Los Angeles Municipal Code Div. 7 Amusements and Exhibitions

(Added by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)

Section

• 103.101 Picture Arcade.

• 103.101.1 Picture Arcade Permits and Regulations.

• 103.101.2 Compliance by Existing Permittees.

• 103.101.3 Game Arcade.

• 103.101.4 Cyber Cafés.

• 103.102 Cafe Entertainment and Shows.

• 103.102.1 Additional Regulations.

• 103.102.2 Compliance by Existing Permittees and Effect of Noncompliance.

• 103.103 Card Club – Social Card Club – Card School.

• 103.104 Carnivals.

• 103.105 Dancing Academies.

• 103.106 Dance Halls, Dancing Clubs, Public Dances.

• 103.106.1 Social Contact Concierge Establishment.

• 103.107 Escort Bureaus.

• 103.107.1 Escort – Permit Required.

• 103.109 Motion Picture Shows.

• 103.111 Parades and Assemblies.

• 103.112 Billiard Rooms, Poolrooms, Bowling Alleys.

• 103.112.1 Family Billiard Rooms.

• 103.113 Rides.

• 103.115 Skating Rinks.

• 103.116 Games of Skill and Science.

• 103.117 Rifle Range – Shooting Gallery.

• 103.118 Teenage Dances.

• 103.120 Soundproofing of Places of Amusement – When Required.

(Amended by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

Picture Arcade. As used in this article, “picture arcade” shall mean any place, business or establishment that is open to the public, other than a hotel or motel, and that contains one or more coin or slug-operated, or electrically, electronically or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, videotape machines, compact disc or DVD players, or other image producing devices any one of which is maintained to display images, or still or motion pictures to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time.

Adult Picture Arcade. As used in this article, “adult picture arcade” shall mean a picture arcade that displays images, or still or motion pictures, which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas.”

(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 177,412, Eff. 5/1/06.)

(a) Permit Required. No person shall operate, maintain, manage or conduct a picture arcade or an adult picture arcade without a written permit from the Board.

No permit shall be required under this section if the person engaged in the operation of the arcade has a valid carnival permit issued under the provisions of Division 7 of Chapter 10 of this Code in which a picture arcade is permitted.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision and specifically the provisions of Sections 12.26 A.2., 102.02 (d), 102.15 and 102.17, the following provisions apply to picture arcades and adult picture arcades.

(1) Application. An application for a picture arcade or an adult picture arcade permit shall be filed in person only at the main office of the Office of Finance. The person receiving the application shall record the date and time received on the application. An incomplete application for a permit under this section shall be returned within 30 days with a date stamp of the date of return and be accompanied by a written statement specifying the reasons for the return. Any refiled application shall also be processed within 30 days. If there is no final, judicially reviewable decision within 30 days, the permit shall be deemed granted except that any period during which a hearing or a decision on a hearing is pending shall not count toward the 30 days.

(2) Building and Safety Verification. An application for a picture arcade or adult picture arcade shall include proof that a request was filed with the Department of Building and Safety for verification that the proposed use is permitted: 1) in the zone where the site is located and 2) by the certificate of occupancy. The request for verification shall be filed at the Zoning Counter located at the downtown office of the Department of Building and Safety. Any response to the request for verification shall be included with the application. A permit for a picture arcade or adult picture arcade shall not be denied based upon the applicant’s failure to obtain verification if the Department of Building and Safety has not responded to the request within the 30 day permit application processing period.

(3) Denial of Application. Prior to denial of the permit, the applicant shall be given written notice of the intention to deny the permit. The Board may deny the permit upon any of the grounds expressly set forth in 103.31(b), or any other zoning-related grounds. A request for hearing on the intention to deny may be filed pursuant to Section 103.33. The hearing may be continued for up to 30 days by the applicant. Any denial of the permit shall set forth all bases for denying the permit. Additional bases may not be added to the denial following remand by a court or upon reconsideration. Any decision denying the permit shall be a final decision.

(4) Suspension or Revocation for violation of Section 103.34.1 4. The Police Department shall provide written notice to the on-premises manager or permittee of conduct that violates Section 103.34.1 4. Notice may be given pursuant to Section 102.02(f). A suspension or revocation order may not be based upon 103.34.1 4, unless the Board makes an affirmative finding of actual knowledge that the conduct regularly occurred on the premises and that the permittee thereafter failed to take steps to prevent the conduct.

(5) Suspension or Revocation based on Orders of Other Agencies or City Departments. Orders or determinations received from other agencies or City departments may be grounds for suspension or revocation only if they are final and in writing.

(6) Service of Order of Revocation or Suspension. An order revoking or suspending a permit for a picture arcade or an adult picture arcade shall be served by certified mail and shall be final upon service upon the permittee. The order shall not be enforced for a period of 35 days after the service.

(7) Reconsideration of Board Decision of Suspension or Revocation. The permittee may request reconsideration of the Board decision of suspension or revocation within ten days of service of the order in accordance with Section 103.33. If reconsideration is requested, enforcement of the decision shall be further deferred 35 days from the date of service of the Board’s decision, service of which shall also be by certified mail.

(c) Picture Arcade Requirements. Picture arcades shall conform to the following requirements:

(1) Booths, stalls, rooms, or partitioned portions of a room shall have at least one side open to an adjacent public area or aisle so that the area inside the booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room is visible to persons in the adjacent public area or aisle. The side open to the public area or aisle shall not have a door, curtain or other device capable of blocking visibility into the interior of the booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room.

(2) The public area or aisle adjacent to any booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room shall be illuminated to a level of at least ten footcandles and the booths, stalls, rooms or partitioned portions of a room shall be illuminated to a level of at least five footcandles.

(3) The business shall comply with all signage, parking, landscaping, and design standards established by the City.

(4) The business shall remove all graffiti, as soon as it appears, but not later than 48 hours after it appears, from the premises and property controlled by the business.

(5) The business shall, on a daily basis, ensure that all trash, debris and litter from the premises and property controlled by the business, as well as from all common and public areas immediately adjacent to the business, is placed inside appropriate refuse containers.

(6) The business shall be carried on in a building, structure and location that complies with the requirements and meets the standards of the health, fire and safety laws of the State of California and ordinances of the City of Los Angeles.

(7) The business shall be carried on at a location that complies with the zoning standards established by the City.

(8) A manager shall be on duty at all times during hours of operation, or when patrons are present on the premises.

(9) No wall or partition of a booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room shall have a hole or similar opening or aperture.

(d) Adult Picture Arcade Requirements. Adult picture arcades shall conform to the following requirements:

(1) The requirements in Subdivisions (a) and (c) of this section.

(2) The business shall not display any sexually- oriented material or sexually-oriented merchandise so as to be visible from any location outside the business.

(3) No individual viewing area may be occupied by more than one person at any time. A sign containing the following language, in type at least two inches in height, shall be posted on the exterior of each booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room in a place where the sign is clearly visible and readable to any person entering the booth, stall, room or partitioned portion of a room:

“It is unlawful for more than one person to occupy this viewing area. There is no expectation of privacy in this viewing area and this area is frequently monitored by management and the police.”

(4) If the business provides restroom facilities, separate facilities must be maintained for males and females. Restrooms shall be free from all sexually- oriented materials and sexually-oriented merchandise.

(5) No portion of the interior of the premises shall be visible from outside the premises during the hours of operation.

(6) No one under 18 years of age shall be allowed on the premises during hours of operation.

(7) At least one state licensed and bonded, uniformed security guard shall be employed exclusively to provide security for the business during business hours.

(Amended by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

All picture arcade permittees must comply with the provisions of Section 103.101.1 upon its effective date, except that permittees must comply with Subsection (c)(3) within 30 days of the effective date of that section and Subsection (c)(4) within 180 days from the effective date of that section.

(Former Sec. 103.101.1 Renumbered by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

(a) Game Arcade Defined. As used in this article, “Game Arcade” shall mean any place to which the public is admitted wherein five or more coin or slug-operated, or electrically, electronically or mechanically controlled amusement machines are maintained. (Added by Ord. No. 150,184, Eff. 11/7/77.)

(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate, maintain, manage or conduct a game arcade without a written permit for the Board. (Added by Ord. No. 150,184, Eff. 11/7/77.)

