HomeMy WebLinkAbout1399 - ORDINANCES - 11/20/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1399
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
ADDING SUBSECTIONS 25 AND 26 TO THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE 11. 44. 060 TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATION FOR
ALCOHOL IN CITY PARKS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 . Purpose. The City of Palm Springs wants to
prohibit the possession and/or consumption of alcoholic
beverages within City Parks except by permit .
SECTION 2. The Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new subsections 25 and 26 to
11 . 44. 060, reading as follows:
CHAPTER 11. 44. 060
PROHIBITED CONDUCT GENERALLY
11 . 44 . 060. 25 ALCOHOL PROHIBITED IN CITY PARKS. The
possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages within
City Parks is hereby prohibited except when a permit is
issued pursuant to Section 11 . 44. 060. 26 of this Code.
11 . 44. 00. 26 PERMIT FOR ALCOHOL IN CITY PARKS.
(a) A permit may be issued by the City Manager or
the City Manager ' s written designee to allow the
possession and/or consumption of alcohol in City Parks.
A permit may be issued only in conjunction with a
contracted rental of a City Park pursuant to the terms
of Section 11. 44. 040 of this Code. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Ordinance, the City shall not be
required to obtain such a permit for the consumption of
alcohol at any organized group activity which has been
planned, sponsored and approved by the City.
(b) The City manager or the City Manger ' s written
designee may refuse to issue any such permit if the
consumption of alcohol in the City Park is reasonably
anticipated to incite violence, crime or disorderly
conduct, or would otherwise be detrimental to the public
interest .
(c) The City Manager or the City Manager ' s written
designee may attach conditions to any such permit which
are deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure that the
consumption of alcohol will be carried on in conformance
with applicable laws, rules and regulations, in a manner
consistent with proper park and recreation area uses and
in a manner not detrimental to the public interest .
(d) Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions
of this Section shall specify the time and place in
which the alcohol may be consumed, and shall designate
the name of the person, society, association, or
organization to whom the permit is granted.
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SECTION 3 . Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in
full force and effect thirty ( 30) days after passage.
-SECTION 4. 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 November 1991.
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Murawski , Neel , and Mayor pro tem Broich
NOES: None
ASSENT: Mayor Bono
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
CiIt,y Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1399 was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm .`springs,
California, in a meeting held on the 30th day of November, 1.991,
and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper
of general circulation on November 27, 1991.
"JJUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk
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