchaser.
(f)
Each
dealer shall maintain records of each sale of a handgun to include
the name of the purchaser, type of handgun, date of sale, and any
other information required by the Chief of Police. Such records shall
be maintained on the premises of the dealer for a period of not less
than two years and shall be subject to inspection at any time during
normal business hours.
(g)
Each
dealer shall post a sign in a conspicuous place with letters at least
one inch high stating the obligations and restrictions of purchasers
and dealers under this ordinance, pursuant to direction by the Chief
of Police.
(h)
The dealer shall require the purchaser, at the time of application for purchase, to indicate on a form prescribed by the Chief of Police, whether he or she has or has not made an application for the purchase of a handgun within the last thirty days, and which if any of the exemptions set forth in subsection (i) of this Section is applicable to the purchaser. If any of the exemptions is checked, the restrictions of this Section shall not apply, provided all necessary information is supplied to the dealer. The form shall be signed by the purchaser under penalty of perjury. Such form shall be maintained on the premises of the dealer for a period of not less than two years from the date of signing and shall be subject to inspection at any time during normal business hours.
(i)
The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to the following:
(1)
Any person who is licensed to sell firearms pursuant to Article 4,
commencing with Section 12070, of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(2)
Any law enforcement agency.
(3)
Any agency duly authorized to perform law enforcement duties.
(4)
Any state or local correctional facility.
(5)
Any private security company licensed to do business in the state
of California.
(6)
Any person who is properly identified as a full-time paid peace officer,
as defined in Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.4, or 830.5 of the Penal Code
of the State of California, and who is authorized to, and does, carry
a firearm during the course and scope of his or her employment as
a peace officer.
(7)
Any antique firearm, as defined in paragraph (16) of subsection (a)
of Section 921 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
(8)
Any person or entity who purchases firearms in a collector's series
or a bulk purchase form an estate sale.
(9)
Any motion picture, television, or video production company, or entertainment
of theatrical company whose production involves the use of a handgun,
and which secures such handgun from unauthorized use.
(10)
Any person who is exempt from the waiting period in subdivision (c)
of Section 12072 of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(11)
Any person who is exempt from the provisions of subdivision (d) of
Section 12072 of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(12)
Any person or entity conducting a transaction through a law enforcement
agency pursuant to Section 12084 of the Penal Code of the state of
California.
(13)
Any person or entity conducting a transaction described in subdivision
(k) of Section 12078 of the Penal Code of the state of California.
(14)
Any person who is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter 44,
(commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code
and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and who has a current
certificate of eligibility issued to him or her by the Department
of Justice pursuant to Section 12071 of the Penal Code of the State
of California.
(15)
Any person or entity acquiring a handgun by bequest or intestate
succession.
(16)
Any person or entity replacing a single handgun where the handgun
was lost or stolen, and the person reported that firearm lost or stolen
to the Police Department or appropriate law enforcement agency and
presents the dealer with evidence of such reporting.
(17)
Any seller's exchange or replacement of a handgun for a handgun purchases
from that seller within the thirty-day period immediately preceding
the date of exchange or replacement.
(j)
Violation of subsection (b) of this Section shall be punishable as an infraction subject to a fine of $50 for the first violation of that subsection, as an infraction subject to a fine of $100 for the second violation of the subsection and as a misdemeanor for the third or subsequent violations of that subsection. Each handgun applied for shall be deemed a separate violation.
(k)
If
any provision of this Section is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction
within the state of California, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions and the City declares that it
would have adopted the remaining provisions irrespective of the fact
that a provision or provisions are declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 99-15 6-22-99)
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years
to be in, remain in, enter, or visit, any billiard or pool room, and
no person having charge or control of any billiard or pool room shall
permit or suffer any such person under the age of eighteen years to
be in, remain in, enter, or visit any billiard or pool room; provided,
however, that it shall be lawful for a person under the age of eighteen
years to carry a package, letter, note, telegram or message to a pool
room provided such delivery is a bona fide delivery and the person
under the age of eighteen years does not remain in any pool room longer
than necessary to make such delivery; and, provided further, that
it shall be lawful for a person under the age of eighteen years to
be in, remain in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room and to
play billiards or pool provided such person is accompanied by his
parent or parents.
