Over the years, Los Angeles and the surrounding cities have passed some pretty interesting (for a lack of a better term) laws. I thought they were too funny and obscure not to share with all you Patch readers out there.
Enjoy these from the LA Almanac :
Arcadia
- Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
Alhambra
- You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
Baldwin Park
- Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
Downey
- It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
Hollywood (when it was an independent city)
- It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
Long Beach
- Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.
- It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
City of Los Angeles
- It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
- You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
- You may not hunt moths under a streetlight.
- It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
- Toads may not be licked.
- It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.
- Zoot suits are prohibited.
- Illegal to stage a bullfight in your backyard.
- Illegal to blow snuff in another’s face.
- Illegal to bath in someone else’s bathwater.
- Illegal to fly a balloon more than five feet off the ground.
- Illegal to wash your neighbor’s car without permission.
- Illegal to sit on an outdoor restaurant table.
Pasadena
- It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
Santa Monica
- You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
