HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 262ORDINANCE NO. 262
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT,
AND WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS TO SECTION 15.04.050
OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO
CONSTRUCTION SITE SECURITY.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. That Section 15.04.050 of the
Palm Desert Municipal Code is hereby amended to read:
Section 15.04.050 - Construction Site Security.
A. The owner, contractor or responsible party constructing
a new building, addition, or alteration to an existing
building, shall maintain security measures as deemed neces-
sary or as required by the Building Official to control
vandalism, fires, blowing dust, sand or debris.
SECTION 2. ADDITIONS. Paragraph B, C, D and E are hereby
added to Section 15.04.050 to read:
B. The owner, contractor or responsible party constructing
a new building, addition, or alteration to an existing
building, shall keep the construction site clean by having
an adequately sized debris box container placed: on the site
for the depositing of trash and debris. As used in this
section, trash and debris shall include papers, cartons,
bottles, cans, garbage, roofing materials, insulation, plaster,
concrete, boards and other substance that may be accumulated
as a result of construction activities.
C. A trash container shall remain on the construction site
until the Building Inspector has completed the final in-
spection. Said container shall be emptied of its contents
on a regular schedule or as ordered by the Building Inspector
in order to avoid blowing debris or other public nuisances.
D. Disposal shall be by transportation to a legally establishes
dump site by the City's refuse contractor, or other person
authorized by law to remove any container from the location
where the container was placed by the person in charge for
storage and collection.
E. Refusal to comply with the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as stipulated in Section
205 of the Uniform Building Code; and/or be sufficient cause
for the revocation of the issued building permit pending
compliance.
SECTION 3. CERTIFICATION. The City Clerk of the City of
Palm Desert, California, is hereby directed to cause this Ordinance
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to be published once within fifteen (15) days of adoption in the
Palm Desert Post, a newspaper published and circulated within the
City of Palm Desert, California, and the same shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council this 25th
day of June , 1981, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Puluqi, Snyder & Wilson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
CITY OF PALM DESERT,
RNIA