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Looks like using Silly String for Haloween is out of the question.

Its gotta be California, you all have the best weather but the silliest laws. Probably can log that law next to the no black cars law.

Land of fruits and nuts.....

and bikini clad babes and sun!

Originally Posted by stovens

and bikini clad babes and sun!

Maybe they were using Silly String for their bikini's. That stuff just has no strength in the surf you know.

Don

LAMC 56.02. It states, in full:

SEC. 56.02. SILLY STRING – HOLLYWOOD DIVISION DURING HALLOWEEN.

(Added by Ord. No. 176,176, Eff. 10/6/04.)

(a) For purposes of this section:
1. "Silly String" shall mean any putty-like substance that is shot or expelled in the form of string from an aerosol can or other pressurized device, regardless of whether it is sold under the name "Silly String" or any other name.

2. "Hollywood Division" shall mean the area defined by the Los Angeles Police Department as the Hollywood Division, the geographical boundaries of which include all of that portion of Los Angeles City bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Normandie Avenue, and proceeding northerly along Normandie Avenue to Franklin Avenue, and proceeding westerly along Franklin Avenue to Western Avenue, and proceeding northerly along Western Avenue to Fern Dell Drive, and continuing northerly along Fern Dell Drive to its terminus, and proceeding due north through Griffith Park to Forest Lawn Drive at its intersection with Zoo Drive, and proceeding westerly and southwesterly along Forest Lawn Drive to Barham Boulevard, and proceeding southerly along Barham Boulevard to United States Highway 101, and proceeding southeasterly along U.S. Highway 101 to Mulholland Drive, and proceeding westerly along the various curves and courses of Mulholland Drive to the Crest of Ridge, and proceeding southerly following the Los Angeles city line along the eastern border of the Trousdale Estates area of the City of Beverly Hills to the northeast corner of the City of West Hollywood, and proceeding easterly following the Los Angeles city line bordering along its various curves and courses of the northern border of the City of West Hollywood to the eastern border of the City of West Hollywood that is to the east of La Brea Avenue, and proceeding southerly along the Los Angeles city line to Romaine Street, and proceeding westerly following the Los Angeles city line along its various curves and courses to the intersection of Romaine Street and La Cienega Boulevard, and proceeding southerly following the Los Angeles city line along its various curves and courses to Beverly Boulevard, and proceeding easterly along Beverly Boulevard to La Brea Avenue, and proceeding northerly along La Brea Avenue to Willoughby Avenue, and proceeding easterly along Willoughby Avenue to Hudson Avenue, and proceeding southerly along Hudson Avenue to Melrose Avenue, and proceeding easterly along Melrose Avenue to Gower Street, and proceeding southerly along Gower Street to Beverly Boulevard, and proceeding easterly along Beverly Boulevard to Normandie Avenue.

3. "Halloween" shall mean the 36-hour period from 12:00 a.m. on October 31st of each year, through 12:00 p.m. on November 1st of each year.
(b) No Person, as defined in Municipal Code Section 11.01(a), shall possess, use, sell or distribute Silly String at, within or upon any public or private property that is either within public view or accessible to the public, including, but not limited to, public or private streets, sidewalks, parking lots, commercial or residential buildings, places of business, or parks within the Hollywood Division during Halloween.
(c) Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor subject to the provisions of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.00(m).

If only we had some "Smart String", eh??

How about having some smart legislators.

Kewl, looks like it's back to the fine old tradition of toilet papering someone's house, trees, cars, or whatever....

You guy out the in Caliphony might want to drop your legislators a note and let them know that there are real issues that need to be resolved......

Makes me wonder what they were smoking when they made up that goofy law(I want some), OR does it all have to do w/what is in the water out there...joe

Is it all right to use real string. They must have been using hemp string when they wrote that.

Maybe they should put some of the Obama stimulus money toward hiring a "Silly String Task Force." Think of all the new jobs it could create plus help get rid of an obvious danger to the enviroment. Everybody wins!

It would be interesting to know just what event precipitated such an idiotic idea; they may be nuts, but there must have been something -----

It would suck to be a kid who buys silly string on one of those two dates and is arrested for it. Some laws are rediculous. A friend always says he'll vote for any politician who removes one law a day from the record books. I agree.

The whole thing stems from too many party goers using this product and then leaving the aerosol can in the street. I understand that there were literally thousands of cans the next morning and the city finally had enough and enacted the ordinance.

I can only imagine what it's like to run over an aerosol can - could be a improvised explosive device, of sorts..

At any rate - that's the "why" behind it..

Regards All
Glenn