HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 731ORDINANCE NO. 731
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SUBSECTION (c) OF SECTION 9.50.075 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING RESCISSION OF
CERTAIN MOBILE HOME RENTAL AGREEMENTS.
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1993, the Council adopted Ordinance
No. 728 which, among other things, added Section 9.50.075 to the
Palm Desert Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS;_ Section' 9.50.075 protects prospective tenants of
mobile home parks from being forced to accept rental agreements
that would be exempt from the City's mobile home rent control laws
as a condition of tenancy; and
WHEREAS, the intent and purpose of subsection (c) of Section
9.50.075 was to enable prospective tenants who sign rental
agreements that violate Section 9.50.075 after the effective date
of Ordinance No. 728 to rescind such rental agreements; and
WHEREAS, a key word ("not") was inadvertently omitted from the
text of subsection (c) as it appeared in Ordinance No. 728, thereby
reversing its intended meaning.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That subsection (c) of Section 9.50.075 of the
City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Unless otherwise dictated by state law, anyone who is
required to sign a rental agreement that does not comply with
this Section on or after the effective date of this Section
may rescind the agreement without penalty and instead insist
upon a rental agreement that complies with this Section."
Section 2. 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 same shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
its adoption.
NSR43379
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 1993,
by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Crites, Kelly, Snyder, Wilson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Benson
Y .,YILSON, Mayor
Desert, California
SHEILA R. IGAN, ty Clerk
City of P m DesertVcalifornia
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