HomeMy WebLinkAbout1868 ORDINANCE NO. 1868
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PALM SPRINGS ZONING
CODE SECTION 92.17.1.01 RELATING TO EMERGENCY
SHELTERS.
City Attorney's Summary
This ordinance amends the zoning chapter of the City by providing a definition
for emergency shelters and allowing the use as a permitted use in the M-2
Zone.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Code Amendment
1. Zoning Code Section 92.17.1.01 (M-2 Zone) entitled "Uses Permitted" is hereby
amended by adding a new subsection A. 7 to read as follows:
92.17.1.01(A)
7. Emergency Shelters. Emergency Shelters are defined as housing for homeless
persons for interim occupancy intended for a period of less than 6 months
whereby no person is denied occupancy because of an inability to pay rent.
SECTION 2. General Plan Consistencv
The City Council hereby finds that this Ordinance is consistent with the 2007 General
Plan of the City of Palm Springs.
SECTION 3. Environmental Determination
The City of Palm Springs, in its capacity as the Lead Agency, under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has determined that the proposed zoning code text
amendment is Categorically Exempt under Section 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land
Use Limitations) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act since the
proposed zone text amendment proposes only insignificant changes to the land use
designation provisions.
SECTION 4. 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
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published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days after passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 7T" DAY OF JANUARY, 2015
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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. 1868 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on
December 17, 2014, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
7th day of January, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tern Lewin, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
City of Palm Springs, California
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