HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 662ORDINANCE NO. 66Z
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER
9.30 TO ARTICLE "V" OF TITLE 9 OF THE PALM
DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING TRESPASSING
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California,
DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 9.30 is hereby added to Article "V"
of Title 9 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code, and will provide as
follows:
"CHAPTER 9.30
TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
Section 9 30 010 Trespassing on Privately Owned and Operated
Business Premises.
(a) No person shall have the right to use privately owned and
operated business premises that are open to the general
public for any purpose that is contrary to the functions or
services provided thereon without the consent of the owner,
operator, or agent thereof. It shall be unlawful for any
person so using such property to refuse or fail to leave
such property upon being requested to leave by the owner,
operator or agent thereof.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person without the permission
of the owner, operator, or agent of privately owned and
operated business premises that are open to the general
public to enter upon such premises within forty-eight (48)
hours after having been requested by the owner, operator, or
agent thereof to leave therefrom pursuant to the provisions
of subdivision (a).
(c) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply
in any of the following instances:
(1) Where their application results in or is coupled with
an act prohibited by the Unruh Civil Rights Act or any other
provision of law relating to prohibited discrimination
against any person on account of color, race, religion, sex,
creed, ancestry, or national origin;
(2) Where their application would result in an interference
with or inhibition of peaceful picketing directed toward the
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business establishment, lawful labor activities, or peaceful
political activities;
(3) where their application results in or is coupled with
an act prohibited by Section 365 of the California Penal
Ccde or any other provision of law relating to duties of
innkeepers and common carriers."
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify as 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 (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 9th day of
Januar-z_ , 1992 by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, SNYDER, WILSON, KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT .,NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTE/T
WALTER H. SNYDER, MAYO,�C
City of Palm Desert, alifornia
SHEILA R.-'GI�LIGAN, Qity Clerk
City of Palm Deser California
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