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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 11.01 (GENERAL UN)
PROVISIONS) OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL RELATING TO
PARKS / TRAILS MANAGEMENT.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CJ
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 11.01 of the City of Palm Desert, California, Municipal Code
be and the same shall be amended as shown on Exhibit "A".
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 Desert Sun, a
newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the County of Riverside and
circulated within the City of Palm Desert, and the same shall be in force and effect thirty
(30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, at its regular meeting held this 10th day of June, 2010, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
CINDY FINERTY, MAYOR
CITY COUNCIL A ON
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Original on File with City`'eierk's Office
ORDINANCE NO. 1214
Access with dogs: leash
requirements
Access with dogs
Collection of animal fecal
matter
Cross-country travel
Access with bicycles /
motorized -vehicle use of
trails
Non -motorized commercial
recreation activities /
competitive recreation
events
Bold Italic = additions
Stvikeeut = deletions
EXHIBIT "A"
Section 11.01.120(A):
5. Homme-Adams Park is
designated as an "under immediate voice control" fiiaG facility. Leashes are
required on the Homestead Trail and Gabby Hayes Trail which emanate from
Homme Adams Park and Cahuilla Hills Park, respectively;
Section 11.01.120(A):
6. Dogs are prohibited ' ` `
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the Santa Rosa Mountains except the Homestead Trail, Gabby Hayes Trail, and
segment of the Hopalong Cassidy Trail connecting these two trails. This
prohibition does not apply to service animals accompanying persons with a
disability.
Section 11.01.120(B):
It is the mandatory duty of all persons owning, possessing, in control of, or
otherwise responsible for a dog, cat or an equine animal in a city park or other
recreation area of the city to promptly collect, pick up and remove all fecal matter
left behind by said animal in or upon the park or other recreation area of the city;
but this section shall not apply to guide dogs for blind or disabled persons. (Ord.
1064 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 751 § 1 (part), 1994; Ord. 750 § 1 (part), 1994)
Add new subsection to 11.01.080--Prohibited conduct generally, as follows:
Section 11.01.080(Y)
Cross-country travel is prohibited in the Santa Rosa Mountains from January 1
through September 30, and allowed from October 1 through December 31.
Cross-country travel is defined as travel off authorized trails. During the period
when cross-country travel is prohibited, individuals may venture no more than 50
feet from centerline of trails on either side for purposes of resting, nature study,
or other similar activities; this use does not constitute cross-country travel.
Holders of permits issued for research and extended study are exempt from the
cross-country prohibition.
Section 11.01.080(A):
Within the limits of any public park or recreation area of the city, no person shall
ride or drive any horse or other animal, or propel any vehicle, cycle or automobile,
except at a place especially designated and provided for such purpose. Bicycles are
prohibited year-round from traveling cross-country in the Santa Rosa
Mountains; travel by such conveyance is restricted to authorized trails.
Section 11.01.060:
No person shall hold, conduct, participate in, attend or address any meeting,
organized gathering or assemblage, group picnic, celebration, parade, service or
exercise, or thirty or more persons, in any park or recreation area without a written
permit granted by the director as provided herein. Competitive recreation events on
or off trails in the Santa Rosa Mountains, including the use of developed
trailheads in association with a competitive event, are prohibited.