HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1074ORDINANCE NO. 1074
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 24 BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION B. 9 OF SECTION 24.12.040 REGARDING
FUGITIVE DUST CONTROL
WHEREAS, the staff of the Public Works Department in the City of Palm Desert
desire to be in compliance with the requirements of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and
WHEREAS, the amendment attached to this ordinance adds a clause that is
required by the EPA and the SCAQMD.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. Subsection B. 9 of Section 24.12.040 "Subiect sources and their
control requirements" of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
24.12.040 Subject sources and their control requirements.
B. Construction and Demolition Activities
9 Any operator of a project with a disturbed surface area of 50 or more acres shall have an
Environmental Observer on the site or available on -site within thirty minutes of initial contact that:
a. is hired by the property owner or developer; and
b. has dust control as the sole or primary responsibility; and
c. has successfully completed the AQMD Coachella Valley Fugitive Dust Control Class and
has been issued a Certificate of Completion for the class; and
d. is identified in the approved Fugitive Dust Control Plan as having the authority to
immediately employ sufficient dust mitigation 24-hours per day, seven days a week and
to ensure compliance with this ordinance, the approved Fugitive Dust Control Plan, and
AQMD regulations.
Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California, shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
once in the Desert Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, circulated within the City of
Palm Desert, and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1074
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California at its regular meeting held on the 9th day of September
2004, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, FERGUSON, BELLY, SPIEGEL
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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ROBERT A. SPIEL , M Y R
ATTEST:
RA HELI_E D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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