(c) Persons Under 16. (Amended by Ord. No. 150,184, Eff. 11/7/77.) No person under 16 years of age shall be permitted to enter or remain in a game arcade between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. unless:

(1) Such person is accompanied by such person’s parent or guardian;

(2) Such number of readily identifiable State licensed security guards or private security guards, as required by order of the Board of Police Commissioners, are on duty in and about the game arcade.

(Added by Ord. No. 176,100, Eff. 8/21/04.)

(a) Definitions:

(1) “Cyber Café” is defined as an establishment that provides five (5) or more personal computers and/or electronic devices for access to the system commonly referred to as the “internet,” electronic mail (E-mail), computer video games, and word processing, to the public for compensation and/or public access. A cyber café shall also include network gaming establishments that provide the equipment and technology for multiplayer personal computer games. Cyber cafés shall not include businesses where personal computer access is clearly incidental to the permitted use, as determined by the Zoning Administrator. Cyber cafés shall be synonymous with Personal Computer Arcades, PC Cafés, Internet Cafés, and Cyber Centers.

(2) “Board” means the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles.

(b) Police Commission Permit Required. No person shall operate, maintain, conduct or manage a Cyber Café without a valid permit having been issued for that purpose.

(c) Permit Application. Application for a Cyber Café permit must be in writing on a form provided by the Board. Applications must be accompanied by the permit fee established in Section 103.12 of this Code.

(d) Issuance of Permits. The Board shall issue a permit pursuant to Chapter X of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(e) Permits – Conditions. Permits to operate a Cyber Café shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:

(1) The business for which a permit is required herein shall be carried on in a building, structure and location which complies with the requirements and meets the standards of the health, zoning, fire and safety laws of the State of California and ordinances of the City of Los Angeles applicable thereto.

(2) There shall be a video or digital camera surveillance system that monitors all entrance and exit points and all interior spaces, except bathrooms and private office areas, during all hours of operation. The system shall be maintained in good working order and is subject to inspection by the City during business hours. The videotapes or hard drive data shall be maintained for a minimum of 72 hours.

(3) The number of computers shall not exceed a ratio of one (1) user station per 20 square feet of floor area dedicated for the placement of computers for rent or charge.

(4) Booths, stalls, or partitioned portions of a room shall have at least one side open to an adjacent public area or aisle so that the area inside the booth, stall, or partitioned portion of a room is visible to persons in the adjacent public area or aisle. The side open to the public area or aisle shall not have a door, curtain or other device capable of blocking visibility into the interior of the booth, stall, or partitioned portion of a room. If private rooms are available for public use, the door must have a clear window measuring no less than three square feet placed in a manner to allow a clear and unobstructed view of the interior of the room.

(5) All exterior windows shall not be tinted. Any window coverings such as blinds or drapes must be drawn back or opened during hours of operation, except when needed to block sun glare. Any exterior window signage shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(6) Lighting to illuminate interior areas used by patrons shall be designed, located and arranged so as to provide no less than 1.5 foot-candles surface illumination on a plane 36 inches from the floor.

(7) An interior waiting area shall be provided to patrons waiting to use a computer or electronic device. Any outside seating shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(8) The business shall comply with all State and local laws pertaining to the regulation of sound amplification and noise.

(9) There shall be no consumption of alcohol on the premises, unless the cyber café has obtained a license from the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC). If the business has an ABC license, it is subject to all applicable ABC rules and regulations, and any applicable provisions of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(10) There shall be at least one employee over the age of 18, designated as manager, who is present at all times during business hours. If the cyber café has an ABC license, then the manager must be over 21 years old.

(11) There shall be no smoking pursuant to 41.50 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(12) The business shall comply with all State and local laws relating to gambling and gaming.

(13) Patrons under the age of 18, unless legally emancipated, shall not enter or remain in a Cyber Café between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on regularly scheduled school days, excluding holidays and/or vacations, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on any day and sunrise of the immediately following day. This prohibition shall not apply when the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The legal guardian should be able to authenticate guardianship. A sign shall be posted at the entrance of the business in lettering of a least two (2) inches in size advising patrons of the time restrictions applying to minors.

(14) If a patron who appears to the manager to be under the age of 18 wishes to remain in a Cyber Café during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on regularly scheduled school days, excluding holidays and/or vacations, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on any day and sunrise of the immediately following day, they must present a valid form of photo identification to the manager proving they are over the age of 18. The photo identification must include the patron’s date of birth and be issued by a governmental agency or educational institution. Acceptable identification includes a state driver’s license, state identification card, school identification card, or any government issued identification card.

(Amended by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

(a) Café Entertainment and Shows Defined. As used in this article, the terms “café entertainment and shows” mean every form of live entertainment, music, band or orchestra, act, play, burlesque, revue, pantomime, scene, song or dance act, participated in by one or more persons.

These terms shall also include the exhibiting or showing of still or motion pictures at a public place incidental to the primary business of selling or offering for sale food or beverages or where food or beverages are given away.

(b) Café Entertainment and Shows Business Defined. Café entertainment and shows business means the management or control of any premises:

1. To which the public is admitted on a regular basis for the primary purpose of viewing café entertainment and shows;

2. Not used primarily for café entertainment and shows, but which premises are available on a regular basis, for the purpose of viewing café entertainment and shows;

3. Not used primarily for café entertainment and shows, but which premises are available, for the purpose of viewing café entertainment and shows, provided however, the premises has an occupancy of 2500 or more.

(c) Permit Required. No person shall engage in the café entertainment and shows business without a written permit from the Board.

No permit shall be required if the operation of the show is already permitted under an existing carnival permit.

The provisions of this section are not applicable when a band, orchestra or instrumental group with or without a vocalist performs at a dance, café or public place for the purpose of providing music for dancing and the person or persons conducting, presenting or managing the dance has a current dance hall, dancing club or public dance permit.

(Amended by Ord. No. 176,907, Eff. 9/25/05.)

Any business providing live entertainment in which an entertainer is present shall conform to all the applicable requirements previously set forth in this article and shall also conform to the following additional requirements, whether or not a permit is required under Section 103.102:

(a) No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted within the premises at any time during the hours of operation, or under the age of 21 years if the business serves alcohol.

(b) The business shall provide separate dressing room facilities for entertainers that are exclusively dedicated to the entertainers use.

(c) No portion of the interior of the premises shall be visible from outside the premises during the hours of operation.

(d) The premises shall be equipped with lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate all interior areas of the premises accessible to patrons with an illumination of not less than 1.5 foot-candles evenly distributed as measured at floor level, except during performances, at which times lighting shall be at least 1.0 foot-candles.

(e) Except for restrooms, the premises must be configured so that there is an unobstructed view of all interior areas to which any patron is permitted access. There shall be no entertainment booths, rooms or cubicles. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes, partitions or room dividers of any kind. Partitions of any kind, including drapes made of opaque or other material, are not permitted. Nothing in this subsection precludes the installation of columns which are essential for the structural integrity of the building.

(f) The business shall provide separate restroom facilities for males and females.

(g) No operator, entertainer, employee, agent, or manager of the business shall knowingly permit any patron to intentionally caress, or fondle the clothed or unclothed breasts or genitals of any operator, entertainer, employee, agent, or manager of the business, or knowingly permit any operator, entertainer, employee or agent to intentionally caress or fondle the unclothed breasts or genitals of any patron.

(h) The business shall comply with all signage, parking, landscaping, and design standards established by the City.

(i) The business shall remove all graffiti as soon as it appears, but not later than 48 hours after it appears, from the premises and property controlled by the business.

(j) The business shall, on a daily basis, ensure that all trash, debris and litter from the premises and property controlled by the business, as well as from all common and public areas immediately adjacent to the business, is placed inside appropriate refuse containers.

(k) The business shall be carried on in a building, structure and location that complies with the requirements and meets the standards of the health, fire and safety laws of the State of California and ordinances of the City of Los Angeles.

(l) The business shall be carried on at a location that complies with the zoning standards established by the City.

(m) The business shall require its employees to maintain identification that includes a photograph of the employee in the form of a valid driver’s license, State identification, or other government issued identification on the premises while working at the business.

(n) If the business serves alcohol, it shall comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and any conditions imposed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

(o) A manager shall be on duty at all times during hours of operation, or when patrons are present on the premises. The manager on duty shall not be an entertainer.

(p) No permittee shall knowingly allow or permit any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or masturbation to be committed on the premises, or knowingly permit or allow the premises to be used as a place in which solicitations for sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or masturbation openly occur.

(q) At least one state licensed and bonded uniformed security guard shall be employed exclusively to provide security for the business during business hours.

