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
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