CARWASH OWNER REFUSES TO BUDGE ON ILLEGAL SIGN.Byline: - Harrison Sheppard Despite misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. charges, the owner of the Studio City Car Wash said Friday he doesn't plan to alter a giant hand-and-car sign on Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. because he has a civil suit pending against the city of Los Angeles
The City Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office filed misdemeanor complaints this week against carwash owner Ben Forat for erecting the illegal sign and failing to comply with a city order to move it. The complaint came one year after the City Council told him the only way he could keep the sign - which he admittedly erected without a permit - was to move it farther from the street, reduce its size and pay $6,000 to a Ventura Boulevard beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau fund. But Forat credited the sign with saving a failing business and said those alterations would reduce its effectiveness. ``If I moved it back, what purpose would it serve?'' Forat asked. ``Nobody would see it. What is the purpose of having a sign if nobody can see it?'' Forat has a civil case pending against the city seeking to reverse the City Council's decision. The next hearing date is March 20. |
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