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ORDINANCE NO. 773
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9.50.070•(B) WITH
RESPECT TO THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR
PETITIONS FOR INTERPRETATION.
WHEREAS, Palm Desert Municipal Code Chapter 9.50 provides for
a mobile home park rent review; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.50.070(B) provides for petitions for
interpretation of Chapter 9.50 or for a determination of whether a
particular course of action is legal; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide an alternate
procedure for petitions for interpretation primarily involving
questions of law,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 9.50.070(B) of the Palm Desert
Municipal Code shall be amended to add the following
language:
"The procedural rules with respect to
petitions for interpretation shall be those
applicable to petitions for hardship rent
increases, except that, should the City
Manager determine to do so, petitions for
interpretation which raise issues of a legal
nature may be referred to the City Attorney
for final response, or; in the alternative,
for preparation of an opinion and
recommendation to the Rent Review Board.
Under the first alternative, the City
Attorney's opinion shall be final. Under the
second alternative, the City Attorney's
opinion and recommendation shall become final
within fifteen (15) days after the filing of
the same with the City Clerk, and without
further action of the Rent Review Board unless
a petition to review the City Attorney's
opinion and recommendation is filed by the
requesting party with the City Clerk."
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, 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.
DSP61817
Ordinance No.773
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of March
1995, by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Benson, Kelly, Snyder, Spiegel, Crites
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
FORD CRITES, Mayor
ty of Palm Desert, California
ATTEST:
SHEILA GILLI6•AN, qqy Clerk
City of Palm Desk; , California
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