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Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.76 PENALTIES.

SEC. 80.76. PENALTIES. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,518, Eff. 4/11/94.) (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter. (b) Except as provided elsewhere, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as follows: 1. For the first offense by a fine of not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding five (5) days, 2. For a second violation within a period of one year by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding ten (10) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and 3. For a third and each additional offense committed within one year by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (c) Notwithstanding Section 11.00(m) of this Code, where any person in violation of Section 88.11, 88.61 or 89.35.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code defaces, injures, tampers with, opens or willfully breaks, destroys or impairs the usefulness of any parking meter, the fine imposed upon conviction shall be no less than $50.00 for the first offense, no less than $100.00 for the second offense and no less than $300.00 for the third and each additional offense committed within one year of the date of commission of the first offense. The first and second violation of Section 88.11, 88.61 or 89.35.6 shall be deemed an infraction. The third and subsequent violation of these sections shall be deemed a misdemeanor.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.76.1 INFRACTIONS.

SEC. 80.76.1. INFRACTIONS. (Amended by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.) Notwithstanding Section 80.76 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, violation of any of the sections or subsections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code described herein shall be an infraction: SECTION DESCRIPTION 80.36.11(c)(1) TRAVELING OF A TOUR BUS ON A STREET DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUR BUS (Added by Ord. No. 186,561, Eff. 4/15/20.) 80.73(b)2A(1) VENDING FROM NON-CATERING TRUCK VEHICLES (Amended by Ord. No. 173,264, Eff. 6/26/00.) 80.73(b)(2),C,D,E CATERING TRUCKS, CLEANUP OF AREA 80.73.1(d) USE OF STREETS FOR STORAGE 80.75 SALE OF VEHICLE 86.06(a) DRIVING-SIGNS POSTED PROHIBITING 87.09(g) COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS 87.09(l) PAYMENT OF PARKING FEE 88.10 PARKING METERS NOT TO BE USED 88.12 EXTENDING PARKING TIME 88.60 OFF-STREET PARKING METERS NOT TO BE USED 88.62 EXTENDING PARKING TIME 89.35.4 IMMEDIATE DEPOSIT OF COINS 89.35.5(c) DEPOSITING COINS TO EXTEND TIME 89.40(c) REMOVAL OF CAR WITHOUT PAYING FEES

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.76.2 CIVIL PENALTIES.

