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ORDINANCE NO. 561
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
10.24.010 AND SECTION 10.24.030 OF THE PALM
DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the City desires to cause the removal of abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof
from private property, on the one hand or from public property
where the vehicle or vehicles can be viewed from any public
street facing property, not including highways, pursuant to the
authority of California Vehicle Code Section 22660 et sec.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: That Section 10.24.010 "Findings of
Fact" of the Palm Desert Municipal Code be amended to read as
fellows:
"10.24.010 Findings of fact. In addition to
and in accordance with the determination made and the
,authority granted by the state under Section 22660 of
the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as
public_ nuisances, the City Council makes the following
findings and declarations:
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof
on (1) private property; or (2) public property (where
the vehicle or vehicles can be viewed from any public
street) facing property, not including highways, is
found to create a condition tending to reduce the
value of private property, to promote blight and
deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire
hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating
a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create
a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious
to the health, safety and general welfare. Therefore,
the presence bf an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or
inoperative vehicle or parts thereof, on (1) private
property-; or (2) public property (where the vehicle or
vehicles can be viewed from any public street facing
property, not including highways, except as expressly
permitted in this title, is declared to constitute a
public nuisance which may be abated as such in
accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
Section 2: That Section 1 0. 24. 030 "Exemptions" be
amended to add Subsection C which shall read:
"C. A vehicle, or parts thereof, which is
located on private property where the vehicle
or vehicles cannot be viewed from any public
street facing property."
Section 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adopt i on of th i s ord I nance and sha 1 1 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 the same shall be in full force and effect (30)
days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day
of December , 1988, by the following vote:
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: CRITES
ABSTAIN: NONE '
S. ilson Mayor
C" yiof Palm Desert, Californi
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GI LIGAN. C ty Clerk
City of Palm Desert California
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