STREET VENDORS CALLED ILLEGAL CITY CODE TO BE ENFORCED BY DEPUTIES ON WEEKENDS.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - Illegal vendors hawking Mother's Day gifts along San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the in Newhall were sent packing Monday afternoon when city code enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to officials paid them a visit. Salespeople sales·peo·ple pl.n. Persons who are employed to sell merchandise in a store or in a designated territory. at several makeshift stalls along the thoroughfare THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open only at one end. 2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not fully settled. were put on notice to cease doing business, after the City Manager's Office received several complaint calls about unlicensed vendors selling flowers, teddy bears and gift items. ``We gave them a time deadline of 3:30 p.m. to have everything out,'' said Ruben Barrera, head of the city's Building and Safety Department, which oversees code enforcement. ``Sometimes those guys just get dropped off and have to wait for the truck to come back and get their stuff.'' Barrera said while the short-term setups have become common around holidays, they are in violation of the city's ordinances and the operators will be cited. In the future, he said, the city will work closer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. so deputies can enforce the Municipal Code on weekends, when code enforcement is not available. Larry Mankin, chief executive officer of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Chamber of Commerce, took a stronger stand on the issue. ``We've called the city about these vendors and we're setting up a meeting to talk about the rights of the vendors and the responsibilities that they have and the city has to regulate them,'' he said. ``They (the stands) are unfair to the existing business community who have a presence established here and it's getting worse by the week.'' Mankin said the chamber is also interested in curbing food vendors who fill the streets in East Newhall, parking their produce and housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. trucks in residential neighborhoods. ``We have grave concerns about health and safety issues,'' he said. Barrera said produce trucks are licensed by the county Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
``They're OK unless they stay in one spot too long,'' he said. ``Then they can be cited.'' Vendors would not comment - and continued to conduct business after city inspectors had moved on. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Above, street vendors along San Fernando Road in Newhall get an unexpected visit from city code enforcement officers Monday. Below, flower sellers had set up their wares to sell Mother's Day gifts over the weekend. Code enforcers told overstaying vendors Monday that they had no permits and must leave. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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