SEC. 80.76.2. CIVIL PENALTIES. (Added by Ord. No. 168,782, Eff. 7/12/93.) Notwithstanding Section 80.76 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, violation of any of the sections or subsections of the Los Angeles Municipal Code described herein shall be punishable by civil penalty: SECTION DESCRIPTION 80.25 PARKING NEAR OR FOLLOWING EMERGENCY VEH. 80.36.11(d)(1) TRAVELING OF A TOUR BUS ON A STREET DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUR BUS (Added by Ord. No. 186,561, Eff. 4/15/20.) 80.49 WRONG SIDE/NOT PARALLEL-OVER 18” FROM CURB 80.51(a) PARKING ON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY 80.53 PARKING WITHIN A PARKWAY 80.54(h)1 OVERNIGHT PARKING WITHOUT PERMIT (Added by Ord. No. 178,794, Eff. 6/21/07.) 80.55(a)1 HAZARDOUS AREA 80.55(a)2 30 FEET OF INTERSECTION - BUSINESS DISTRICT 80.55(a)3 25 FEET CROSSWALK 80.55(a)4 ANY POLICE STATION 80.55.1 STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING WITHIN 15 FEET OF A DRIVEWAY USED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES (Added by Ord. No. 186,219, Eff. 8/12/19.) 80.56(e)1 PASSENGER ZONE (WHITE) 80.56(e)2 LOADING ZONE (YELLOW) 80.56(e)3 SHORT TIME LIMIT ZONE (GREEN) 80.56(e)4 NO STOPPING ZONE (RED) 80.58(k)1 PREFERENTIAL PARKING 80.58.1 CARSHARE PARKING (Added by Ord. No. 180,602*, Eff. 4/24/09.) 80.58.2 SPECIAL EVENT VEHICLE PARKING (Added by Ord. No. 183,135, Eff. 7/8/14.) 80.61 ALLEY - STANDING IN 80.66.1(d) RESTRICTED ZONES 80.69(a) STOPPING OR STANDING PROHIBITED 80.69(b) PARKING PROHIBITED 80.69(c) PARKING TIME LIMITS 80.69(d) PARKING OF VEHICLES MORE THAN SIX FEET HIGH 80.69.1(a) PRKG TRAILER - VEHICLE CAPABLE OF TOWING 80.69.1(c) PARKING UNHITCHED TRAILER (Added by Ord. No. 177,086, Eff. 12/11/05.) 80.69.2 COMM. VEHICLES AND TRAILERS IN RES. DIST. 80.69.3 PARKING UNDER FREEWAY OVERPASSES 80.69.4 PARKING OF OVERSIZE VEHICLES (Added by Ord. No. 177,876, Eff. 10/6/06.) 80.70 PARKING IN ANTI-GRIDLOCK ZONE (Added by Ord. No. 177,753, Eff. 9/8/06.) 80.71.3 PARKING IN FRONT YARDS (Added by Ord. No. 170,903, Eff. 3/16/96.) 80.71.4 PARKING WITHOUT PERMISSION 80.72 PARKING ON RED FLAG DAY (Added by Ord. No. 177,215, Eff. 2/8/06.) 80.72.5 PARKING ON PRIVATE STREET (Amended by Ord. No. 180,876, Eff. 10/23/09.) 80.73(a) PARKING OF CATERING TRUCKS 80.73(b)(2)(f) CATERING VIOLATION - TIME LIMITS 80.73(b)2,A(2)(3) (4)(5) DISTANCE LIMITATIONS (Amended by Ord. No. 173,264, Eff. 6/26/00.) 80.73(b),2,F TIME RESTRICTIONS 80.73(c) LUNCH WAGONS, CENTRAL AREA OF CITY 80.73(d) “FOR HIRE” WITHOUT PERMIT 80.73(e) “FOR SALE” 80.73(f) VIOLATING PROVISIONS OF PERMIT TO PARK 80.73.1(a)(b)(c) STORING VEHICLES IN THE STREET 80.73.2 MORE THAN 72 HOURS ON STREET OR ALLEY 80.74(b) CLEANING VEHICLE IN STREET 80.75.1 PARKING WITH AUDIBLE STATUS INDICATOR OPERATIVE (Added by Ord. No. 169,785, Eff. 6/9/94.) 80.75.3 PARKING WHERE GRADE EXCEEDS 3% 85.01(b) REPAIRING VEHICLE IN STREET 86.03 STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES IN PARKS 86.06(b) NO PARKING OTHER THAN POSTED AREAS 87.02 PARKING NEAR FIRE HYDRANT 87.03 PARALLEL PARKING REQUIRED 87.04 PARKING TIME PROHIBITED 87.05 PARKING PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN ROADWAYS 87.06 PARKING PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN STREETS 87.09(a)(b)(c) (d)(e)(h)(k) PARKING PROHIBITED IN HARBOR DISTRICT 87.11 PARKING BY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 87.54 ADVERTISING PROHIBITED OTHER PARKED VEH. 88.03(a) PARKING OUTSIDE SPACE INDICATED 88.13(a) METERS - FAILURE TO DEPOSIT COIN 88.13(b) OVERTIME USE OF METER SPACE 88.53 OFF-ST. PARKING OUTSIDE SPACE INDICATED 88.63(a) OFF-STREET FAILURE TO DEPOSIT COINS 88.64 FAILURE TO OBEY OFF-STREET PARKING SIGNS 88.66 ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION SPACES (Added by Ord. No. 185,744, Eff. 10/15/18.) 89.35.1 PARKING METER SPACES 89.35.5(a) FAILURE TO IMMED. DEPOSIT COIN IN METER 89.35.5(b) FAILURE TO REMOVE VEH. WHEN METER EXPIRES 89.36 NO STOPPING - RED CURB 89.37 PARKING AT GREEN CURB 89.38 PARKING AT YELLOW CURB 89.39 PARKING AT WHITE CURB 89.39.1(a) STOPPING OR STANDING PROHIBITED 89.39.1(b) PARKING PROHIBITED 89.39.1(c) PARKING TIME LIMITS 89.39.2 PRKG RESTRICTED TO HOTEL-MOTEL VEHICLES 89.40(a) PARKING WITHIN MARKERS 89.40(b) USING MORE THAN ONE SPACE 89.42 PARALLEL PRKG - RIGHT WHEELS 18” FROM CURB 89.43 PARKING IN CROSSWALK 89.44(c) VIOLATION OF EMERGENCY RULES OR SIGNS 89.45 PARKING OF “FOR HIRE” VEHICLES 89.46 PARKING RESTRICTED TO “FOR HIRE VEHICLES” 87.09(a) WITHIN 6 FEET OF RAILROAD TRACK 87.09(b) NO PARKING OR STANDING - POSTED AREAS 87.09(c) EXCESS OF TIME LIMIT 87.09(d) LOADING ZONES 87.09(e) TEMPORARY NO PARKING 87.09(h) PARKING IN MORE THAN ONE ALLOCATED SPACE 87.09(k) PARKING OTHER THAN BETWEEN PAINTED LINES 87.11 RECREATION VEHICLE OVERNIGHT * Note: This ordinance shall remain in effect until midnight on December 31, 2010, and is repealed thereafter.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.77 REMOVAL OF PARKED CARS.

