Sechrist

Appellant Robert Sechrist seeks review of a judgment discharging his petition for a writ of prohibition which was filed in an effort to halt the prosecution of a misdemeanor complaint charging him with several violations of the Los Angeles County zoning ordinance.

In the criminal action now pending before the Municipal Court of the San Antonio Judicial District, appellant stands charged, in three separate counts of violating three sections of Los Angeles County Ordinance Number 1494—the zoning ordinance. Count I charges that the defendant violated section 202 by “unlawfully [storing] inoperable motor vehicles, commercial vehicles, and junk on [his] property, zone R-l [single-family residential property], in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.” Count II accuses the defendant of violating section 742 by rendering his garage “inaccessible for automobile parking by the storage of inoperable vehicles and junk.” The final count of the complaint alleges violations of sections 706 and 202 for the storage Of “commercial and military type trailers, a commercial and military type generator, and a military type vehicle on [his] premises ....”

The appellant’s primary…