(Ord. 1338 10-2-56)
As an exception to the provisions of this Section, a person
under the age of eighteen years but over the age of thirteen years
may, be in, remain in, or visit any billiard or pool room which said
billiard or pool room holds a special permit from the Chief of Police
for such persons to be in such billiard or pool room. The Chief of
Police shall issue such permits only if all of the following conditions
are met:
(1)
No
alcoholic beverages are dispensed, sold, consumed or brought on the
premises on which said billiard or pool room is located.
(2)
Such
billiard or pool room shall have posted at each entrance thereof and
at not fewer than three places within said billiard or pool room,
a sign in letters not less than one inch in height, reading as follows:
"POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IS NOT PERMITTED ON THESE
PREMISES. NO PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS IS PERMITTED ON THESE PREMISES
UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY ONE PARENT OR UNLESS HE IS OVER THE AGE OF 13
YEARS OF AGE AND WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM HIS PARENT HAS BEEN PERSONALLY
FILED WITH THE MANAGEMENT."
(3)
No
person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted in, remain
in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room before the hour of 9:00
in the morning or after the hour of 10:00 in the evening nor during
hours when school is normally in session; and
(4)
No
person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted in any billiard
or pool room except in one of the following cases:
(a)
Such person is accompanied by one of his parents: or
(b)
Such person is over the age of thirteen years and one of his parents
has personally filed, in duplicate, with the operator of said billiard
or pool room or the Chief of Police, the written consent of such parent
to the person under eighteen years of age being present in said pool
room, and the original and duplicate of such written consent has been
delivered to the Chief of Police and approved by him. When the Chief
of Police approves such written consent, he shall return the original
with his approval endorsed thereon to the operator of said billiard
or pool room and shall keep the duplicate on file in his department.
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Any permit issued pursuant to this Section may be suspended
or revoked by the Chief of Police and any person dissatisfied with
the decision of the Chief of Police to suspend or revoke such permit
may appeal to the City Council in the manner provided therefor in
this code.
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(Ord. 1902 60-67)
It shall be unlawful for any person to light or otherwise set
fire to, or smoke, carry, throw, or deposit any lighted cigar, cigarette,
or other smoldering or smoke-producing substance within:
(a)
Any publicly
or privately owned elevator open to use by the general public.
(b)
Retail
food marketing establishments including grocery stores and supermarkets,
except those areas of such establishments set aside for the serving
of food and drink; restrooms and offices and areas thereof not open
to the public. This requirement does not apply to restaurants.
(c)
Any person
having the authority to manage and control any area designated in
(a) and (b) above wherein the described prohibition applies shall
post or cause to be posted and prominently displayed, and shall maintain
"No Smoking" signs in conspicuous locations within said areas. Said
signs shall be clearly visible and state "NO SMOKING—I.M.C.
SEC. 5-21" or words to that effect.
(Ord. 2240 11-11-75; Ord. 2279 5-3-77)
(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of this Section is to establish restrictions on smoking
at public outdoor City events so as to protect members of the public
from the health and safety risks of secondhand smoke.
(b)
"Public outdoor City event"
"Smoke or smoking"
Definitions.
For purposes of this Section, the following words are defined as specified
below:
means an event, meeting, sporting activity or other congregation
of members of the public that is held outside of an enclosed structure
and on property owned by the City of Inglewood, excluding streets
and public rights-of-way, and which is supported by funds of the City
or staffed by City employees or City coaches. Public outdoor City
events include, but are not limited to, recreational programs and
sporting events held in City-owned parks that are supported or supervised
by City staff or City paid coaches.
means the carrying or holding of a lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette,
or any other lighted smoking product or equipment used to burn any
tobacco products, weed, plant, or any other combustible substance.