(r) There shall be no beds on the premises accessible to patrons at any time.

(s) The business shall submit with its application a floor plan, drawn to scale, showing all interior dimensions of the premises. Any change to the floor plan requires the business to submit to the Board a revised floor plan within seven calendar days of any alteration, modification or change.

(t) As used herein, the word “knowingly” does not remove a permittee’s duties to supervise and take action. A permittee shall be responsible for the conduct of all employees and entertainers while they are on the premises and every act or omission by an employee or entertainer constituting a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed the act or omission of the permittee if such act or omission occurred with the authorization, knowledge or approval of the permittee, or as a result of the permittee’s negligent failure to supervise the employee or entertainer’s conduct or to take action after learning of conduct which violates this section.

(Amended by Ord. No. 176,907, Eff. 9/25/05.)

(a) All café entertainment and shows permittees must comply with the provisions of Section 103.102.1 upon its effective date, except that these permittees shall comply with Subsections (b), (c), (e) and (f) no later than 180 days from the effective date of that section. Compliance with Subsection (e) is further extended 90 days from the date of amendment of that subsection.

(b) Violations of the regulations set forth in Section 103.102.1 shall not be prosecuted as misdemeanors, but shall be subject to administrative sanctions and civil remedies as provided by this Code, or at law or in equity, or any combination of these.

(Added by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “CARD CLUB” or “SOCIAL CARD CLUB” means any place maintained, operated or conducted, for the principal purpose of furnishing a place where members or guests or other persons play card games, and where:

(i) A fee is charged either as membership dues or for admission to such place, or for the privilege of playing at cards; or

(ii) Any collection or donation of money is made or received.

2. “CARD SCHOOL” means any place maintained, operated or conducted for the purpose of giving instructions in the playing of card games of any type.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall maintain, operate, conduct or carry on any card club, social card club or card school without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Games Prohibited by Law. No permit issued by the Board shall authorize the conduct of any card game which is prohibited by the Penal Code of California or any ordinance of this City. Any permit issued in violation of this subsection shall be void.

(d) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 117,644, Eff. 1/1/61.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “Carnival” shall mean any fair, festival or like activity of a temporary nature having a concession or concessions.

2. “Concession” shall mean and include any booth or stand or any space, court or area at or in which any game or test of skill, science or amusement is offered and at or in which the public is permitted or invited to participate for a fee, charge or donation.

3. “Operator” or “Conductor” shall mean the operator or conductor of a carnival or concession, as more particularly set forth in Subsection (b) of Section 21.75 of this Code.

(b) Permit Required.

1. No person shall conduct, operate, maintain or carry on a carnival without a written permit from the Board unless exempted under the provisions of Subsection (g) of this section.

2. The operator or conductor shall be responsible for filing the application for a police permit.

3. The permit shall become immediately null and void and without force or effect upon failure to comply with any applicable provisions of this section, or upon the making of a false or misleading application therefor, or upon violation of the gambling statutes or ordinances of the State of California or City of Los Angeles, the hearing, suspension or revocation pro- visions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding.

4. The duration of a carnival operating under fee exempt permit shall not exceed ten calendar days.

(c) Permit Application Requirements.

1. The application shall be filed on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board.

2. The application shall be for a specified time and for a specified location.

3. New applications shall be required for any renewal, change in location, or change in operating time period, and shall be accompanied by the required fees set forth in Section 103.12.

4. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,300, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) The application shall be filed with the Office of Finance not less than 14 calendar days prior to the first day of operation of the carnival. No application shall be accepted by the Office of Finance which is not filed within the time limit prescribed herein.

5. A complete list of the names and a brief description of the method of play for each game or test of skill, science or amusement shall be attached to the application.

(d) No Permit to Minors. No application shall be accepted from any person under 18 years of age. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(e) (None)

(f) Carnival Prohibited on Streets. No permit shall be granted to any person to hold a carnival in or upon any of the streets or alleys belonging to this City.

(g) Permit Exemptions. No police permit and no police permit fee shall be required for any religious, charitable, educational or other nonprofit benevolent institution to operate or conduct a carnival when the net proceeds of the carnival are to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, benevolent, educational, or civic purposes, and the operator or conductor has applied for and obtained a tax exempt registration certificate pursuant to the provisions of Section 21.75 of this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 143,208, Eff. 5/6/72.)

(h) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit to conduct or operate a carnival. The applicant for such permit shall cause a notice of public hearing to be published two times at intervals of not less than five days within the 14-day period prior to the first day of operation of the carnival. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the carnival is to be located and the applicant shall bear all expenses involved in such printing and publishing. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the carnival is to be conducted at least five calendar days prior to the first day of the carnival. All such public notices shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public of the proposed carnival, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of objecting persons to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests, or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all carnivals, the provisions of Section 103.03 of this Code to the contrary not withstanding. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(i) False Statement. Any person who makes or causes to be made any false or misleading statements or omissions in an application for a carnival permit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “DANCING ACADEMY” means a regularly established place of business maintained or conducted principally for the purpose of giving instructions in dancing.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, conduct, maintain, or carry on the business of furnishing a place where instruction in dancing is given without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed on a permit by the Board upon written application by the permittee accompanied by the change of location fee prescribed in Section 103.12.

(d) Invitational Dance. Persons other than those receiving regular instruction therein may be admitted to a dance, ball or dance instruction at a dancing academy by bona fide written invitation. Such invitation must be issued to a person named therein prior to the date specified in the invitation. Only the named person and not more than two other guests may be admitted by such invitation. The invitation shall be surrendered to a doorkeeper or ticket taker at the entrance to the dancing academy.

The invitee shall write the names and addresses of the invitee’s guests on the back of the invitation before presentation to the doorkeeper or ticket taker. Nothing in this section shall apply to the admission to a dancing academy of musicians or other persons regularly employed in the conduct of the dance, ball or dancing instruction.

(e) Public Dance – Unless Invitations. Every dance or ball given by a dancing academy for or to which former pupils of such academy are admitted shall be deemed to be a public dance unless all the provisions in this section concerning the issuance of invitations are complied with.

(f) Register Required. Every person conducting, maintaining or carrying on a dancing academy shall keep at all times a register of all persons instructed in dancing therein, in which shall be entered:

• 1. The name of each and every such person;
• 2. The time when such instruction begins;
• 3. The time when the same terminates;
• 4. The dates upon which instruction is given or contracted to be given;

5. In the case of a female minor under the age of 18 years or a male minor under the age of 17 years, the name of the parent or guardian or other person exercising parental control over such minor with whom the contract for instruction for dancing was made on behalf of such minor. Said register shall be at all time open to the inspection of the Chief of Police and the members of the Police Department.

(g) Intoxicating Liquor, Sale of. No person shall sell, furnish, serve or give away any intoxicating liquor in any dancing academy or in any room or place connected with or used in connection with any such dancing academy or at any place upon the same premises or within the same enclosure in which such dancing academy is situated while dancing or dancing instruction is being carried on.

(h) Invitations – Writing False Names. No person shall write upon an invitation a false name or any name other than the true name of the persons accompanying the holder of any invitation as provided in this section.

(i) Illumination. No permittee or the permittee’s employees shall hold or conduct any dance or instruction in dancing in any dancing academy after sunset unless the room or hall in which the dance or instruction in dancing is held is well lighted at all times. The intensity of such lighting shall not be less than a minimum of one foot candle at a plane three feet above the floor at all points on such floor

(j) Shutting Off Light. No person shall shut or turn off the lights or lighting or reduce the intensity below the minimum in Subsection (i).

(Title Amended by Ord. No. 115,510, Eff. 3/13/60.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “DANCE HALL” means any place where the holding or conducting of public dances is carried on.

2. “DANCING CLUB” means any club or association of persons which conducts dances, other than public dances for its members or bona fide guests at which a fee is charged, either for admission to such dance or for dancing therein, or at which any collection or donation of money is made or received, or in which the amount of dues to be paid by each member is dependent upon attendance at such dances by such member.

3. “PUBLIC DANCE” means a gathering of persons in or upon any premises where dancing is participated in and to which premises the public is admitted.

(b) Permit required. No person shall conduct or maintain any dance hall, dancing club or public dance without written permit from the Board.

