HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 18 ORDINANCE NO. 18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
ADDING SECTION 6 . 08 .045 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE ,
PROHIBITING DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION NOISE
DURING CERTAIN HOURS AND ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS .
The city council of the City of Cathedral City does ordain as follows :
SECTION 1 . A new section, to be numbered 6 .08 . 045 hereby is
added to the Cathedral City Municipal Code , to read as follows :
6 .08 . 045 Disturbances by construction noises . (a) It
is a nuisance and it is unlawful , for any person to be engaged
or employed, or for any person to cause any other person to
be engaged or employed, in any work of construction, erection,
alteration, repair , addition to , or improvement to realty,
except between the hours set forth as follows , if the noise
or other sound produced by such work is of such intensity
or quality that it disturbs the peace and quiet of any other
person of normal sensitivity. The permitted hours for such
work are as follows :
October 1st through Monday - Friday: seven a.m. to
April 30th five thirty p .m.
Saturday: eight a.m. to
five p .m.
Sunday: None
Government Code Holidays : None
May 1st through Monday - Friday: six a.m. to
September 30th seven p .m.
Saturday: eight a.m. to
five p .m.
Sunday: None
Government Code Holidays : None
(b) No person doing or causing work prohibited by sub-
section (a) of this section, after being informed orally or
in writing that such work has caused noise or sounds which
disturb any other person' s peace and quiet , shall fail , re-
fuse or neglect to take whatever steps or use whatever means
are necessary to assure that such work does not again disturb
such other person' s peace and quiet .
EXCEPTIONS : ( 1 ) Emergency repair of existing installa-
tions or equipment or appliances ;
(2 ) Construction work complying with the terms of a
written early work permit which may be issued by the city
manager or his designee , upon a showing of sufficient need
due to hot or inclement weather, or the use of an unusually
long process material , or other circumstances of unusual and
compelling nature.
SECTION 2 . EFFECTIVE DATE . This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty ( 30) days after passage.
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SECTION 3 . POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after
the passage of this ordinance , cause it to be posted in at least
the 3 public places designated by resolution of the City Council ;
shall certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance ; and
shall cause this ordinance and its certification, together with
proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this
City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting
of the City Council held May 5th , 1982 , by the following vote :
Ayes : Councilmembers Krings , Martin, Smith and Mayor Murphy
Noes : None
Absent : Case
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MAYOR
ATTEST :
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM: PROVED AS TO CONTENT :
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(HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE
NO. I8 WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, IN A
MEETING THEREOF PEL.D ON THE DAY OF
198,, AND THAT SAME WAS POSTED IN AT LEAST THE THR f
PUBLIC PLACES SPECIFIED FOR SUCH POSTINGS, BY THE SAID
CITY COUNCIL
CITY CLERK
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