Smoking includes emitting or exhaling the fumes of any pipe, cigar,
cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment used for burning
any tobacco product, weed, plant, or any other combustible substance.
(c)
Prohibition
of Smoking at Public Outdoor City Event. It shall be unlawful to smoke
at any public outdoor City event.
(Ord. 04-11 6-15-04)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate for public use
a dancehall, roadhouse, nightclub, commercial club, bar, beer bar,
or other establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption
on the premises at any time, either as a retail licensee, an agent
of a retail licensee or an employee of a retail licensee, between
the hours of two a.m. of any day and six a.m. of the same day unless
a permit shall have been obtained beforehand from the Permits and
Licenses Committee.
(a)
Duty
to Post. Any person or entity who owns, operates, manages, leases
or rents a premises offering for sale or dispensing for consideration
to the public, alcoholic beverages including beer and wine shall cause
a sign or notice to be posted or displayed on the premises as provided
in this Section. The sign or notice shall comply with the readability
requirements specified herein and shall read substantially as follows:
"WARNING. DRINKING WINE, BEER AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS."
In no event shall a sign as required herein be smaller than
eight inches wide and eight inches long, nor shall any lettering thereon
be less than one inch in height.
(b)
Placement. A sign or notice required by subsection (a) of this Section shall be placed as follows:
(1)
Where the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, including beer
and wine, to the public is primarily intended for consumption off
the premises, at least one sign shall be so placed as to assure that
it is readable from all locations at which said sale or dispensing
occur.
(2)
Where the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, including beer
and wine to the public is primarily provided through over-the-counter
service, at least one sign shall be placed to assure that it is readable
from all counter locations available to the public.
(3)
Where the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, including beer
and wine, to the public is primarily provided for consumption on the
premises by the public at tables served by food or beverage service
persons, at least one sign shall be placed to assure it is readable
by the public entering the premises; provided, however, that notices
may be placed or displayed at each of the tables in a manner which
will assure that the notices are as readily visible and readable as
materials provided to the public which list food and beverage prices.
(c)
Language. In the event a substantial number of the public patronizing a premises offering for sale or dispensing for consideration, alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine, uses a language other than English as a primary language, any sign or notice required by subsection (a) of this Section shall be worded in both English and the primary language or languages involved.
(Ord. 88-2 2-9-88)
Anyone subject to Section 5-22.1 who fails to post the required warning is guilty of an infraction. Such violation shall be punishable in accordance with Inglewood Municipal Code Section 1-18.
(Ord. 88-2 2-9-88)
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully make to the
Police Department of the City or any officer therein or to any person
with the intent that it be transmitted to the Police Department, any
false, misleading, or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering
with the operation of the Police Department or with the intention
of misleading any Police Officer.
(Ord. 1293 4-27-56)
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully make any false
or misleading statement, either verbal or written, to an officer or
employee of any school district within the City for the purpose of
obtaining enrollment in such school district for any person.
No person, without authority of law, shall knowingly incite,
direct, or procure any assembly or group of people to conduct, move
or place themselves in such a manner and position as to violate any
provision of the Fire Code, Building Code, or Health Code of this
City, under circumstances which produce a clear and present and immediate
danger of such assembly or group so conducting, moving, or placing
themselves.
(Ord. 2131 12-5-72)
For the purpose of this Chapter, words and phrases shall be
given their customary and usual meanings and shall be interpreted
and construed accordingly, unless a different meaning is expressly
ascribed thereto.
(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)
Without the prior written consent of the owner, it shall be
unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, any shopping
cart which is the property of the business establishment furnishing
such carts for its customers' use from the parking lot or other premises
of said business establishment if such cart has prominently and permanently
affixed thereto a notice in substantially the following form:
"PROPERTY OF (Owner's Name) Removal of this cart from these
premises without written permission of the owner is prohibited by
law. (I.M.C. Sec. 5-23.4)."
