The Los Angeles Municipal Code states:
Sec. 53.06. No person owning or having possession, charge, custody or
control of any animal, except cats which are not in heat or season,
shall cause, permit or allow the animal to stray, run, or in any manner
to be at large in or upon any public street, sidewalk or park, except
as otherwise expressly provided in section 63.44 of this Code, or in
the bed of the Los Angeles River or upon any unenclosed lot or land.
Sec. 53.06.02. (a) Every person owning or having charge, care, custody
or control of any dog shall keep such dog exclusively upon his own
premises provided, however, that such dog may be off such premises if
it be under the control of a competent person and restrained by a
substantial chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length, or under
the control of a competent person on a dog exercise or training area
established pursuant to section 633.44 of this Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, every violation
of any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable as an
infraction as follows:
1. Upon a first conviction, by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25).
2. Upon a second conviction, and the offense occurred within one year
of a prior violation of this section which resulted in a conviction, by
a fine of forty-five dollars ($45)
3. Upon a third or subsequent conviction, and the offense occurred
within one year of a prior violation of this section which resulted in
a second or subsequent conviction, by a fine of sixty-five dollars ($65)