HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 240ORDINANCE NO. 240
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO THE CONTROL
OF LOITERING OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
YEARS.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: No person under the age of eighteen (18) years
shall loiter about the public streets, avenues, alleys,
parks, or public places of the City of Palm Desert, State
of California, between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and the time
of sunrise of the following day, when not accompanied by
his parent or legal guardian having legal custody and
control of such person, or spouse of such person, over
eighteen (18) years of age.
SECTION 2: Every parent, guardian, or other person having
theleg-al care, custody, or control of any person under the
age of eighteen (18) years, who allows or permits such per-
son to violate any provision of this ordinance is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
SECTION 3: Any person who violates any of the provisions
of Section 1 of this ordinance shall be in violation of
Section 601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code of the
State of California.
SECTION 4: Any person who violates any of the provisions
of Section 2 of this ordinance shall be guilty of a_mis- _
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or
by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not
more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
ays after the date of its adoption, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof,
shall be published at least once in the Desert Post, a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated
in the City of Palm Desert and thenceforth and thereafter
the same shall be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on this 22nd day of
,Ta,.,,m= , 1981, by the following vote, to wit :
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Puluqi, Snyder & Wilson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. LIGANy ITY CLERK
CITY,OF PALM DESE , CALIFORNIA