HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 325ORDINANCE NO. 325
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO TITLE 10, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, has
determined that trucks and recreational vehicles in excess of 8 feet in height and in
excess of 20 feet in length when parked on public streets create a traffic hazard and
degrade the residential quality of life.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, has determined that the
proposed amendment would better serve the public health, safety and general welfare of
the citizens of Palm Desert.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the
consideration of the council in this matter.
2. That it does hereby approve a vehicles and traffic ordinance text amendment
as provided in the attached exhibit, labeled Exhibit "A", amending the Palm
Desert Municipal Code, Title 10.
3. The city clerk is directed to publish this ordinance once in the Palm Desert
Post, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City
of Palm Desert and shall certify to the passage of adoption of this ordinance
and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City
Council, held on this 10th day of February, 1983, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Jackson, Kelly, Snyder & ffilson
NOES: Puluqi
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GIEL�GAN, Cit le
City of Palm Desert, Cal' nia
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CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 325
EXHIBIT "A"
ADD:
10.16.100 Prohibition of parking of trucks and recreational vehicles.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the parking and/or storage of trucks or
recreational vehicles exceeding a height of eight feet and in excess of twenty feet in
length, shall be prohibited on all public streets in the city., provided that this section shall
not apply to vehicles utilized routinely for local transportation and which are parked
within 200 feet of the residential, commercial or industrial structures with which they
may be associated.
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