HomeMy WebLinkAbout1788 ORDINANCE NO. 1788
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 6.10.081 TO, AMENDING
SECTION 6.10.020 OF, AND AMENDING SUBSECTION (a)
OF SECTION 6.10.100 OF, THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF
SMOKING IN PARKS.
City Attorney Summary
This Ordinance prohibits smoking within any city park.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.10.020 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is amended by
adding the following definition:
"Park" means all grounds, buildings, improvements, and areas dedicated to use
by the public for park, recreation, or open space purposes and over which the
city has acquired right of use for such purposes. The term "Park" includes
sidewalks, trails, and pathways in or around park facilities, park strips, and other
grounds of any park.
SECTION 2. Section 6.10.081 is added to the Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
6.10.081 Smoking Prohibited — Parks.
Smoking is prohibited and is unlawful within any Park.
SECTION 3. Subsection (a) of Section 6.10.100 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
amended to read:
(a) Except where other signs are required, whenever in this Chapter smoking
is prohibited; conspicuous signs shall be posted so stating, containing appropriate
language in capital lettering not less than one inch in height and/or the international no-
smoking logo, on a contrasting background. It is the duty of the owner, operator,
manager or other persons having control of such room, building or other place where
smoking is prohibited, to post such signs or to cause such signs to be posted. Nothing
herein shall be deemed or construed to authorize violation of the Palm Springs sign
ordinance.
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.
Ordinance No. 1788
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ADOPTED THIS 4T" DAY OF MAY, 2011.
ATTEST: Stephen P. Pougnet, Mayor
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. 1788 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 61h day of April,
2011, re-introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of April,
2011, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of May, 2011,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tern Weigel, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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City of Palm Springs, California