1. A permit shall be required to hold any public dance on one occasion.

(c) Floor Space. (Amended by Ord. No. 150,081, Eff. 10/8/77.) No permit shall be issued or be valid for any dance hall, dancing club or public dance for dancing to be held at any premises, or location which is a part thereof, that does not have designated and set aside for dancing purposes at each location identified therefor on the permit application for the premises, at least two hundred (200) square feet of dancing area, exclusive of hallway space. Nor shall a permit be issued unless the Board determines that the surface set aside and reserved for dancing at each specified location is sufficiently flat, level, hard and rigid to be suitable for dancing.

The application for permit shall specify each location on the premises, the dimensions and the nature of the surface designated for dancing. A surface area designated for dancing shall not be located in a manner which blocks or obstructs ingress or egress of patrons at the dance. All of each of the specified dancing areas set aside shall be reserved exclusively for dancing during the time any dance or dancing is taking place, or is scheduled to take place, at the location.

(d) Dance – When Liquor May Be Served. Alcoholic beverages may be served at a dance hall, dancing club, or at a public dance when the sale and service of such beverages is permitted by State law and not otherwise prohibited by this Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 152,531. Eff. 8/6/79.)

(Added by Ord. No. 141,580, Eff. 4/2/71.)

(a) Social Contact Concierge Establishment Defined. As used in this article, “Social Contact Concierge Establishment” shall mean any dance hall or place conducting public dances where partners are provided for dancing or social contacts by those conducting, managing, maintaining or operating such public dances for patrons or guests and for which such patrons or guests pay a fee or other consideration.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, manage, maintain or operate a Social Contact Concierge Establishment without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Floor Space. No permit shall be issued for the conduct of any Social Contact Concierge Establishment having less than 400 square feet of contiguous area set aside and reserved exclusively for dancing, such area to be exclusive of hallway space.

(d) Hours of Operation. No Social Contact Concierge Establishment shall operate between the hours of 2:00 o’clock A.M. and 6:00 o’clock A.M. of any day.

(e) Alcoholic Beverages – Prohibited. No permit shall be issued at any establishment that serves or offers for sale any alcoholic beverages.

(f) Possession of Alcoholic Beverages Prohibited. No person shall possess an alcoholic beverage in or on the premises of a Social Contact Concierge Establishment.

(g) Employees – Social Contact Concierge Dancers. No person under the age of 18 years shall be employed as a dancer, social contact concierge dancer or instructor. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(h) Illumination. The illumination shall conform with the provisions of Section 41.48 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

(i) Public Hearings. The Board may require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than 5 days within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Furthermore, the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing, and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.

(j) Prior Operation. Any business activity that qualifies under the Social Contact Concierge Establishment Ordinance and is currently operating with a Dance Hall Café Permit at the time this ordinance first becomes effective shall be exempt from Subsection (i) of said Social Contact Concierge Establishment Ordinance and shall be exempt from the original permit fee. The annual fee shall be effective when applicable.

(Added by Ord. No. 111,348, Eff. 7/4/58.)

(a) Definition. As used in this article:

1. “ESCORT BUREAU” means any business, agency or person who, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, furnishes or offers to furnish names of persons, or who introduces, furnishes or arranges for persons who may accompany other persons to or about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement, or who may consort with others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters. (Amended by Ord. No. 113,701, Eff. 7/11/59.)

(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, manage or carry on any escort bureau without a written permit from the Board. No permit under this section shall be issued to, or in the name of, any organization, group, corporation, partnership or any entity other than an individual person. The business may be advertised and carried on by the permittee under a fictitious name in the manner permitted by law if such fictitious name is first approved by the Board.

(c) Information Required. Each application must state the names and addresses of all escorts intended to be employed by the applicant. Permittees shall notify the Board of any change in personnel in writing within 24 hours of such change. All such escorts shall be registered by the Board. No escort shall be registered unless the Board is furnished with satisfactory evidence of the good moral character of such escort. The registration of any escort may be cancelled for cause by the Board and thereafter no escort bureau shall employ, engage, or deal with such escort.

(d) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed on a permit by the Board upon written application by the permittee accompanied by the change of location fee prescribed in Section 103.12.

(e) Records. A record shall be kept by each permittee showing every transaction whereby any person or name of a person is furnished or arranged for on behalf of any patron or customer, the date and the approximate hour of the transaction, the name, address and telephone number of the patron or customer, the name of each escort involved and such other information as the Board may reasonably required by rule or regulation. Such record shall be kept available and open to inspection of any police officer at any time during business hours and shall be presented before the Board at any time upon written request therefor. (Amended by Ord. No. 113,701, Eff. 7/11/59.)

(f) Exception. Nothing in this section shall apply to the lawful business of any employment agency licensed under the laws of this State.

(g) Persons Under 18 – Employment. No permittee hereunder shall employ as an escort any person under 18 years of age. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(h) Furnishing Escorts to Persons Under 18. No permittee shall furnish any escort to, or accept employment from any patron, customer, or person to be escorted who is under 18 years of age, except at the special instance and request of the parent, guardian or other person in lawful custody of the person upon whose behalf the escort service is engaged. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(Added by Ord. No. 142,884, Eff. 2/6/72.)

(a) Escort Defined. As used in this article, “Escort” means any person who, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, accompanies other persons to or about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement or consorts with others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall be engaged as an Escort without a written permit from the Board. Such permit shall be issued to the address of the employer.

(c) Employment Prerequisite. Before an application for an Escort will be acted upon by the Board, the applicant shall present satisfactory evidence that such person is at least 18 years of age and that employment has been offered by an Escort Bureau under permit by the Board, including name and address of prospective employer, and such employment is contingent upon the issuance of said permit. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(d) Identification Card. Each permittee shall be issued an identification card by the Board and shall carry such card when acting as an escort. Each permittee shall immediately surrender to the Board any identification card issued by the Board upon suspension, revocation or cancellation of the permit, and upon leaving employment.

(e) Change of Location. A change of location may be endorsed on a permit by the Board or its designated representative upon written application by the permittee, accompanied by the change of location fee as prescribed.

(f) Persons Under 18. No permittee shall escort or perform any activity covered by this section or offer to escort or perform any other activity covered by this section to any person under 18 years of age, except at the special instance and request of the parent, guardian or other person in lawful custody of the person upon whose behalf the escort service is engaged. (Amended by Ord. No. 144,116, Eff. 12/31/72.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 175,676, Eff. 1/11/04.)

(a) Motion Picture Shows Defined. As used in this article, “motion picture shows” means the exhibiting or presenting of motion pictures to the public in any theater, show house or other place of entertainment.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in the business of exhibiting or presenting motion picture shows without a written permit from the Board.

(Title and Section amended by Ord. No. 176,617, Eff. 6/6/05.)

(a) Purpose. This Section establishes the standards and procedures for the issuance of permits for special events consisting of parades and assemblies in the City of Los Angeles. The purpose of this Section is to preserve and protect the public health and safety of the citizens of Los Angeles, the rights of individuals to engage in expressive activity protected under the First Amendment, and to provide for the recovery of costs to the City directly flowing from these events. This Section shall only apply to events that fall within the definition of “Parade” or “Assembly,” as set forth below. All other street closures, including Athletic Events (as that term is defined in this Section), shall be governed by the procedures set forth in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 41.20.

(b) Definitions. As used in this Article:

“ASSEMBLY” means any stationary formation, assembly, or gathering for the purpose of Expressive Activity upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public place which does not comply with normal or usual traffic regulations or controls. This term does not include block parties, street festivals, carnivals or other Street Closures, as that term is defined in this Section.

“ATHLETIC EVENT” means an event, not involving as a primary component, “Expressive Activity,” as that term is defined in this Section, in which a group of people collectively engage in a sport or form of physical exercise, including but not limited to jogging, bicycling, walking, roller skating, or running, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, which does not comply with normal and usual traffic regulations and controls.

“BOARD” means the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles.

“DEPARTMENT” means the Los Angeles Police Department.

“DESIGNATED POLICE COMMISSIONER” means the Board Commissioner designated by the President of the Board to act on behalf of the Board to grant or deny event permits.

“EVENT” means a parade or assembly, or both, which is the subject of a permit application under this section.

“EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY” includes conduct, the sole or principal object of which is the expression, dissemination or communication by verbal, visual, literary or auditory means of opinions, views, or ideas. It includes public oratory and the distribution of literature.

“PARADE” means any march or procession, other than an Athletic Event, consisting of persons, animals or vehicles, or combination thereof, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, which does not comply with normal or usual traffic regulations or controls. This term does not include Street Closures, as that term is defined in this Section, funeral processions, or official governmental motorcades.