SEC. 80.77. REMOVAL OF PARKED CARS. (Amended by Ord. No 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.) (a) Police Officers and civilian employees of the Department of Transportation designated as Traffic Officers for purposes of this section are hereby authorized to remove from highways, streets or alleys within the City of Los Angeles to the nearest garage or other place of safety designated or maintained by the Police Department, any vehicle which has been parked or left standing on such highway, street or alley for 72 or more consecutive hours. (b) Whenever a Police Officer or Traffic Officer removes a vehicle from a street or highway as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle or from the registration records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the owner thereof, such Police Officer or Traffic Officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal, the grounds thereof and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage. (c) Whenever a Police Officer or Traffic Officer removing a vehicle from a street or highway under this section does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of 120 hours, then and in that event the Police Officer or Traffic Officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of such removal by mail to the Department of Motor Vehicles at Sacramento and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such report shall be made on a form furnished by such department and shall include a complete description of the vehicle the date, time and place from which removed, the grounds for such removal and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored. (d) Police Officers and Traffic Officers are hereby authorized to remove from streets or highways within the City of Los Angeles to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage or other place of safety designated or maintained by the Police Department, any vehicle which has been parked or left standing in violation of an official sign prohibiting the stopping or parking of vehicles and giving notice that such vehicle may be removed. (e) Whenever a vehicle is removed from the streets of the City and stored as authorized by Subsection (d) above, or is stored as permitted and provided for in California Vehicle Code Section 22852, the provisions for a post–storage hearing as set forth in said Vehicle Code section shall be implemented. (Added by Ord. No. 164,041, Eff. 10/21/88.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.77.1 VEHICLE RELEASE FEE.

