HomeMy WebLinkAboutPalm Desert Youth Sports Association - Opening Day of Baseball-SoftballCITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY MANAGERS OFFICE
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY WAIVER
OF CERTAIN PARKS ORDINANCES FOR DURATION OF THE
PALM DESERT YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION OPENING DAY OF
BASEBALL & SOFTBALL TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 28, 2015.
SUBMITTED BY: Ryan Stendell, Senior Management Analyst
DATE: February 12, 2015
CONTENTS: Copies of Palm Desert Municipal Code
Event Site Plan
Recommendation
By Minute Motion:
Approve a temporary waiver of Palm Desert Municipal Zone Sections
11.01.080-H (Camping), 11.01.140 (Amplified Sound) and 11.01.080-
Q (Vendor Sales) for the duration of the Palm Desert Youth Sports
Association (PDYSA) event.
Discussion
The PDYSA Opening Day Ceremony for youth baseball/softball has gained in popularity
over the years and has turned into a community event. Staff and PDYSA work
cooperatively every year in an attempt to produce a festive and safe environment. The
City Council has supported this event through the outside agency funding by committing
$3,000 towards the Opening Day Ceremony.
Opening Day is scheduled for Saturday, February 28, 2015, with an estimated
attendance of 2,500 people. The event programs typically include: introduction of
keynote speakers, the national anthem, and acknowledgement of the fine facilities that
the City provides for their use. PDYSA uses a sound system for the ceremony and
allows space for vendors during the event, which both require Council approval.
New for the 2015 event, the PDYSA is proposing the use of a portable zip -line ride for
the kid's zone. Staff had concerns related to this attraction, but has worked
collaboratively with the PDYSA to mitigate our risk concerns. ZipAmerica, the attraction
provider, has requested to install the temporary attraction on the Friday prior to the
Staff Report
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February 12, 2015
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event. In order to provide security for the zip line equipment, the operators are
proposing to stay overnight in a trailer nearby, which also requires Council approval.
Fiscal Analysis
PDYSA has been awarded $3,000 for the Opening Day Ceremonies through the City's
Outside Agency Funding budget. There is no fiscal impact beyond the outside agency
funding amount.
Additionally, ZipAmerica has agreed to provide a 2,000,000/4,000,000 insurance policy
and indemnify the City as a part of bringing the attraction to this event.
Prepared By:
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Senior Management Analyst
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Palm Desert Municipal Code (Palm Desert, California)
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11.01.080 Prohibited conduct generally.
Within the limits of any public park or recreation area of the city, no person shall:
A. Ride or drive any horse or other animal, or propel any vehicle, cycle or
automobile, except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose. Bicycles
are prohibited year-round from traveling cross-country in the Santa Rosa Mountains; travel
by such conveyance is restricted to authorized trails;
B. Carry or discharge any firearm, air gun, slingshot or other device designed or
intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile, provided that this
subsection shall not apply to any peace officer or other person lawfully licensed to carry a
concealed weapon or who regularly carries a weapon in connection with private employment
protecting property or persons (e.g., private patrol services and bodyguards);
C. Carry or discharge any firecracker, rocket, torpedo or any other fireworks, provided
that this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the possession or use of safe and sane
fireworks not otherwise prohibited by law, at places designated or provided for such
purpose;
D. Cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock, building, cage,
pen, monument, fence, bench or other structure, apparatus or property; or pluck, pull up,
cut, take or remove any shrub, bush, plant or flower; or mark or write upon, paint or deface
in any manner, any building, monument, fence, bench or other structure;
E. Cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, gravel, or fertilizer;
F. Swim, bathe, wade in or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake or stream,
except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose;
G. Make or kindle a fire except in a picnic stove, brazier, fire pit or other appropriate
device provided or approved for that purpose by the public authorities;
H. Camp or lodge therein at any time, or otherwise remain overnight, whether or not
in a structure permanently affixed to the ground, except at a place especially designated and
provided for such purpose (including, if overnight camping is involved, the place shall have
been cleared for such use by the chief of police);
I. Wash dishes or empty salt water or other waste liquids elsewhere than in facilities
provided for such purpose;
J. Leave garbage, cans, bottles, papers or other refuse elsewhere than in receptacles
provided therefor;
K. Play or bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on
with cards, dice or other device, for money, chips, shells, credit or any other representative
of value, or maintain or exhibit any gambling table or other instrument of gambling or
gaming;
L. Indulge in riotous, offensive, threatening or indecent conduct, or abusive,