“PERMIT APPLICATION FEE” means a nonrefundable fee to be paid by the applicant at the time the permit application is submitted to the Department. The amount of the fee will be set from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The fee will be used to defray the direct costs of processing and investigating the Event application.

“STREET CLOSURE” means the closure of streets by the Department of Public Works for an Athletic Event or other activity pursuant to Section 41.20 of this Code.

(c) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, manage or sponsor any Parade or Assembly without a written permit from the Board. No person shall participate in any Parade or Assembly with the knowledge that its sponsor has not been issued the required permit.

(d) Interference with Event. No person shall knowingly join or participate in any Parade or Assembly conducted under permit from the Board in violation of any of the terms of the permit, or knowingly join or participate in any permitted Parade or Assembly without the consent and over the objection of the permittee, nor in any manner interfere with the progress or orderly conduct of a permitted Parade or Assembly.

(e) Application for Permit.

1. Submission of Application.

A. Written applications for permits should be submitted to the Department at least 40 days prior to the date of the requested Event. However, all applications for permits shall be acted upon by the Department and the Board so long as they are received by the Department not less than five days before the date of the requested Event. The five-day time limitation shall be waived by the Designated Police Commissioner if the occurrence giving rise to the permit application did not reasonably allow the applicant time to file within the time prescribed, and imposition of the time limitation would place an unreasonable restriction on the right to free speech.

B. An application will be accepted by the Department only if it is fully completed, legible, and is accompanied by a receipt from the Office of Finance of payment of the Permit Application Fee as required pursuant to Subdivision (e)(2)C. below.

C. Applications shall be submitted no more than six months before the Event date.

2. Form of Application.

A. An application for a permit shall be made on a form provided by the Department and shall contain the following:

(1) the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the sponsoring organization;

(3) the specific date(s) of the Event, including date(s) for set-up and tear down;

(4) the starting and ending times;

(5) the exact location of the assembly and disbanding areas, indicating the particular portion of a street, corner of an intersection, portion of private property or park area, etc., if appropriate;

(6) the exact route and direction of travel of the Parade;

(7) the portion of the street needed for the Event;

(8) the total number and type of bands, marching units, vehicles, animals, structures, or other elements/props which will be used in the Event;

(9) the estimated number of participants and spectators expected at the Event;

(10) a description of any sound amplification equipment which will be used in the Event;

(11) the number of floats, if any, which will be used in the Parade and their size, type and method of power;

(12) the cleanup activities planned; and

(13) the parking contingencies planned.

B. If the Event is designed to be held by and on behalf of or for any organization other than the applicant, the applicant for the permit shall file a communication in writing from the organization authorizing the applicant to apply for such permit on its behalf.

C. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by a receipt from the Office of Finance evidencing payment of the requisite Permit Application Fee.

(f) Application Processing Procedure.

1. Timing of Action on Permit. The Board shall approve or deny an application as set forth in this subsection no later than the earliest date of the following: (i) 15 days after the complete application and receipt for payment of the Permit Application Fee were received by the Department, or (ii) three business days prior to the date of the scheduled Event; provided however that in the event that the Designated Police Commissioner waives the five-day notice requirement as set forth in Subsection (e), the application shall be approved or denied no later than 24 hours prior to the date of the scheduled Event.

2. Processing by the Department.

A. Written Report. Applications for permits shall be filed directly with the Department. The Department shall investigate the application and prepare a written report, including recommendations of whether the permit should be granted or denied and any conditions which should be imposed.

B. Notification of Affected Agencies. Upon receipt of the complete application and Permit Application Fee receipt, the Department shall notify and transmit a copy of the application to the following:

(1) Chief Engineer of the Fire Department;

(2) General Manager of the Department of Transportation;

(3) General Manager of the Department of General Services;

(4) Director of the Bureau of Street Services and Director of the Bureau of Sanitation, Department of Public Works;

(5) CalTrans (where appropriate);

(6) General Manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority;

(7) California Highway Patrol, only if a state highway is involved;

(8) Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC);

(9) General Manager of the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors (where appropriate);

(10) General Manager of the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks (where appropriate);

(11) The Mayor’s Office of Special Events; and

(12) The Office of the Council Member of the affected Council District.

This notification and transmittal shall be for the purpose of identifying any logistical or public safety issues surrounding the granting of the particular application, and to enable the Department of Transportation and the Bureau of Street Services to determine the traffic control and clean-up services that will be required and the costs to be paid by the applicant for those services.

Immediately upon the granting of a permit, the Board shall transmit a copy thereof to each of the above agencies.

3. Action on Application.

A. Recommendations of Department.

(1) If the recommendation of the Department is to approve the application without conditions or with conditions to which the applicant agrees, the Executive Director of the Board, on behalf of the Board, shall approve the permit.

(2) If the recommendation of the Department is to approve the application with conditions to which the applicant disagrees, the contested conditions shall be set forth in a report. The application, report, and recommendations shall be referred to the Designated Police Commissioner and a copy shall be provided to the applicant.

(3) If the recommendation of the Department is to deny the permit, the grounds for the recommendation shall be set forth in a report. The application, report, and recommendations shall be referred to the Designated Police Commissioner and a copy shall be provided to the applicant.

(4) If the Department simultaneously receives two or more applications from applicants requesting the same date, time, and location for the same or similar events, the Department will complete the processing on the applications and forward them to the Designated Police Commissioner for action on each application.

B. Action by the Designated Police Commissioner. If an application is referred to the Designated Police Commissioner, the Designated Police Commissioner shall act to grant or deny the application in compliance with Subdivision (f)(1). The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision by the Designated Police Commissioner by facsimile or overnight courier and shall be informed that the applicant has the right to appeal the decision as set forth in Subsection (j) below.

(g) Issuance of the Permit. The Board shall issue a permit following:

1. Final action on the permit pursuant to Subsection (f);

2. An agreement by the applicant or sponsor in writing to comply with any conditions imposed on the Event by the permit, including payment of traffic control and clean-up costs; and

3. Compliance with all of the applicable requirements of Subsection (h) below.

(h) Conditions to Issuance of Permit. The Board may condition the issuance of a permit by imposing reasonable requirements concerning the time, place, and manner of the Event, as necessary to protect the safety of all persons and property, provided that the conditions shall not unreasonably restrict the right of free speech. These conditions include, but are not limited to:

1. Alteration of the date or time of the Event proposed on the application;

2. Alteration of the location of the Assembly, route of the Parade, and/or the area and manner of assembling and disbanding of the Parade;

3. Accommodation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including restricting the Event to only a portion of a street or highway;

4. Compliance with all ordinances or laws and obtaining all legally required permits or licenses;

5. Requirements for the training and use of volunteers, monitors, or parade officials;

6. Restrictions on the number and type of vehicles, animals, or structures at the Event, and prior inspection and approval of floats, structures, and decorated vehicles for fire safety by the Los Angeles Fire Department;

7. Requirements for the use of garbage containers, cleanup, and restoration of City property;

8. Requirements for providing notice of permit conditions to volunteers, monitors, parade officials, and event participants;

9. Requirements for providing a certain specified number of parade officials or volunteers to ensure a safe and expeditious parade;

10. Requirements for the provision of adequate first aid and sanitary facilities;

11. Requirements for the use of amplification devices or amplified sound; and

12. Requirements to provide proof of automobile insurance (where the Event involves the operating of vehicles, including motorized floats, upon the streets or highways).

(i) Grounds for Denial of Application or Revocation of a Permit.

1. The Board, through either the Executive Director or the Designated Police Commissioner, shall approve an application for a permit unless it determines from a consideration of the application or other pertinent information, the existence of any of the following, any of which shall also be justification for the Board to revoke a previously issued permit:

A. Information contained in the application, or supplementary information requested from the applicant, is false in any material detail;

B. The applicant failed to provide a complete application after being notified of the requirement of producing additional information or documents;

C. The Event will interfere with another Event, street closure or other activity for which a permit has previously been granted;

D. The concentration of persons, animals and/or vehicles at the site of the Event, or at the assembly and disbanding areas, will prevent proper police, fire, ambulance, or other public services to areas contiguous to the Event;

E. The time, route or size of the Event will disrupt to an unreasonable extent the safe and expeditious movement of traffic contiguous to the event site or route, or unreasonably disrupt the use of a street or highway when it is usually subject to great traffic congestion;

F. The size or duration of the Event will require the diversion of so great a number of police officers of the City that providing the minimum level of police services to other areas of the City is jeopardized. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes denial of a permit because of the need to protect Event participants from the conduct of others;

G. The Event will substantially interfere with any construction or maintenance work scheduled to take place upon or along the affected City streets or highways, or a previously granted encroachment permit;

H. The parade will not move from its point of origin to its point of termination in five hours or less;

I. The length of the parade route exceeds 3 miles from its point of origin to its point of termination; or

J. The applicant fails to conduct the Event in accordance with the information contained in the permit application, or any terms and conditions imposed on the issued permit.