SEC. 80.77.1. VEHICLE RELEASE FEE. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,301, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) (a) Every person who redeems a vehicle or pocket bike from an Official Police Garage that was impounded at the direction of any City of Los Angeles Police or Traffic Officer for a violation of any provision of state or local law shall pay a fee of $115.00 per vehicle or pocket bike to reimburse the City for costs related to the impound. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,312, Eff. 10/25/10.) (b) The fee imposed by this section shall be paid to the operator of the Official Police Garage at the same time the towing and storage charges are paid. The fee imposed herein constitutes a debt owed to the City which is extinguished by payment to the operator. (c) Each operator of an Official Police Garage shall collect the fee imposed by this section at the same time the towing and storage charges are collected. (d) Each operator shall, on the 15th day and last day of each calendar month, make a statement to the Office of Finance, on forms provided by the Office of Finance, of the total amount of fees imposed by this section collected for said period. At the time the statement is filed, the full amount of said fees collected shall be remitted to the Office of Finance. However, the statement and remittance are due immediately upon the cessation of business by an operator for any reason. All fees collected by each operator pursuant to this section shall be held in trust for the account of the City until remittance thereof is made to the Office of Finance. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,698, Eff. 6/18/11.) (e) Any fees imposed by that section which are not collected by an operator or that are collected by an operator and not remitted to the Office of Finance within 15 days of the applicable dates set forth in Subsection (d) hereof are delinquent. A penalty for delinquency in the remittance of fees shall be paid by the operator to the Office of Finance in the amount of 25 percent of the amount of the delinquent fees. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,698, Eff. 6/18/11.) (f) It shall be the duty of each operator liable for the collection and remittance to the City of fees imposed by this section to keep and preserve for a period of four years all records as may be necessary to determine the amount of said fees for which said operator may have been liable for the collection and remittance to the City, which records the Office of Finance shall have the right to inspect at all reasonable times. (g) Any fees imposed by this section which are not collected by an operator or which are collected by an operator and not remitted to the Office of Finance shall be deemed a debt owed by the operator to the City. Any operator who fails to collect any fees imposed by this section or who fails to remit to the Office of Finance any fees collected under this section shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the City for the recovery of the amount of such fees.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.77.2 BOOTING FEE.

SEC. 80.77.2. BOOTING FEE. (Added by Ord. No. 162,112, Eff. 3/31/87.) (a) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (b), where a vehicle is immobilized pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.7 or any other Code section which authorized similar immobilization, and the owner or person in control of the vehicle has been issued five or more notices of parking violations that are delinquent, such owner or person in control of the vehicle shall be required to pay the Department a charge of $150.00 for the cost of the immobilization. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,060, Eff. 8/30/08.) (b) The charge imposed by Subsection (a) above shall not be applicable to a vehicle which, prior to release to the owner, has been so immobilized and subsequently towed to an impound garage. (c) Upon immobilization of such vehicle the person effecting such immobilization shall cause to be placed on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, notice sufficient to warn any individual that such vehicle has been immobilized and any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle. Said notice shall also state that there is a right to a post-immobilization hearing to determine the validity of such immobilization, and any booting, towing or storage charges. Such hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer appointed to conduct such hearings. This post-immobilization hearing will not be determinative of or adjudicate any citation issued relative or any immobilized vehicle. The hearing shall be conducted within 48 hours of the request, excluding weekends and holidays. Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or the registered or legal owner’s agent, to request or to attend a scheduled hearing shall satisfy the post-immobilization validity hearing requirement of this subsection. (d) The immobilizing device or, mechanism shall remain in place for 72 hours unless the owner has complied with Section 22651.7 of the Vehicle Code or as a result of a hearing held pursuant to Subsection (c) of this section it is determined that the device or mechanism should be removed. If the immobilization occurs when a vehicle is parked in a tow-away zone or restricted parking area; or in a location so as to be blocking or impeding traffic, then such vehicle is subject to immediate towing and impounding. Booting, towing and storage fees, subject to the determination of the hearing officer, pursuant to Subsection (c) of this section and applicable Vehicle Code sections, that such fees are not required, shall be paid before the owner of such vehicle, or authorized person, shall be permitted to repossess or secure the release of the vehicle. (e) Once a vehicle has been immobilized pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.7 or any other similar provision of law which authorizes immobilization, no one, other than such persons who are authorized by law to do so, shall mobilize any such vehicle. (f) No one, other than a person authorized by law to immobilize a vehicle pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651.7 or other similar provision of law, shall, once a vehicle has been so immobilized, cause any such vehicle to be towed from the location where immobilized. If any such vehicle is so towed both the person requesting the towing service and the operator of the towing vehicle shall be in violation of this section. (g) Any violation of either Subsections (e) and (f) shall constitute a misdemeanor. (h) If a vehicle has been immobilized by means of a self-releasing boot (boot) for unpaid parking fines and penalties as provided in Subsection (a), the motorist may be allowed to remove the boot immediately upon payment of all outstanding fines and penalties due the City. The motorist shall pay the balance of all unpaid parking fines, along with the boot fee, prior to receiving a code to unlock the boot. The motorist may contact the Department for assistance or to have the immobilization device removed. (Added by Ord. No. 185,756, Eff. 10/14/18.) After receipt of the code to unlock the boot, if the motorist removes the boot, the motorist shall have 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) to return the boot to an office location designated by the Department. If the boot has not been returned within 48 hours, the Department may assess the vehicle owner a fine of $25 per day, up to a maximum fine of $500. The Department shall assess a repair or replacement cost up to $500 if the motorist returns the self-releasing boot in a damaged or unserviceable condition. (Added by Ord. No. 185,756, Eff. 10/14/18.)