threatening, profane or indecent language;
M. Disturb in any unreasonable manner any picnic, meeting, service, concert, exercise
or exhibition;
N. Distribute any commercial handbill without a prior permit to do so from the
department of code enforcement or city manager, which permit shall be issued only after
due processing of an application and then only if the city manager determines that it would
be affirmatively in the public interest to allow upon public property the commercial activity
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involved;
O. Post, place, erect, or leave posted, placed or erected, any commercial or
noncommercial bill, handbill, circular, notice, paper, or advertising device or matter of any
kind, in or upon any building, structure, pole, wire or other architectural or natural feature of
whatever character, except upon a bulletin board or such place especially designated and
provided for such purposes, unless prior approval to do so has been obtained from the city
manager, which approval shall be given only if the city manager determines that it would be
affirmatively in the public interest to allow the use of public property for such purposes, or
that constitutional principles require that the same be allowed;
P. Place barricades, ropes, tape or other restricting device for the purpose of limiting
the use of any park amenity from persons or groups unless prior approval to do has been
obtained from the director or city manager. Which approval shall be given only to city
personnel or city designee to install or inspect installation;
Q. Sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article or thing whatsoever, or practice,
carry on, conduct or solicit for, any trade, occupation, business or profession, unless such
activity has been expressly allowed pursuant to specific provisions to such effect contained
in either: a concession agreement or franchise or the like duly entered into or granted by the
city council;
R. Remain, stay or loiter therein between the hours of eleven p.m. and dawn of the
following day, except while attending a gathering or meeting for which a permit has been
issued or which is being sponsored or conducted by the city department of community
services. This subsection shall not apply to persons lawfully lodging, camping or otherwise
remaining overnight at a place especially designated and provided for such purposes
(including, if overnight camping is involved, the place shall have been cleared for such use
by the chief of police);
S. Use any restroom, washroom or dressing facility designated for the opposite sex,
except that this subsection shall not apply to children six years of age or younger who are
accompanied by an adult or other older person;
T. Row, sail or operate any boat, craft or other device, on or in any pond, lake, stream
or water except at such place as is especially designated and provided for use of such boat,
craft or device;
U. Hunt, frighten, chase, set snare for, catch, injure or destroy any animal or bird, or
destroy, remove or disturb any of the young or eggs of same, or injure or maltreat any
domestic or other animal. Maltreatment shall include, but is not limited to, improper feeding
of wild or domestic birds and/or fowl. Improper feeding is deemed to be providing or
offering any type of food or feed other than that which is provided by the city;
V. Fish with hook and line, seine, trap, spear or net, or by any other means, in any
pond, lake, stream or water, except at a place especially designated and provided for such
purpose;
W. No person shall bring into, consume or have in their possession in any park an
alcoholic beverage as defined in Section 11.01.010, except as provided by Section 9.58.040
of this code;
X. No person shall urinate or evacuate their bowels within any public area except in a
public restroom;
Y. Cross-country travel is prohibited in the Santa Rosa Mountains from January 1st
through September 30th, and allowed from October 1st through December 31st. Cross-
country travel is defined as travel off authorized trails. During the period when cross-
country travel is prohibited, individuals may venture no more than fifty feet from centerline
of trails on either side for purposes of resting, nature study, or other similar activities; this
use does not constitute cross-country travel. Holders of permits issued for research and
extended study are exempt from the cross-country prohibition. (Ord. 1254 § 1, 2013; Ord.
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Municipal Code
Palm Desert,
California
Current through
Ordinance 1274 and the
August 2014 code
supplement. For more
recent amendments to
this code, refer to the
CodeAlert page.
This document is
provided for
informational purposes
only. Please read the full
disclaimer.
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11.01.140 Amplified sound —Permit required.
It is unlawful for any person to install, use and operate within a park a loudspeaker or
any sound amplifying equipment for the purposes of giving instructions, directions, talks,
addresses or lectures, or of transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons in a
park or in the vicinity thereof, except when installed, used or operated in compliance with
one of the following provisions:
A. By authorized city personnel or a contractor of the city retained for this purpose; or
B. Under a reservation or park use permit issued by the director, and when operated in
accordance with terms of that reservation or permit. (Ord. 751 § 1, 1994; Ord. 750 § 1,
1994)
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