HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1275ORDINANCE NO. 1275
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 1.16.010, 1.16.020 and 1.16.030 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTIONS:
1.16.010 Definitions.
1.16.020 Unauthorized or improper use prohibited.
1.16.030 Violation — Penalty.
1.16.010 Definitions.
As used herein:
A. "Seal' means any seal, insignia, decal or other artistic rendering
which is substantially similar to, and is designed or intended to be a facsimile of,
the seal of the City of Palm Desert.
B. "Seal of the City of Palm Desert" means the official seal of the City
of Palm Desert. The seal may be described as follows: It contains the words
"Palm Desert" Incorporated 1973 November 26 and features a palm tree in the
foreground and, left to right, a tennis player, a golfer and a bighorn sheep on a
rocky slope in the background.
1.16.020 Unauthorized or improper use prohibited.
No person, group, corporation, nonprofit organization, association or
political committee shall cause to be prepared, distributed or published, or permit
the preparation, distribution or publication of, any letter, advertisement, bumper
sticker, flyer, pamphlet, handbill or other written, or digital or electronic document
or display containing the seal of the City of Palm Desert, or any other similar
seal, without the express authorization of the City Manager of the City of Palm
Desert
1.16.030 Violation — Penalty.
A. Any person violating or causing or permitting the violation of
Section 1.16.020 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars;
provided, however, that any offense which would otherwise be an infraction shall
be a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of two or more violations of
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this chapter within the twelve-month period preceding the commission of the
offense in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be
deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged.
B. For purposes of this section and Chapter 1.16, a separate offense
shall be deemed to occur each time a written document is prepared, printed or
published each day in violation of Section 1.16.020. However, the printing or
duplicating of a number of such documents by mechanical means at one time, all
of which are identical, shall be deemed a single offense.
C. In addition to the penalties hereinabove set forth, the City of Palm
Desert shall have the right to initiate legal action against any person to restrain
by Court injunction the printing, distribution or publication of any material
prepared in violation of Section 1.16.020.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council this
23rd day of October , 2014, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, HARNIK, SPIEGEL, WEBER, AND TANNER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Van Ta ner, Mayor
ATTEST:
RA RETLE D. I<LASSEN, ity Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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