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.77.3 RECEIPT BY CITY CLERK OF PROCEEDS OF SALE OF FORFEITED VEHICLES UNDER STATE VEHICLE CODE SECTION 14607.6.

SEC. 80.77.3. RECEIPT BY CITY CLERK OF PROCEEDS OF SALE OF FORFEITED VEHICLES UNDER STATE VEHICLE CODE SECTION 14607.6. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,301, Eff. 6/30/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) (a) On the 15th day and last day of each calendar month, each Official Police Garage Operator, hereinafter “operator”, who engages in the sale or sales of forfeited vehicles pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 14607.6 shall make a report to the Office of Finance, on forms provided by the Los Angeles Police Department, of the total amount of moneys due and owing to the City pursuant to Vehicle Code section 14607.6 for said period. The full amount of moneys due and owing to the City shall be remitted to the Office of Finance at the time the report is filed. However, the report and remittance are due immediately upon the cessation of business by an operator for any reason. All moneys due and owing to the City pursuant to this section shall be held in trust for the account of the City until remittance thereof is made to the Office of Finance. Moneys due and owing to the City under this section that are not remitted to the Office of Finance within 15 days of the applicable dates set forth are delinquent. A penalty for delinquency in the remittance of moneys shall be paid by the operator to the Office of Finance in the amount of the 25 percent of the amount of delinquent moneys. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,698, Eff. 6/18/11.) (b) Legal owners who engage in the sale of forfeited vehicles pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 14607.6 shall transmit moneys due and owing the City of Los Angeles to the Los Angeles Police Department for deposit into the City’s General Fund. (c) Moneys received by the Office of Finance from the sale of forfeited vehicles pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 14607.6 shall be deposited in the General Fund. (d) The Los Angeles Police Department is authorized and responsible for investigating and auditing as necessary the files and records of each person selling forfeited vehicles and for taking any action necessary to assure that the City of Los Angeles receives all moneys required to be transmitted to it pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 14607.6. (e) Any person who fails to remit to the City of Los Angeles moneys required to be remitted under this section shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the City for the recovery of the amount of such moneys.

Los Angeles Municipal Code § 80.77.4 OFFICIAL POLICE GARAGES.

