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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLoving All Animals Super Pet Adoption Event - November 2015CITY OF PALM DESERT CITY MANAGERS OFFICE STAFF REPORT REQUEST: CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY WAIVER OF CERTAIN PARKS ORDINANCES FOR DURATION OF THE LOVING ALL ANIMALS SUPER PET ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 14 & 15, 2015. SUBMITTED BY: Ryan Stendell, Senior Management Analyst DATE: June 11, 2015 CONTENTS: Copies of Palm Desert Municipal Code Event Description (From LAA) Recommendation By Minute Motion: Approve a temporary waiver of Palm Desert Municipal Zone Sections 11.01.140 (Amplified Sound) and 11.01.080-Q (Vendor Sales) for the duration of the Loving All Animals Super Pet Adoption 2015 event. Discussion The Super Pet Adoption Festival is a community event sponsored by Loving All Animals (LAA) and hosted in the Coachella Valley for the past six years. This event provides animal welfare organizations from across Southern California an opportunity to showcase the companion animals they have for adoption. The 2014 event hosted 40 organizations, with approximately 500 animals, of which 300 found new homes. The 2015 event is being proposed in Civic Center Park on November 14 & 15, 2015. It's anticipated that the two-day public event will attract over 6,000 participants, based on previous year's totals. LAA would like to use amplified sound during this event and would also include food/retail vendors on site with the possibility of utilizing food trucks. If LAA decides to incorporate food trucks into the event, the Planning Department has the ability to administratively issue a Temporary Use Permit to accommodate this request. Below are the specific waivers being requested for this event: 1. Amplified Sound (P.D.M.C. Section 11.01.040) 2. Food Prepared for Sale*: (P.D.M.C. Section 11.01.080-Q) 3. Pet Related Supplies for Sale: (P.D.M.C. Section 11.01.080-Q) Staff Report LAA: Super Pet Adoption Event 2015 June 11, 2015 Page 2 of 2 Staff believes this event will be well received in our community and is recommending approval of the temporary waivers. Fiscal Analysis Loving All Animals will pay all associated fees for use of the Civic Center Park, including security deposits. Prepared Mv- Ryan Stendell Senior Management Analyst Palm Desert Municipal Code (Palm Desert. California) Palm Desert 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. zrtcn Links: • � •i11�:7u •- Contact: Palm Desert City Clerk: (760) 346-0611, Ext. 304 rklasseneci. ate lm- desert.ca.us 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) View the mobile version. http://gcode.us/codes/palmdesert/[2/2/2015 2:51:13 PM] Palm Desert Municipal Code (Palm Desert. California) Palm Desert 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. zrtc�ta Links: 116 ■•u- • ..- Contact: Palm Desert City Clerk: (760) 346-0611, Ext. 304 rklassenCa ci. aa1m- desert.ca.us 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 http://gcode.us/codes/palmdesert/[2/2/2015 2:50:27 PMl Palm Desert Municipal Code (Palm Desert. California) 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, take, 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. http://gcode.us/codes/palmdesert/12/2/2015 2:50:27 PM) Exhibit Al — Explanation of Proposed Super Pet Adoption Layout Prototypical Plan 1. Protective Plastic Fencing — Gauge TBD — Protective plastic fencing will be used to ensure community safety and animal protection by inhibiting any potential runaway pet that may escape from the pens or its handlers. 2. Entrance and Information Booths — Entrance and Information Booths will be placed at several locations throughout the event to provide people easy access to the festival and information on activities of the event. 3. Volunteer Station — Volunteer Station will be placed for case of management of volunteers and to provide rest area for those assisting. 4. Dog Training/Exhibit Area — A Dog Training/Exhibit area will be located in the west most area of the festival to provide space for experienced dog trainers and animal product demonstrators to show the public their services and products. 5. Food Booths/Trucks — A food court area selected near the entrance to the tennis courts will provide space for local food vendors and permitted food trucks to provide the public with food options. 6. Stage Viewing Area — A stage viewing area will be outlined for the public to see entertainment and pet demonstrations, plus prodgram directors speaking about the programs of Loving All Animals and our local animal welfare initiatives. 7. AWO Small Canine — Animal Welfare Organizations for Small Dogs will be situated on the levels of the amphitheater in io x io' spaces. 8. AWO Large Canine — Animal Welfare Organizations for Large Dogs will be placed in the flat area heading NW from the Small Canine/Vendor Areas 9. Cat Area — The Cat Area will be placed for high visibility and located near the entrance to the Small Canine/Vendor Area io. Vendors — Vendors who sell pet related materials such as leashes, beds, harnesses, doggles, pet turf, pet foods, bird cages, etc. will populate areas interspersed with small canines. Vendors will provide 20% of their revenue as donation to Loving All Animals to help defray cost of event. ii. Wagon Rides — Wagon Rides will be offered to the public using a route that will take them to the COD Street Fair and picking people up from the COD Street Fair and bringing them to the Super Pet Adoption Festival.