HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 868ORDINANCE NO. 868
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION
8.80.025 ESTABLISHING AN APPEALS HEARING BOARD
TO THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE
VIOLATIONS.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert desires to provide for an
Appeals Hearing Board to assist in the carrying out of the
regulations of Chapter 8.80 of the Palm Desert Charter and
Municipal Code relating to administrative remedies;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 8.80.025 be, and the same hereby
is, added to the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"8.80.025. Anneals Hearing Board
A. There is established within the City an Appeals
Hearing Board which shall hear all matters
pertaining to this Chapter.
B. The Appeals Hearing Board shall consist of three
regular members appointed by the City Manager and
serving at the pleasure of the City. The members
appointed to the Board shall be citizens of the
City of Palm Desert, or may be employees of the
City of Palm Desert, during their term of service.
C. Regular members of the Board shall serve a term of
two years, at the end of which he/she may be
considered for reappointment.
D. The Board shall establish the time and place of its
hearings consistent with Section 8.80.060(B).
E. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings,
which shall be open for inspection by any member of
the public.
F. The City Manager shall designate an employee who
shall serve as the Secretary of the Board. The
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City Clerk shall be responsible for the
maintenance of all its permanent records.
G. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
Two affirmative votes are required for a decision
including all motions, orders and findings of the
Board."
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 the same shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its
adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, on the 22nd day of
January, 1998, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Crites, Ferguson, Spiegel, Benson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kelly
ABSTAIN: None
JEP4C"BENSON, MAYOR
CAN of Palm Desert, CA
ATTEST:
SHEILA ILLIG , City Clerk
City of Palm De rt, CA
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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By /Z--
DAVID J'rVRWV, City Attorney
City of Palm Desert, CA
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