HomeMy WebLinkAbout1851 ORDINANCE NO. 1851
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 11.74.041 OF, AND
REPEALING EXCEPTION (5) OF SECTION 8.04.220 OF,
THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO
HOURS OF OPERATION OF REGULAR MOWING OR
GROOMING OF GOLF COURSES, GRASS TENNIS
COURTS, GRASS CROQUET COURTS, AND LAWN
BOWLING AREAS.
City Attorney's Summary
The City's Noise Ordinance currently prohibits certain activities between
the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 am in residential zones and between 8:00
pm and 7:00 am for all other zones, subject to certain exceptions. This
Ordinance prohibits regular mowing or grooming of golf courses, grass
tennis courts, grass croquet courts, and lawn bowling areas between the
hours 8:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Exception (5) of Section 8.04.220 of the Palm Springs Municipal
Code is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 11.74.041 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended
to read:
11.74.041 Controlled Hours of Operation.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, permit, use or cause to operate,
any of the following between the hours of eight p.m. to eight a.m. in residential zones
and between the hours of eight p.m. to seven a.m. in all other zones:
(1) Powered model vehicles;
(2) Loading and unloading vehicles such as trash collectors, fork lifts, or
cranes within one thousand feet of a residence;
(3) Domestic power tools;
(4) Non-emergency exterior hardscape and landscape activities, including
without limitation tree trimming, re-seeding, lawn mowing, leaf blowing, dust and debris
clearing, and any other landscaping or nonemergency exterior hardscape maintenance
activities which would utilize any motorized say, sander, drill, grinder, leaf-blower, lawn
mower, hedge trimmer, edger, or any other similar tool or device.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section shall not prohibit the operation or use
of any such equipment at any time within said zones by the city, its officers or
employees, or any agent or franchisee of the city.
(c) The regular mowing or grooming of golf courses, grass tennis courts, grass
croquet courts, and lawn bowling areas shall be exempt from the restrictions set forth in
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this Section. The allowed work hours for mowing or green preparation for golf courses,
grass tennis courts, grass croquet courts, and lawn bowling areas shall be between five-
thirty a.m, and eight p.m., seven days per week and during all seasons of the year.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds and determines that this Ordinance is
exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA")
pursuant to categorical exemptions under the CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 [Title 14
California Code of Regulations, Sections 15301]. The City Council further finds that this
Ordinance ratifies the action of the City Council in 2000 with the adoption of Ordinance
No. 1581 which exempted routine maintenance of private golf courses from the
limitation on hours of construction.
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
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 7TH DAY OF MAY, 2014.
STEPHEN P. PO GNET, 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, hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1851 is a full, true and correct cop , and was introduced at a regular
meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 16t day of April, 2014, and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day of May, 2014, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Lewin, Councilmember Mills, Mayor Pro Tern
Hutcheson, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Foat.
ABSTAIN: None.
ES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
City of Palm Springs, California