2. When the grounds for denial of the application for a permit specified in Subdivision (i)1. can be corrected by altering the time, place and/or manner of the Event as authorized by Subsection (h), the Board shall, instead of denying the application, conditionally approve the application provided the applicant accepts such conditions for permit issuance. The conditions imposed shall provide for only such modifications of the applicant’s proposed Event as are necessary to achieve compliance with this subsection.

(j) Appeal Procedure.

1. Right to Appeal. The applicant shall have the right to appeal any permit conditions imposed upon an Event or the denial of a permit application. The applicant shall also have the right to appeal the amount of traffic control fees or clean-up deposits imposed pursuant to subsection (l).

2. Notice of Appeal. A notice of appeal stating the grounds for the appeal shall be filed with the Board no later than three days after delivery of the notice of the denial of the application or notice of the contested/disputed permit conditions.

3. Hearing by the Board.

A. If an applicant files a notice of appeal, the Board shall conduct a hearing on the appeal at the next scheduled meeting of the Board. The Board shall render its decision at the hearing unless the permit applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final.

B. If the date of the next scheduled meeting of the Board following the receipt of a notice of appeal is later than two business days before the date of the scheduled Event, the Board shall convene a special meeting within 24 hours of the delivery of the notice of appeal. Notice of the time and place of said special meeting shall be given to all parties at least 24 hours prior to said hearing. The Board shall render its decision at the hearing unless the permit applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final.

C. No Board member who did not hear the evidence or who was not read or heard the record or proceedings shall vote on the decision.

(k) Contents of Permit. In each permit, the Board shall prescribe:

• 1. The assembly area and time therefor:
• 2. The start time;
• 3. The minimum and maximum speeds for the Parade;
• 4. The exact route of the Parade;
• 5. What portions of streets to be traversed may be occupied by the Event;

6. The maximum number of units and the maximum and minimum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the Parade;

• 7. The maximum length of the Parade in miles or fractions thereof;
• 8. The disbanding area and disbanding time;
• 9. The number of persons required to officiate and/or monitor the Event;
• 10. The number and type of vehicles, if any;
• 11. The material and maximum size of any sign, banner, placard or carrying device therefor; and
• 12. All conditions imposed upon the Event pursuant to Subsection (h) of this Section.

(l) Fees and Indemnification.

1. Each applicant, and any other person, organization, firm or corporation on whose behalf the application is made, shall be required to agree in writing to jointly and separately indemnify, protect and defend and hold harmless the City of Los Angeles, its officers and employees against all claims, damages, expenses, loss or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of, or resulting from, the alleged acts or omissions of the permittee, its officers, agents or employees in connection with the Parade or Assembly.

2. Traffic Control Costs.

A. Prepayment of Costs. Upon approval by the Board of a permit for a Parade or Assembly but prior to the date of the scheduled Event, the Department of Transportation, through the Bureau of Street Services, shall provide the applicant with a statement of the estimated cost of providing traffic management at the Event. The applicant/sponsor shall be required to pay the traffic control costs either prior to the date of the Event or within 15 days thereafter. Traffic control consists of clearing the parade/assembly route of unauthorized vehicles, posting any parking restrictions necessary for the Event, diverting traffic around the Event, and directing pedestrian and vehicular traffic along the route of a parade.

B. Computing Traffic Control Costs. The traffic control costs shall be computed by determining the number of LADOT personnel who will be required for traffic control beyond that which would otherwise be required at that time, multiplied by the number of hours for which such additional service is rendered at the rate of the City’s full cost of providing officers on an hourly basis as established by the Department of Transportation.

C. Refunds or Additional Charges. If the actual cost for traffic control on the date of the Event is less than the estimated cost pursuant to Subdivision (l)2.A. above, the applicant/ sponsor will be refunded the difference by the City. If more traffic officers’ hours are required than originally charged, the applicant/sponsor will be billed the additional costs.

D. Traffic control costs shall not be assessed if the size of the parade/assembly can be controlled by 5 or fewer traffic officers over a two-hour period, as determined by LADOT.

3. Clean-up Deposit.

A. The applicant/sponsor of an Event involving horses or other large animals, the sale of food or beverages, or the erection of any structure shall be required to provide a clean-up deposit prior to the date of the Event, paid to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Services. The clean-up deposit shall be in the amount established in a cleanup fee schedule adopted by the City Council.

B. The clean-up deposit shall be returned after the Event if the area used for the Event has been cleaned and restored to the same condition as existed prior to the Event, as determined by a representative of the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Services.

C. If the property used for the Event has not been cleaned or restored, the permittee shall be billed for the actual cost of the clean-up and restoration by the Office of Finance, and the clean-up deposit or portion thereof shall be applied toward the payment of the bill.

D. If the permittee disputes the bill, the permittee may appeal to the Board of Public Works within 5 days after receipt of the bill. Should there be any unexpended balance on the deposit after completion of the work, this balance shall be promptly refunded to the permittee. Should the amount of the bill exceed the clean-up deposit, the difference shall become due and payable to the City upon the applicant’s receipt of the bill.

4. Waiver of Fees for Traffic Control and Clean-up Services. Upon receipt of an application therefor to the Bureau of Street Services One Stop Special Events Permit Office, Traffic Control and Clean-up Services costs shall be waived for non- commercial Parades and Assemblies, so long as the particular event would qualify for a waiver applying all of the requirements, conditions and criteria set forth in Municipal Code Sections 41.20 and 41.20.1. Applications for such waivers shall be processed as set forth in Municipal Code Sections 41.20 and 41.20.1.

(m) Waiver. Except as specifically set forth herein, no requirements of this Section shall be waived.

(n) Violation. Willful violation of any of the provisions of this Section, or the terms or conditions of an Event permit by the permittee or any participant in said Event is a misdemeanor.

(o) Severability. If any subsection, subdivision. sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this section, or the application thereof to any person, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section or its application to other persons. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section and each subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Amended by Ord. No. 157,104, Eff. 11/27/82.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “BILLIARDS” means any of the several games played on a table, the surface of which is surrounded by an elastic ledge or cushions within which balls are impelled by cues, and shall include all forms of a game known as “pool”.

2. “BILLIARD ROOM” or “POOLROOM” means any place where the game of billiards is permitted to be played on one or more tables designed for that purpose, referred to herein as “billiard tables’ or “pool tables”.

3. “BOWLING ALLEY” means a place, usually indoors, where a game is conducted in which large balls made of composition rubber, plastic or other material are rolled along an alley or lane toward pins, arranged symmetrically.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate or maintain a billiard room, poolroom or bowling alley open to the public, whether or not operated for a profit, and to which the public is admitted either with or without charge, without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Notice to Public. Each applicant for a permit shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community wherein the activity is to be conducted, a notice of intent to conduct or maintain a billiard room, poolroom or bowling alley as defined herein. The notice shall be published twice at intervals of not less than three days within a ten-day period following the date of the filing of the application.

In addition, the Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the activity is to be conducted within five days after the date of the filing of the application for the required permit.

Both the published and posted notices shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, including the location, and the name or names of the applicant or applicants. Said notices shall also state that persons who object to the proposed activity must present their objections to the Board in writing on or before a final date set forth in the notice, and that objections submitted subsequent to that date shall not be considered. Such final date shall be the date ten days following the first date of publication of the notice, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The Board shall review the application for the permit, and, in the event objections are submitted within said time limit, shall likewise consider the objections and may withhold issuance of the permit applied for pending a public hearing and further determination thereon. In the event the Board conducts a public hearing with respect to the objections received, the Board shall provide at least a ten-day notice to the applicant and to the objecting parties, and shall permit these and every other interested party to be heard thereat.

All expenses and costs involved in publishing and posting any notices referred to herein shall be borne by the applicant.

