The regular meetings of the city council and the city council acting as the board of the Cathedral City redevelopment agency shall be held at the Civic Center located at 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero, Cathedral City, California, or at such other temporary location designated by the city council when circumstances require a different location.
(Ord. 526 § 4, 2000; Ord. 576 § 2, 2003; Ord. 608 § 1, 2005)
Any member or other person using profane, vulgar, loud or boisterous language at any meeting or otherwise interrupting the proceedings, who refuses to be seated or kept quiet when ordered to do so by the mayor or other presiding officer of the council, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
The city council shall, by resolution, adopt rules of procedure to govern the conduct of its meetings, any of its other functions and activities, and regulations pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
A. 
The purpose of this section is to establish the compensation of the mayor, mayor pro tem and council members pursuant to Sections 605 and 605.1 of the City Charter. The compensation of the mayor, mayor pro tem and council members shall be reviewed and adjusted annually beginning with the first pay period after July 1 of each year based on the change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA average for all items, 1982-84=100, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics or the most closely equivalent successor thereto in the event the index is terminated or changed. The "base index" for the adjustment shall be the index for December 2015. Regardless of the CPI-U, in no case shall the salaries be increased by more than three percent in any given year, or exceed a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars per month.
B. 
In the event that the city council approves or imposes a salary decrease upon a group of city employees represented by a recognized bargaining group for any reason, council salaries shall be decreased by a corresponding percentage effective at the same time the employee salary decrease becomes effective. If multiple groups of city employees experience reductions in salary that go into effect during the same fiscal year, the city council's salary shall be reduced by the largest percentage reduction experienced by an employee group. If multiple groups of city employees experience reductions in salary that are implemented on a staggered basis throughout the fiscal year, city council salaries shall be reduced by the highest percentage reduction experienced by an employee group then in effect. For example, if one employee group has a salary decrease of two percent effective July 1 and another group has a salary decrease of three percent effective September 1, council salaries shall be decreased by two percent effective July 1 and on September 1 the council's salary shall be decreased by an additional one percent.
(Ord. 535 § 1, 2000; Ord. 609 § 1, 2005; Ord. 740 § 1, 2014; Ord. 845 § 1, 2020)
A. 
Except when an appeals procedure is otherwise specifically set forth in this code, any person excepting to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit applied for or held by him or her pursuant to any of the provisions of this code, or to any administrative decision made by any official of the city, if the denial, suspension, or revocation of the permit or the determination of the administrative decision involves the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this code, may appeal in writing to the council by filing with the city clerk a written notice of the appeal.
B. 
No appeal may be taken to any such administrative decision made by an official of the city pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter unless the decision to appeal has been first taken up with the department head concerned and with the city manager, and each such official has not adjusted the matter to the appellant's satisfaction.
C. 
No right of appeal to the council from any administrative decision made by an official of the city pursuant to any of the provisions of this code shall exist when the decision is ministerial and thus does not involve the exercise of administrative discretion or personal judgment exercised pursuant to any of the provisions of this code, whether the administrative decision involves the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit or any other administrative decision. Also, there shall be no such right of appeal with regard to law enforcement activities involving state law.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
A. 
Any such notice of appeal shall not be acted upon unless filed within ten days after service of written notice of the action appealed from; provided, that if the notice of action has not been served in writing, the appellant may, within ten days after being apprised of the action, demand service of written notice thereof, and shall have ten days following such service in which to file the notice of appeal.
B. 
The notice of appeal shall set forth: (1) the specific action appealed from; (2) the specific grounds of the appeal; and (3) the relief or action sought from the city council. In the event any notice of appeal fails to set forth any information required by this section, the city clerk shall return it to the appellant with a statement of the respects in which it is deficient, and the appellant shall thereafter be allowed five days in which to perfect and refile the notice of appeal.
C. 