SEC. 80.77.4. OFFICIAL POLICE GARAGES. (Amended by Ord. No. 173,397, Eff. 8/13/00.) A. Definitions. As used in this section “Board” shall mean the Board of Police Commissioners. “Official Police Garage” shall mean a towing and garage business selected by the City to remove and store vehicles at the direction of any Police Officer or Traffic Officer employed by the City of Los Angeles including officers of the Port Police, Airport Police and Housing Authority Police. B. Selection Process for Official Police Garages. 1. The Board of Police Commissioners shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, enter into contracts, awarded for a fixed term of five years, with Official Police Garages for 18 Official Police Garage service areas of the City and for such heavy duty towing services as may, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary. The geographic boundaries of the 18 Official Police Garage service areas shall be those depicted on the maps on file with the City Clerk in Council File 08-0418. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,143, Eff. 6/1/10.) 2. Said contracts shall be issued only after utilizing the City’s standardized bid and contract procedures. Each request for proposals issued pursuant to this section shall be approved by resolution of the City Council. The evaluation of each proposal made pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall include an evaluation of the past performance of any proposer which has in the past operated as an Official Police Garage. 3. Each contract awarded pursuant to this section shall provide for towing and storage fees which shall be uniform throughout the City. Said fees shall be determined by the Board which shall consider as a factor the Los Angeles County Transportation Index. Said fees shall be effective for a calendar year. 4. The bid and contract procedures shall be implemented successively commencing with the geographic area which has had a designated Official Police Garage for the longest period and concluding with the area which has had a designated Official Police Garage for the shortest period. The heavy duty towing contracts shall be awarded in a like manner. (Amended by Ord. No. 174,792, Eff. 10/6/02.) 5. Each contract awarded pursuant to this section shall provide for an option to renew the contract for an additional five year period subject to approval by the City Council. This provision shall not apply to any interim contract awarded pursuant to Subsection C of this section. 6. (Repealed by Ord. No. 181,143, Eff. 6/1/10.) C. Interim Contracts for Official Police Garage Services. 1. The Board shall enter into written contracts with those individuals or corporations which were doing business as Official Police Garages for the City on February 28, 1996. Said contracts shall be for terms which shall expire upon the award of the contracts described in Subsection “B” above. 2. Any transfer of ownership of an Official Police Garage contract entered into under provisions of this subsection shall not be made absent approval of the City Council. D. Gross Receipts Fee. Each Official Police Garage shall pay to the general fund of the City a fee equal to seven percent (7%) of all revenues generated as a result of its activities as an Official Police Garage, including but not limited to revenues generated from the towing and storage of vehicles and the sales of lien vehicles. Each operator of an Official Police Garage shall, on the 15th day and last day of each calendar month, make a statement to the Office of Finance, on forms provided by the Office of Finance, of the total amount of fees imposed by this section. At the time the statement is filed, the full amount of said fees shall be remitted to the Office of Finance. However, the statement and remittance are due immediately upon the cessation of business by an operator for any reason. All fees owed by each operator pursuant to this section shall be held in trust for the account of the City until remittance thereof is made to the Office of Finance. Fees imposed by this section that are not remitted to the Office of Finance within 15 days of the applicable dates set forth are delinquent. A penalty for delinquency in the remittance of fees shall be paid by the operator to the Office of Finance in the amount of 25 percent of the amount of the delinquent fees. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,698, Eff. 6/18/11.) E. Miscellaneous Provisions. 1. Contracts awarded pursuant to this section may be awarded to individuals, partnerships, closely held corporations or public corporations. 2. Any sale or transfer of a majority of either the ownership interest or stock except public share stocks, of any Official Police Garage shall be subject to the approval of the City Council which shall consider any recommendation of the Board. 3. No individual, partnership, closely held corporation or public corporation shall be awarded more than two contracts to operate as an Official Police Garage at any given time. 4. Each Official Police Garage shall maintain its primary storage facility within the City. 5. No owner of an Official Police Garage shall have a controlling ownership interest in any automobile dismantling or wrecking yard, automobile body or repair shop, used car business or any other automobile related business other than an automobile towing and related garage business. 6. Each Official Police Garage shall obtain a permit pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 103.204 and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter X, Article 3, Division 3 of this Code.

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