HomeMy WebLinkAbout1761 - ORDINANCES - 7/22/2009 ORDINANCE NO. 1761
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
AMENDING SECTIONS 6.12.030 AND 6.12.040 OF THE
PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
SUSPENSION OF REGULATORY ORDINANCES.
City Attorney's Summary
This Ordinance amends provisions of the Palm Springs
Municipal Code to allow the City Manager to conditionally
suspend the enforcement of regulatory ordinances to
accommodate special events of benefit to the community
and its visitor oriented economy. The City Manager's
determinations would be subject to appeal to the City
Council.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.12.030 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read:
6.12.030 Authority to suspend regulatory ordinances.
The City Manager, may suspend the operation of any one or more regulatory
ordinances to the extent that such ordinances would otherwise apply to one or more
specifically designated special events conducted, sponsored, co-sponsored or
sanctioned by the City Council. The ordinances which may be suspended include,
without thereby limiting, the Noise Ordinance, the Sign Ordinance, and any other
regulatory ordinances which in the judgment of the City Manager would interfere with or
impede the conduct of such designated special events. Any decision of the City
Manager may be appealed to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
2.05 of this Code.
SECTION 2 Section 6.12.040 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended to read:
6.12.040 Procedure.
In suspending the operation of any regulatory ordinance, the City Manager shall:
(a) Identify the event;
(b) Specify, in as detailed manner as feasible, the exact date or dates and
starting and ending times of such suspension;
(c) Identify the person or persons or organizations to which such suspension
shall apply;
(d) Designate the ordinance, code section or portion thereof which is to be
suspended and, if any portion thereof is to remain in effect as to such persons or event,
designate such portions;
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(e) Impose such conditions, restrictions or limitations upon the conduct of
such event, or upon the suspension of such ordinance as are deemed necessary to
protect the public health, safety and welfare;
(f) Specifically state that, except as to the event, the time, and the persons or
organizations so designated, such ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 22ND DAY OF JULY 2009.
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STEPHEN P. POUGNET, MAYOR
ATTEST:
?MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE. OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of•the City of Palm Springs, California, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1761 is a full, true and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 15 copy,
of July,
2009 and was adopted at a regular meeting held thereof on the 22"d day of July, 2009,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember
Weigel, Mayor Pro Tern Mills, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
es Thompson, City Clerk
j�Xity of Palm Springs, California