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DATE: March 1, 2005 CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO.
1683, MODIFYING REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF ALARMS AND ALARM
SYSTEMS
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Office of the City Clerk
SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider adoption of Ordinance No. 1683.
RECOMMENDATION:
Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1683, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SUBSECTION 6.1 TO SECTION 5.02.010 AND
SUBSECTION (g) TO SECTION 5.02.075 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF THE CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED ON A SECOND
FALSE ALARM OCCURRING IN A 365-DAY PERIOD."
STAFF ANALYSIS:
At its February 15, 2006, meeting the City Council introduced on first reading the proposed
ordinance.
This report provides for the City Council to waive further reading and adopt the ordinance.
The ordinance shall be effective 30-days from adoption.
es Thompson David H. Ready
ity Clerk City Manager
Attachment:
Ordinance No. 1683
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City of Palm Springs
ORDINANCE NO. 1683
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,
ADDING SUBSECTION (6.1) TO SECTION 5.02.010 OF, AND
SUBSECTION (g) TO SECTION 5.02.075 OF, THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF THE CIVIL
PENALTY ASSESSED ON A SECOND FALSE ALARM OCCURING IN
A 365 DAY PERIOD
City Attorney's Summary
The current provisions of the City's Municipal Code allow the
City to assess a civil penalty for false fire, emergency
medical, burglary, and robbery alarms on the second or any
subsequent alarms occurring in any 365 day period. (There
is no charge for the first false alarm.) This Ordinance allows
the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief to suspend the
imposition of the civil penalty for a second false alarm
occurring in any 365 day period on specified grounds.
I, James Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, hereby certify
that the forgoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 15th day of February, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers McCulloch, Mills, Pougnet, and Mayor Pro Tern Foat
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Oden
! MES THOMPSON
City Clerk
Post Office Box 2743 • Palm Springs, California 92263-2743 '
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 1683
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SUBSECTION
(6.1) TO SECTION 5.02.010 OF, AND SUBSECTION
(g) TO SECTION 5.02.075 OF, THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SUSPENSION
OF THE CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED ON A
SECOND FALSE ALARM OCCURING IN A 365
DAY PERIOD.
City Attorney's Summary
The current provisions of the City's Municipal Code
allow the City to assess a civil penalty for false fire,
emergency medical, burglary, and robbery alarms on
the second or any subsequent alarms occurring in
any 365 day period. (There is no charge for the first
false alarm.) This Ordinance allows the Chief of
Police or the Fire Chief to suspend the imposition of
the civil penalty for a second false alarm occurring in
any 365 day period on specified grounds.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (6.1) is added to Section 5.02.010 of the
Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
(6.1) "Diversion Program" means any seminar, training, class, or course,
approved by the Chief of Police or the Fire Chief, designed to educate and
train persons in the proper installation, maintenance, and operation of
alarms.
SECTION 2. Subsection (g) is added to Section 5.02.075 of the Palm
Springs Municipal Code to read:
(g) The Chief of Police or the Fire Chief may suspend a fee required to
be assessed for a second false alarm occurring with any 365 day period
pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, if the
person liable for such assessment successfully completes a Diversion
Program.
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Ordinance No. 1683
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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 day of
2005.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
RONALD ODEN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
James Thompson, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Douglas C. Holland, City Attorney
Ordinance No. 1683
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No.
was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the day of
2005, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
Regular Meeting of the City Council held on the day of
2006, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
(SEAL)
JAMES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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