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the issuance of a permit to operate or maintain a billiard room or poolroom containing no more than three billiard or pool tables, where the operation and maintenance thereof is not the principal business activity of the premises where such table or tables are located.

(d) Minors. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall enter or remain in, nor shall any person having charge or control of any billiard room or poolroom permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) to enter or remain in, any billiard room or poolroom with two or more pool tables or billiard tables.

EXCEPTION:

Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted to enter and remain in family billiard rooms under the provisions of Section 103.112.1 of this Code.

(Added by Ord. No. 139,204, Eff. 10/23/69.)

(a) Definitions.

1. “FAMILY BILLIARD ROOM” means any billiard room wherein minors are permitted to play billiards under the provisions of this section.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, operate or manage a family billiard room without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Investigation. Upon the filing of an application for a permit, the Board shall cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary.

(d) Public Hearings. The Board shall hold a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Said notice shall be published two times, at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application. Furthermore the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.

If the Board shall find that the operation of the family billiard room for which the permit is requested at the location set forth in the application will not violate any law of the State of California or any ordinance of the City of Los Angeles or constitute a menace to the health, peace, or safety of the community, and the applicant has not had a permit revoked by the Board within one year prior to the application, then the Board shall issue a permit to the applicant.

(e) Permits – Conditions. Permits to operate family billiard rooms shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:

1. Physical Environment:

(i) Family billiard rooms shall be located at street level or that level which most approximates street level.

(ii) A clear and unobstructed view of the entire interior of the family billiard room shall be visible from the entrance to such room.

(iii) No partitions forming rooms, stalls or other enclosures within which the public may congregate shall be permitted within the family billiard room. However, this shall not prohibit the maintenance of washrooms, toilet rooms or storage closets.

(iv) The family billiard room shall be maintained in a separate room from other business activities of the owner or operator of such room unless the owner or operator has obtained the consent of the Board to do otherwise.

(v) No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, consumed or available in family billiard rooms.

2. Conduct:

(i) Behavior within family billiard rooms shall conform to the rules and regulations of the Board in addition to the provisions of this section and of all other applicable laws. Sufficient adult supervision shall be provided by management to assure compliance with such rules, regulations and laws.

The owners, managers and operators, and each of them, of a family billiard room shall be strictly responsible for the enforcement of all rules and regulations, and shall not permit any person violating any rule, regulation or other applicable law to remain in such family billiard room.

(ii) No person shall bring any form of alcoholic liquor into a family billiard room. No person in an intoxicated condition shall enter or remain in a family billiard room. No person shall conduct themself in a boisterous or disorderly manner in a family billiard room.

(iii) No person having charge or control of any family billiard room shall permit any person to enter or remain therein who has any form of alcoholic liquor in their possession, or permit any intoxicated, boisterous or disorderly person to enter, be or remain in any family billiard room.

(f) Age Limits. Persons under the age of 18 years may enter and remain in family billiard rooms and play billiards therein with the following limitations:

1. No person having charge or control of a family billiard room shall allow a person under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in a family billiard room unaccompanied by their parent or guardian.

2. No person under the age of 18 years shall enter or remain in a family billiard room unless accompanied by their parent or guardian.

EXCEPTION:

A person under the age of 18 years may be present in a family billiard room and engage in the game of billiards, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, if the parent of guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the family billiard room a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator.

3. No person having charge or control of any family billiard room shall allow a person under the age of 18 years to enter and remain therein after the receipt of a notice signed by the parent or guardian of such minor person in which notice the parent or guardian has requested that said minor be prevented from entering or remaining in any such premises.

4. No person less than 18 years of age shall enter or remain in a family billiard room between the hours of 12:01 and 9:00 A.M. Nor shall any person having charge or control of a family billiard room permit a person less than 18 years of age to enter or remain in such family billiard room between the hours of 12:01 and 9:00 A.M.

(a) Definitions. As used in this section:

1. “RIDE” includes any merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, carousel, rocket ride, looper ride, roller coaster, dive-ride or other similar device.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate or maintain any ride within 500 feet of any dwelling without a written permit from the Board. A separate application and permit shall be required for each location. One or more pieces of equipment described in the application may be installed under one permit at each location.

(c) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(a) Definition. As used in this article:

1. “SKATING RINK, PUBLIC” means a place where skating is regularly conducted on certain days as a business, whether for profit or not, and to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge or at which the public is allowed to participate in the skating either with or without charge.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct or manage a skating rink without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Special Police Officers. A permittee conducting a skating rink may apply to the Board for the appointment of a special police officer to attend such skating rink for the purpose of preserving law and order. Such special police officer shall be paid by such permittee. The presence of a special police officer at a skating rink shall not relieve the permittee or the permittee’s employees from the responsibility for violation of any law or ordinance.

(d) Minors. No minor less than 16 years of age may enter or remain in a skating rink establishment unaccompanied by a parent or guardian between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. unless the parent or guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the skating rink a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator. (Amended by Ord. No. 157,231, Eff. 12/30/82.)

(e) Illumination. All skating rinks must be properly lighted when open to the public.

(f) Locations Prohibited. No person shall erect, operate or maintain any skating rink or any building or other structure within which persons are permitted to use roller skates for skating within 200 feet of any schoolhouse, church or hospital.

(g) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Furthermore, the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested persons may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article:

1. “GAME OF SKILL AND SCIENCE” means any game of amusement, but not including athletic sporting events, which is participated in by one or more players for any prize, gift or award of anything of value where or when any charge is made by the persons conducting, operating or maintaining such game, or any consideration is paid by any player for the right to play or participate in any such game, and the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is dependent upon the skill of the player or players and not upon chance, provided, that in any case where the result of such game may be dependent to some extent upon the judgment, intelligence or adroitness of the player, but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance. Such a game shall not be considered as a game of skill and science, but shall be considered as a game of chance.

(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, operate, maintain, conduct, carry on or permit, suffer or allow the operation, maintenance, conducting or carrying on of any game of skill and science without a written permit from the Board.

(c) Findings of Board. If the Board finds that the game proposed to be conducted is a game of skill and science and that such game is not prohibited by the provisions of Chapter 10, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the State of California, or any other law of the State of California, or any law of the City, and that the conducting, operating or maintaining of such game at the location described in the application will comport with the public welfare, the Board may grant such application and issue a permit to conduct the same.

If in making its determination of the questions as to whether the game proposed to be operated, conducted or maintained is a game of skill and science or a game of chance, the Board is of the opinion that although the result of such game is dependent to some extent upon judgment, practice, intelligence or adroitness on the part of participants in such game but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance, the Board shall find that the proposed game is a game of chance and not a game of skill and science, the application for permit shall be denied.

(d) Permits – Conditions. Any such permit shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:

1. That such permittee will not permit, suffer or allow the game authorized to be played in any manner other than the manner described in detail in the application.

2. That no equipment, apparatus, device, material or contrivance of any kind be used in the conduct of or playing of such game that is not described or referred to in the application.

3. That such permittee shall not give or award any prize, award, or gift to any participant in any such game which is money, tokens, checks, warrants, certificates, or chips exchangeable for money by the permittee, the permittee’s agent or employees; provided, that chips or tokens redeemable in or exchangeable for merchandise or the right to further participation in such game, may be used in playing the game authorized hereby;

4. That such permittee will not and does not enter into any agreement, combine or understanding with any person whatsoever to the effect that either the permittee, the permittee’s agent or someone acting for and on behalf of the permittee as contractor, or otherwise, will buy any gift, prize or award given or awarded to any participant in any game, or exchange any such gift, prize or award for money.

Each of said conditions shall be incorporated in and made a part of each permit issued hereunder.

No person shall conduct, operate or maintain any such game, or permit, suffer or allow the conducting, operation or maintenance of any game in any manner or mode except in accordance with and in strict conformance with all of the conditions set forth in this subsection.

(e) Summary Revocation. If the permittee, the permittee’s agent, employee or servant acting for and on behalf of such permittee in connection with the operation, maintenance or conduct of any game, is convicted in any court of having violated any law of the State of California prohibiting or regulating gaming, or of having violated any of the laws of this City prohibiting or regulating gaming, all permits therefore issued to such permittee shall be revoked by the Board immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of final judgment of conviction of the court with the Board and without hearing or previous notice.

(f) Games Prohibited by Law. No permit issued by the Board shall authorize the conduct of any game which is prohibited by the Penal Code of California or any other law of the State of California or of this City. Any permit issued in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void.

