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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 761ORDINANCE NO. 7 61 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 741 BY ADDING A WEIGHT LIMIT OF 8,000 POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT AND DEFINING THE LIMITS OF THE VEHICLE PROHIBITION. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert adopted Ordinance 741 on March 24, 1994, designating Fred Waring Drive between Highway III and Cook Street as a street to be prohibited from use by any through commercial vehicle between the hours of 9: 00 p . m. and 9: 00 a. m. ; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert approved the installation of signage precluding the use of Fred Waring Drive by and through commercial vehicles between the hours of 9: 00 p . m. and 9: 00 a. m. ; and WHEREAS, there is a need to further define the commercial vehicle designation by means of a specific weight limitation and define the limits of the vehicle prohibition. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert as follow: (1) Commercial vehicle, as used in Ordinance 741, shall mean any vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds. (2) The limits of the vehicle prohibition shall be from Monterey Avenue to Cook Street. (3) The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this ordinance in the Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Palm Desert, California, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, on this 8th day of September 1994, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: BENSON, NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON S. ATTEST: 'SHEILA R . GILL AN, CITY ERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CA FORNIA )Y ILS , R gPALM D RT, CALIF NIA