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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
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PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, REQUIRING COMPLETION OF A a, c
COURSE ON OVERSEEDING ALTERNATIVE AS A PREREQUISITE 141
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RELATED BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF PALM DESERT. 0 . a
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, DOES
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS - .° b
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A. The City Council finds that air quality within the Coachella Valley is significantly impacted w . F.
by the local tradition of scalping the summer (Bermuda) turfgrass in preparation for N ▪ "o
annual overseeding with rye grass each fall. „ 0 44
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B. The City Council finds that air quality is one of the most essential issues associated with a
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public health and safety, which in turn is essential to the continued economic well-being .°
of the Coachella Valley and to the needs of its residents. a
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C. The City Council finds that the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), in b o • a
partnership with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and local a ct Ts
stakeholders, has developed a course promoting an overseeding process whereby there � a N
is a gradual reduction of watering combined with a progressive lowering of the turf as an b co 0J
altemative to the traditional single -scalping operation (as described in the "Promoting a
0. Healthier Grass Reseeding" brochure available online at www.cvaq.ora). 4 0. c4
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D. The City Council finds that results from the research project, "The Effect of Fall60 0 • .,
Renovation Treatments on PM10 Emissions During Raking of Debris Following Scalping 4 v 2
of Common Bermudagrass Fairways Prior to Overseeding" performed by the University Iv y u v,
of Califomia, Riverside's Turf Research Advisory Committee (UCRTRAC) in partnership N a • c
with CVAG, Riverside County, and the Desert Hi-Lo Golf Course Superintendents c - y
Association completed in August, 2000 provides the correlation for this alternative a N c
(htto://ucrturf.ucr.edu). ca
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E. The City Council finds that the UCR research demonstrates the traditional turf-� „
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renovation practices can be modified and the overseeding alternative utilized without: .r.i
undermining the aesthetics of the resulting winter turfgrass. z° o .61
F. The City Council finds that the overseeding altemative does not increase the net cost of o a
the new winter turfgrass. 01 • CO
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G. The City Council finds that the primary reason for the slow acceptance and under -
utilization of the overseeding alternative in the Coachella Valley is the lack of public
understanding of the merits and health benefits of the alternative.
H. The City Council finds that the most efficient and effective method of promoting the
overseeding alternative is to require a representative of the landscaping installation,
maintenance and design professionals and their suppliers within the City to, on an
annual basis, attend a two-hour course on the topic, with said course organized by
CVAG and AQMD.
I. The City Council finds that the public health and safety is served by requiring completion
of said course as a prerequisite for the issuance and renewal of business licenses for
landscape -related business within the City.
SECTION II. PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the public health and safety by insuring landscape -
related businesses within the City understand and appreciate the overseeding alternative
promoted by CVAG, AQMD and local stakeholders which eliminates the need for turf scalping,
serves as an air quality control measure and thereby enhances the local air quality.
SECTION III. ADDITION OF CHAPTER 5.95 "LANDSCAPE -RELATED BUSINESS"
"Landscape -Related Businesses" shall be added to Chapter 5.95 of Title 5 of the
Municipal Code as follows:
Effective September 1, 2008, as a prerequisite to the issuance or renewal of a
business license for any entity providing services or nursery products in the City of Palm
Desert related to or used for landscape installation, maintenance, or design, the
applicant shall present proof that at least one employee has, within the twelve months
immediately preceding the application, completed a two-hour course developed by the
Coachella Valley Association of Governments, the South Coast Air Quality Management
District and local stakeholders, on grass overseeding alternative to traditional scalping.
SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining section, subsection and clauses shall not be
affected thereby.
SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective on the thirtieth (30th) day following its adoption.
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SECTION VI. POSTING
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published once in The Desert Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and
published within the County of Riverside, and circulated within said City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Palm Desert City Council held on this day of , 2008 by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
JEAN M. BENSON, MAYOR
;;ITY COUNCIL ACTION:
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