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ORDINANCE NO. 542
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 8.24 OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO LITTERING.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1: That Chapter 8.24 of the Palm Desert Municipal
Code Is amended to read as follows:
8.24.010 Littering in Private or Public Places. No person
sha 1 1 throw, deposit or permit to be deposited, or to remain in
or upon, any lot or premises, public street, public alley, or
other public place, any type of refuse and waste material, except
in authorized public or private receptacles provided for the
general public in commercial districts.
8.24.020 Illegal Depositing of Litter in Receptacles. No
person shall deposit any type of refuse and waste material in
private receptacles or containers without prior written approval
of the person in charge of the receptacles or containers.
B.24.030 Placement of Litter in Receptacles. Persons
placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from
being carried, or deposited by the elements upon a street,
sidewalk, alley or other public place or upon private property.
8.24.040 Depositing Litter in Gutters. No person shall
blow, hose, sweep onto or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the City the accumulation of litter from any
public or private sidewalk or driveway or any building or lot.
Persons owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge
or possession of any property or place of business, shall keep
the sidewalk and parkway in front of their premises free of
litter.
8.24.050 Litter Thrown From Vehicles. No person, while a
driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter
upon any street or other public place within the City, or upon
private property.
8.24.060 Littering In Parks. No person shall throw or
depos it any type of refuse or waste, or 1 i tter in any park or
other recreational area within the City except in public
receptacles such that the litter will not be carried or deposited
by the elements upon any part of the park or other recreational
area or upon any street or other public place. Where public
receptacles are not provided, all litter shall be carried from
the park or other recreational area by the person responsible for
its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided in
the chapter.
ORDINANCE NO. 542
"8.24.070 Violation - Penalty. Any person violating this
chapter is deemed quIIty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of not more than $500, and imprisonment in the county jail for a
period of not more than six (6) months.
118.24.080 SeverabIIity. Should any provision of this
chapter be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions which can be given effect without the invalid
provision, and to this end, the provisions of chapter are
declared severable."
Section 2: Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be printed once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the
City of Palm Desert, and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of June, 1988,
1988, by the following vote:
AYES: CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON, BENSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
JEAN BENSON, MAYOR
Cty of Palm Desert, California
ATTEST: \
SHEILA R. GILI:IGAN, V TY CLERK
City of Palm DesertV California