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ORDINANCE NO. 577
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER
1.12 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT
PERTAINING TO GENERAL PENALTIES.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Section 1.12.010 of the Code of the
City of Palm Desert be, and the same hereby is, amended a,
follows:
"Section 1.12.010. General penalty; continuing violations.
Whenever in this Code or 1n any other ordinance of the
C i ty, or i n any r eso 1 ut I on of the C i ty adopted i n accordance
with the provisions of this Code, any act is prohibited or 1s
made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor,
or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act
is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where
no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any
such provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the City
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Unless otherwise indicated to the Court upon filing or upon
motion of the City Attorney, all violations of this Code shall
be prosecuted as infractions and the term of imprisonment
referred to above shall not be applicable. In unusual situations
where there are repeated offenses or where the violation is
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particularly detrimental, the violation presently designated in
this Code as a misdemeanor may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor
on motion of the City Attorney."
Section 2. That Section 1.12.020 and 1.12.030 of the
Code of the City of Palm Desert be, and the same hereby are,
repealed.
Section 3. 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 within the City
of Palm Desert, and the same shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of September,
1989 by the following vote:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: WILSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
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ATTEST:
SHEILA GILLIGAN, CIT�CLERK
City of Palm Deser , alifornia
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OY WTLSON, Mayor '
--of Palm Desert, California
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