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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 388'f ORDINANCE NO. 399 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5.80.020, 5.80. 030, 5.80.090, 5.80.230, 5.80.240, AND ADDING NEW INFORMATION ITEMS 15 AND 17 TO SECTIONS 5.80.030(A) AND 5.80.230(A): PERTAINING TO CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS AND NONPROFIT SOLICITING. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1: That Section 5.80.020 of the Code is hereby amended to read as follows: -5.80.020 CHARITABLE AND NONPROFIT PERMIT - EXEMPTIONS. No person as defined in Section 5.80.010 shall solicit contributions for any charitable purpose within the City without first obtaining a permit as required by this chapter; provided, however, that upon application and determination by the Code Enforcement Supervisor that such organizations fall into the categories set forth in this section, the permit requirements shall not apply to: A. Bonafide charitable, religious and nonprofit organizations which have been in existance and have regularly maintained a place of worship or headquarters in the Coachella Valley, County of Riverside for a period of at least one (1) year; B. Solicitation activities conducted on premises owned or occupied by, or among the members of, a charitable, religious or nonprofit organization; C. Activities relating to the relief of a person, specified by name at the time of the solicitation, where the solicitor represents in each case that the entire amount collected, without any deduction for expenses incurred during the activity, shall be turned over to the named beneficiary. SECTION 2: That Sections 5.80.030(A) and 5.80.230(A) information item numbers 2, 5 and 6 of the code are hereby amended to read as follows: A. 2. If the applicant is not an individual, the names, home addresses and telephone numbers of the applicants principal officers and managers and a copy of the resolution, if any, authorizing such solicitations, certified to be a true and correct copy of the original by the officer having charge of the applicants records: r ORDINANCE NO. 388 5. The names, home addresses and telephone numbers of the person or persons by whom the receipt of such soliciation shall be disbursed; 6. The names, home addresses and telephone numbers, social security numbers and driver's license numbers, if any, of the person or persons who will be in direct charge of conducting the solicitation and all promoters and paid fund raisers or professional solicitors connected or to be connected with the proposed solicitation. SECTION 3: That Section 5.80.090, second paragraph, is here- by amended to read as follows: The right to solicit may be for any number of consecutive or nonconsecutive days not to exceed one (1) year from date of issuance of the permit. If the permittee desires to renew the permit, the application for renewal must be completed thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the permit in force. The Code Supervisor may renew the permit if he is satisified that the requirements of this chapter are still being met and there has been no violation of the Chapter, and all information contained on the original application is basically the same. as follows: SECTION 4: That Section 5.80.240(A), is hereby amended to read (A) Upon receipt of such application, the code supervisor shall forthwith issue the applicant a certificate of registration. The certificate shall remain in force and effect for a period of one (1) year from date of issuance of the certificate of registration. The certificate shall bear the name and address of the person by whom the solication is to be made, the number of the certificate, date issued, and a statement that the certificate does not consitute an endorsement by the City or by any department or officer or employee of the City for.the person conducting the solication. SECTION 5: That information item number 17 is added to Section 5.80.030(A) of the code to read as follows: 17. The names, home addresses, telephone numbers, social security number and drivers license number, if any, of all the solicitors connected with or to be connected with the proposed solicitation. SECTION 6: That information item number 15 is added to Section 5.80.230(A) of the code to read as follows: -2- ORDINANCE NO. 388 15. The names, home addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers and drivers license number, if any, of all the solicitors connected with the proposed solicitation. SECTION 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation printed, published and circulated in the City of Palm Desert and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of August , 1984, by the following vote: AYES: JACKSON, KELLY & SNYDER NOES: NONE ABSENT: PULUQI & WILSON ABSTAIN: NONE ATTEST: SHEILA R. GILhrGAN, Cit lerk City of Palm Desert, C ifornia WALTER H. SNYDER, Ma3,6r -3-