HomeMy WebLinkAbout1368 - ORDINANCES - 2/20/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1368
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 1.01.040 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING
PENALTY FOR MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS DETERMINED TO BE
INFRACTIONS AND AMENDING MISDEMEANOR PENALTY PROVISION
NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Palm Springs does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. Section 1.01.040 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows :
1.01 .140 Violation--Misdemeanor. Any person who violates or
willfully fails to comply with any provision of this Code is guilty
of a misdemeanor, subject to penalties described in Section 1 .01 .160,
unless a different penalty is prescribed or unless the violation is
made an infraction by ordinance.
Section 2. Section 1 .01.155 is hereby added to the Palm Springs
Municipal Code to read as follows:
1 .01 .155 Infraction Penalty. Any person convicted of an
infraction for violation of an ordinance of the City is punishable by:
(a) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first
violation.
(b) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second
violation of the same ordinance within one year;
(c) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.
Section 3. Section 1.01 . 160 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
1.01 .160 Misdemeanor Penalty. Any person convicted of a
misdemeanor under the provisions of this Code (unless otherwise provided
herein) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars ($1000.00) or by imprisonment in the City jail or in the
Riverside County jail for a period of not more than six (6) months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify
to the passage of this Ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary thereof
or a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published
in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 20th day of February 1991 .
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AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS'`
City�Cl. k Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT
tFIRTfioregoing r inance wa dilly--,d Council ,
of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 20th dayg jfjjffuary,
1991, and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, 'a newspaper of 94i6aPa circulati
T VA,fJ0 Lddd1sMA on February 13 & 27, 1991. r i ') x
JUDITH SUMI'%H
Citv Clerk