HomeMy WebLinkAbout1373 - ORDINANCES - 2/20/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1373
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 12.64.040 AND ADDING SUBSECTION (C)
TO SECTION 12.64.042 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE
ALLOWING POLICE BICYCLES TO OPERATE ON CITY SIDEWALKS
WHEREAS, the intent and purpose of this ordinance is to guiarantee the
safe and orderly use of sidewalks owned, operated and maintained by the City
of Palm Springs;
WHEREAS, the City Council established an ordinance prohibiting the use
of bicycles on said sidewalks;
WHEREAS, the Palm Springs Police Department wishes to utilize a bicycle
patrol in the downtown area and in establishing said bicycle patrol they will
undoubtedly operate at times on City sidewalks;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 12 ,64.040 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
Section 12.64.040 Driving vehicles on sidewalks--generally
prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly allowed by another provision
of this title or other applicable law, no person shall drive a vehicle
(including any bicycle or unicycle) within any sidewalk area or parkway
except at a permanent or temporary driveway. This section shall not
apply to vehicles owned by the City of Palm Springs and used in the
course and scope of official duties.
Section 2. Section 12.64.042 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
Section 12.64.042 Bicycles on sidewalks--When allowed.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.64.040, bicycles and
unicycles may be ridden along portions or segments of sidewalks wherever
expressly permitted by resolution of the city council , but not until
such sidewalk areas have been appropriately designated by the city
engineer with signs or markings to give due notice to the pedestrian
and cycling public.
(b) No person shall ride, operate or use a bicycle or unicycle on a
sidewalk or bikeway in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety
of persons or property.
(c) This section shall not apply to bicycles owned by the City of Palm
Springs and used for enforcement purposes.
Section 3. PUBLICATION: 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.
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
By:
City Clerk- ' Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 137 was
duly adopted by the City Counc •A of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a me-
e-on the 20th day of February, 1991, and that same was duly published in the DESERT S , a n�w
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