HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 165ORDINANCE NO. 165
AN ORDINANCE OF r4 CITY CWNCtL OF THE CiTY OF PALM OESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 94 OF SAiD CITY RELATING
TO PUBLIC 1011SANCES.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES HEREBY
0"M as follows.-
S TEC tON 1: .That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 24 of the City of Palm
Desert, California, be and the same is hereby ascended to read as follows:
*SECTION 8: City to Abate and Report.
It the owner fails or neglects to remove or otherwise take
action to abate the nuisance as defined in Section 1, within
the time specified in Section 7, the City, through the City
employees authorized, shall cause such nuisance to be abated.
The abatement work may be done by City crews or by private
contractor. A report of the proceedings and an accurate
account of the cost of abating the nuisance on each separate
property shall be filed with the City Council, or the City may
{ elect to enforce compliance, by taking action in the name of
f the City, in any court of competent jurisdiction."
SECTION 2: That Section 14 of Ordinance No. 24 of said City be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 14. Penalty.
The owner, occupant, or agent of any lot or premises within the
City who permits or allows the existence of a public nuisance
as defined in Section 1, upon any lot or premises owned, occupied
or controlled by him, or who violates any of the provisions of this
chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, there
shalt be subject to a penalty as provided in Ordinance No. 57,
as amended from time to time."
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance and shall causa the same to be published once in the
Paler Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and
circulated within the City of Palm Desert, and the sash shall be in full fora
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VASSEO, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2SStl day of August, 1977, by the
1., lily Oern+til Of the City of Pali Desert, California, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson, A Mullins
NOES: No"
ABSENT: brush
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: L '
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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