Except in those instances where an appeal is filed by the city manager or other public official in pursuance of official duties, the written notice of appeal from the action of an administrative official or from an administrative body of the city, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by such fee as may have been established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
Upon the timely filing of a notice of appeal in proper form, the city clerk shall schedule the matter promptly upon the city council agenda at a subsequent regular meeting and shall cause notice thereof to be given the appellant not less than five days prior to the hearing, unless the notice is waived in writing by the appellant. The city clerk shall also cause a copy of the notice of appeal to be transmitted to the official or body whose action has been appealed from.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
A. 
The city council at the hearing may limit participation in the hearing to the directly interested parties, or may allow participation by the public. Such public participation, however, shall only be appropriate when the council deems it necessary in the public interest. If a hearing is ordered open to public participation, notice thereof shall be given by publishing notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city not less than five days prior to the date of the hearing, and by such other means as the city council deems necessary.
B. 
At the time of consideration of the appeal by the city council the appellant shall be limited to a presentation on the specific grounds of appeal and matters set forth in his notice of appeal and shall have the burden of establishing cause why the action appealed from should be altered, reversed or modified. The council may continue the matter from time to time, and at the conclusion of its consideration may affirm, reverse or modify the action appealed from and may take any action which might have been legally taken in the first instance by the official or body from whose action the appeal has been taken. In ruling on the appeal the findings and action of the council shall be final and conclusive in the matter.
(Ord. 2 § 1, 1981)
A. 
Any appeal of an administrative determination of the planning commission or any other commission, board or committee created by the city council or any official of the city involving an application for a permit, license or other entitlement pertaining to expressive conduct protected by the State or Federal Constitution is eligible for expedited administrative review by the city council.
B. 
Unless otherwise provided, when the written request for an administrative appeal to the city council alleges that the subject administrative action constitutes a violation of the appellant's state or federal constitutional rights pertaining to expressive conduct, the administrative appeal shall be heard and decided by the city council in a prompt and expedited way at the next regularly scheduled city council meeting and in no event later than fifteen days from the date the request for appeal was filed with the city clerk. In the event that the next regularly scheduled city council meeting will not be conducted within fifteen days from the date the request for appeal was filed with the city clerk, the city council shall schedule a special city council meeting to hear and decide the administrative appeal.
C. 
Determinations by the city council after review of the issuance or denial of said applications are deemed to constitute final determinations by the city for purposes of appeal to the Superior Court of California pursuant to the Writ of Mandate procedures set forth in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1084 et seq.
(Ord. 517 § 1, 1999)
A. 
Administrative determinations by the city council pursuant to this chapter to issue and deny permits, licenses or other entitlements that regulate expressive conduct protected by State Constitution or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution are eligible for expedited judicial review pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.8.
B. 
In accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.8, subsection c, determinations to issue and deny permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in the following designated chapters of this code are determined to be eligible for expedited judicial review pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.8 to the extent those permits, licenses or other entitlements pertain to expressive conduct that is protected by the State Constitution or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution:
1. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.12 "Dances."
2. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.18 "Licensing and Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses."
3. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.20 "Handbills."
4. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.30 "Lobbying Activities."
5. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.70 "Commercial Filming and Photography."
6. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 5.72 "Miscellaneous Businesses Regulated."
7. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 11.24 "Parades."
8. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 11.44 "Parks and Recreation Areas."
9. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 11.68 "Charitable Solicitations."
10. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements involving signs as set forth in Chapter 14.16 "Encroachments."
11. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Ordinance Number 522 of the County of Riverside titled "An Ordinance of the County of Riverside Regulating and Licensing Outdoor Festivals" and adopted by Sections 16.02.020 and 16.02.030 of this code.
12. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Section 17.02.09.02 "Application" of the zoning ordinance for similar use determinations.
13. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 18.01 "Residential" of the zoning ordinance involving permitted or conditional uses.
14. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 18.02 "Commercial" of the zoning ordinance involving permitted or conditional uses.
15. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 18.03 "Industrial" of the zoning ordinance involving permitted or conditional uses.
16. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 18.04 "Open Space" of the zoning ordinance involving permitted or conditional uses.
17. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.03 of the zoning ordinance "Signs."
18. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.05 of the zoning ordinance "Non-conforming Structures and Uses" for permitted or conditional uses.
19. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.06 of the zoning ordinance "Special Use Permit" for permitted or conditional uses.
20. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.07 of the zoning ordinance "Home Occupations" involving permitted or conditional uses.
21. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.08 of the zoning ordinance "Conditional Use Permits."
22. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.11 of the zoning ordinance "Design Review."
23. 
Permits, licenses or other entitlements set forth in Chapter 19.21 of the zoning ordinance "Special Provisions Applying to Miscellaneous Problem Uses" involving permitted or conditional uses.
24. 
Any other permit, license or entitlement hereinafter adopted into this code that regulates expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
(Ord. 517 § 1, 1999)
A. 
The purpose of this section is to implement a rotating system for appointing council members to the honorary positions of mayor and mayor pro tem pursuant to Section 603 of the City Charter. The appointment of individuals to serve as mayor and mayor pro tem must follow the requirements of this section.
B. 
At the first city council meeting in December of each calendar year, the city council shall approve a council rotation list and appoint council members to serve as mayor and mayor pro tem based on the approved rotation list. The rotation list shall be prepared in accordance with the following:
1. 
The current mayor pro tem shall succeed to the position of mayor. The outgoing mayor shall go to the bottom of the rotation list, except that in a regular election year any newly-elected first-term council member (not an incumbent re-elected to serve) shall be placed behind the outgoing mayor on the rotation list. The council member in third position on the rotation list shall move into the mayor pro tem position.
2. 
If an individual is appointed to fill, or a special election is held to fill, a council vacancy, the appointed or elected individual shall be placed at the bottom of the rotation list. Any council members who were below the outgoing council member on the rotation list shall move up one spot.
3. 
A council member shall not serve as mayor or mayor pro tem during their first year on the City Council.
C. 
In the event that there are two or more new council members who join the council at the same time, for the purposes of this section their placement on the rotation list shall be determined by drawing cards. One suit from a standard deck of playing cards will be utilized, with no jokers and aces high. Seniority will be determined by the cards drawn, with the highest card being the most senior. This draw shall only be done once, and the seniority determined by the draw will apply to the council members for so long as the subject council members are on the city council.
D. 
If at any point in time a council member serving as mayor or mayor pro tem resigns from the position, is removed from the position, or their seat becomes vacant, the position shall be filled in the same manner as the annual appointments. At the first council meeting in December thereafter, the process for selecting a new mayor and mayor pro tem shall be modified as follows:
1. 
If the council member serving as mayor has only served a partial term, as defined below, that council member shall continue to serve as mayor and the annual rotation will not occur.
2. 
If the council member serving as mayor pro tem has only served a partial term, that council member shall continue to serve as mayor pro tem unless there is an outgoing mayor, in which case the council member serving as mayor pro tem shall succeed to the position of mayor. If the mayor pro tem rises to the position of mayor then the annual rotation will occur to fill the mayor pro tem position. If the mayor pro tem does not rise to the position of mayor then the annual rotation will not occur.
3. 
For the purposes of this subsection, a "partial term" shall mean the vacancy in the position of mayor or mayor pro tem occurred, as a matter of law, more than thirty calendar days after the first council meeting in December at which the mayor and mayor pro tem positions were appointed according to this section.
E. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a council member may refuse to serve as mayor or mayor pro tem. If a council member refuses to serve in either position, the selection of mayor and mayor pro tem shall continue as provided for in this section but removing the refusing council member from their spot in the rotation and placing them at the bottom of the list.
F. 
Notwithstanding anything else in this section, the city council may select any member to serve as mayor or mayor pro tem by any other lawful means by a three-fourths majority vote of the membership (e.g., four votes if there is a full five member council, three votes if there is one seat vacant on the council, three votes if there are two seats vacant on the council).
(Ord. 790 § 1, 2017; Ord. 851 § 1, 2021)