(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)
There shall be posted by the business establishment furnishing
a parking lot and shopping carts for its customers' use prominently
and conspicuously on the premises and the parking lot a notice in
substantially the following form:
"REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CARTS FROM THESE PREMISES PROHIBITED BY
LAW. (I.M.C. Sec. 5-23.4)."
(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)
The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to employees of
the business establishment furnishing shopping carts for its customers'
use while such employees are acting within the course and scope of
their employment.
(Ord. 2116 6-27-72)
Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this
Article shall be administered and enforced by employees of those various
departments of the City as may be designated by directive of the Administrative
Officer, or any such private contractor as may be appointed by the
Administrative Officer. In the enforcement of this Article, employees
of the City or its representative may enter onto public property to
examine a shopping cart or parts thereof, or to obtain information
as to the identity of a shopping cart and to remove, or cause the
removal of, a shopping cart, or parts thereof, declared to be a nuisance
pursuant to this Article.
(Ord. 94-11 12-20-94; Ord. 97-19 9-2-97)
(a)
Upon
the abatement and removal of any shopping cart located on public property
within the City of Inglewood, the City shall notify the owner thereof
by mailing a notice of abatement to the last known address of the
owner. Such owner shall state the date the shopping cart was removed
from public property, the location, and procedure for retrieval of
the shopping cart, and a statement that, in order to receive a hearing
with regard to the removal of the shopping cart the owner or its agent
shall submit a request for such hearing either in person or in writing
within ten days of the date appearing on the notice. Any such shopping
cart removed and stored pursuant to these provisions shall be released
to the owner thereof if claimed within thirty days after such removal
and upon the payment of reasonable administrative fees. Such administrative
fees shall be waived if, after a hearing has been requested, a determination
is made at such hearing that upon a finding of good cause the administrative
fees should be waived.
(b)
The
administrative fees for the removal and storage of a shopping cart
is hereby established at $15 per cart. The Administrative Officer
shall review the fees charged for such service at least once annually,
and shall recommend changes to the City Council when the costs for
such services make it appropriate. Modifications to the administrative
fee shall be made by resolution of the City Council.
(c)
Any
hearing which is requested shall be conducted within five days of
the receipt of the request for such hearing, excluding weekends and
holidays, by the Administrative Officer or designate, who should be
designated as the hearing officer. The failure of either the owner
or its agent to request a hearing shall be considered a waiver of
the hearing requirement. If it is determined at a hearing that reasonable
grounds for the abatement and removal of a shopping cart are not established,
no fee for removal and storage of said shopping cart shall be imposed.
At the close of the hearing, the Hearing Officer shall determine whether
good cause was shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping
cart from public property. The decision of the Hearing Officer shall
be deemed the final administrative determination. If good cause is
shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping cart, the owner
or its agent shall have fifteen days from the date of the hearing
to retrieve its shopping cart upon payment of the administrative fee.
If good cause is not shown for the abatement and removal of the shopping
cart from public property, the administrative fee shall be waived
and the owner or its agent shall have fifteen days to retrieve its
shopping cart from the public works yard.
(d)
Any
shopping carts which are not retrieved by the owner of such shopping
cart within thirty days after the mailing of written notice of abatement,
when such owner has not requested a hearing, in accordance with this
Section, may be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of at
the end of thirty days following such notice.
(Ord. 94-11 12-20-94; Ord. 97-19 9-2-97)
No person shall carry or possess while participating in any
demonstration, rally, picket line or public assembly, any length of
lumber, wood, or wood lath unless that object is one-fourth inch or
less in thickness and two inches or less in width, or if not generally
rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-quarters
inch in its thickest dimension.
(Ord. 2322 10-10-78; Ord. 94-11 12-20-94)