(g) Public Hearings. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.) The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of th business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.

No person shall conduct, manage, or operate any shooting gallery, rifle range, gun club, trap shooting range, or other place where firearms are discharged without a written permit from the Board.

(Amended by Ord. No. 160,203, Eff. 9/2/85.)

(a) Definitions. As used in this article, the term “premises” shall mean any facility open to the public where activity regulated hereunder is occurring, the room or rooms where such activity is occurring and the area adjacent thereto to which direct access is available from such room and the term “Teenager” shall mean any person over the age of 13 years and under the age of 18 years.

(b) Permit Required.

1. No person, dancing club or other association shall, without first obtaining a permit from the Board, operate, manage or maintain any dance hall, “disco”, nightclub or Social Contact Concierge Establishment, or conduct any public dance or dances wherein teenagers are permitted to be present, except as herein provided.

2. Such permit shall be in addition to any other dance permit required by this article.

(c) Permit – Application – Contents of. An application for a permit shall be accompanied by certification that the premises where a dance is to be held or dancing activity is to occur is adequate for the purpose, and that the premises conform with the existing health, safety, fire and zoning ordinances of the City of Los Angeles. The certification shall also specify the maximum number of persons that may safely be accommodated at the location where the dance or dancing activity is to take place.

(d) Exceptions.

1. A permit shall not be required for any agency or department of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Board of Education, or other political subdivision of the State of California, or for any religious or charitable organization holding a valid tax exempt registration certificate under Section 21.22 of this Code and which is normally engaged in youth or child-serving activities.

2. A permit shall not be required for any hotel, café, restaurant, banquet hall or catering facility which does not predominantly cater to the patronage of teenagers and where no charge or admission is imposed for the privilege of entering or dancing.

(e) Investigation. Upon the filing of an application, the Board shall cause that investigation to be made which it deems necessary. The Board shall issue no permit to the applicant unless the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The dance or dancing activity for which an application has been filed conforms to the laws of the City of Los Angeles and of the State of California, and will not constitute a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community;

2. A sufficient number of adult supervisors who are employees of the location will be provided to insure compliance with the provisions of this section and any rules or regulations promulgated by the Board with respect thereto. For purposes herein, a sufficient number shall constitute, at a minimum, a ratio of one adult to every 35 teenagers in attendance at the teenage dance premises.

(f) Lighting in Hall. Each of the premises where any dance or dancing activity regulated under this section is held, shall be adequately lighted at all times when open for dancing. For purposes herein, the volume of illumination shall at no time be less than one foot-candle in any part of the building and premises accessible to participants.

(g) Parking – Lighting. All off-street parking facilities under the direct or indirect control of a permittee shall be adequately lighted and supervised so as to ensure that violations of this article or other laws do not occur. For purposes herein, adequate lighting and supervision will be established by the Board at the time of the granting or reviewing a permit.

(h) Use of Drugs or Alcoholic Beverages – Prohibited. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, consumed or be available on the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity is being held which is regulated by this section. Admission to the premises shall be denied to any person showing evidence of drinking any alcoholic beverages or showing symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of any chemical substance.

(i) Time Limit for Dances. Teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall not be permitted after 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and local public school holidays. On all other days, except Fridays, Saturdays, and the day before a legal holiday, teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall be prohibited after the hour of 10:00 p.m., provided however that permission to continue dancing after 10:00 p.m. on such other days may be granted by the Board during public school vacation periods if the Board finds the continuation of dancing after 10:00 p.m. does not unreasonably disturb the peace and quiet of the surrounding neighborhood. In no event shall such an establishment be permitted to continue such teenage dances or dancing activity later than 1:00 a.m.

(j) Teenagers Under the Age of 15 Years. No person under the age of 15 years shall be permitted to enter any premises where there is dancing activity regulated under this section unless such person is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian unless the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the facility a consent form for such minor to be there unaccompanied by said parent or guardian. The consent shall be set forth on a form approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or legal guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator of the facility and shall contain the minor’s name, date of birth, address, and the parent or legal guardian’s telephone number for use in case of an emergency. In the event no such consent form has been so completed and filed, such teenagers shall not be permitted to enter into or remain at the premises unless accompanied or escorted by their parent or legal guardian. Any teenager admitted and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian shall have the rights and privileges of other legally admitted teenagers. Any teenager entering pursuant to a consent form filed by the teenager’s parent or legal guardian must present valid identification as defined in Subsection (n).

(k) Persons Under the Age of 13 Years. In no event shall any person under the age of 13 years be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section.

(l) Persons Over the Age of 20 Years. No person over the age of 20 years shall be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section unless that person is a parent or legal guardian accompanying a child as required by Subsections (j) and (m) herein.

(m) Teenagers Between the Age of 15 and 18 Years. No person between the ages of 15 and 18 years may be present at premises regulated under this section unless the person (1) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or, if unaccompanied, the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed a consent form similar to that required by Subsection (j) herein; or (2) presents valid proof of age as defined in Subsection (n) herein.

(n) Proof of Age. Proof of age shall be required of each patron entering the establishment. Such proof may be established by identification issued by a governmental agency, the patron’s school, or the Department of Motor Vehicles, and must contain the patron’s name, date of birth, and a picture that has been taken within the preceding two years.

(o) Denial of Entry on Request of Parent. No person having charge or control of any premises regulated under this section shall allow a teenager to enter or remain at the premises after receiving a written notice signed by the parent or legal guardian of such teenager which requests that said teenager be prevented from entering the premises.

(p) Attendance. Except in emergency situations, no patron shall be permitted to leave the premises at which any dance or dancing activity regulated by this section is being held and thereafter re-enter prior to the conclusion of such dance or dancing activity. No pass or other indicia permitting re-entry shall be issued.

(q) Criminal History of Supervisory Staff. No person, dancing club, or other association or entity obtaining a permit under this section shall employ any person as a supervisory employee at the premises at the time of any dancing activity regulated hereunder who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony in the last five (5) years, nor shall such permittee employ any person who has been arrested and is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. As permitted by California Labor Code Section 432.7, such permittee shall ask all applicants for such employment at the premises about any conviction, as that term is used in said Labor Code Section, and about any arrest for which the applicant is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. Copies of the employment applications of all persons hired shall be filed with the Board. Upon a showing of just causes a permittee may apply to the Board for a waiver of this provision. Just cause, as used in this subsection, shall include but is not limited to a demonstration that the prior conviction, or arrest as described herein, would not have an adverse effect on the employee’s ability to supervise teenagers at a location as described within this section. While teenagers are present, all employees also present within the premises, as that term is defined by this section, shall be considered supervisory employees.

(r) Duty of Management. If a teenager is discovered inside the premises showing evidence or symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of alcohol or any chemical substance, that teenager shall be reported by management to local police authorities and to the teenager’s parent or legal guardian. Management shall attempt to separate the teenager from other teenagers at the premises pending the arrival of police or the parent or legal guardian of the teenager. A notice shall be posted by all pay phones containing the local police telephone number and shall request all patrons to call the police if management neglects to take action to report a violation of this subsection.

(s) Operation After 1:00 a.m. – 18 Year Olds. If the premises intends to operate after the closing time set forth in Subsection (i) herein, the premises must first be vacated by all customers, and thereafter only those persons 18 years of age or older who present valid identification containing proof of age established as set forth in Subsection (n) herein may be permitted to enter the premises.

(t) Additional Restrictions by the Board. The Board may promulgate additional rules as necessary with respect thereto.

(u) Regulation by Permittee. Nothing herein is intended to preclude the imposition of more restrictive regulations by any permittee so long as the regulations are not in conflict with any provision of this section.

(a) Places of Amusement Included. This section applies to any place of public amusement or recreation for the operation of which a permit from the Board of Police Commissioners is required by this Code and in connection with which any loudspeaking system or public address system is used, or any other method of amplifying music, speech or sound employed.

(b) Authority of the Board. Whenever, upon notice and hearing, as required by this chapter, the Board shall determine that music or noise from any such place of amusement or recreation, caused by the operation of any loudspeaking system, public address system or other method of amplifying music, speech or sound, interferes with the peace and quiet of a substantial number of persons dwelling in the vicinity as to deprive them of the reasonable enjoyment of their property, the Board may suspend the permit until the offending premises is sound-proofed in a manner that, in the judgment of the Board, will be effective to eliminate the annoyance complained of.