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City of Palm Desert, CA
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Title 8 Health and Safety
Title 8
Health and Safety
Chapter 8.04
FOOD HANDLERS
§ 8.04.010
Adoption of regulations by reference.
Chapter 8.08
RESTAURANTS
§ 8.08.010
Adoption of regulations by reference.
Chapter 8.12
DISCARDED MATERIAL ENCLOSURES
§ 8.12.005
Definition of term.
§ 8.12.010
Requirements.
§ 8.12.020
Exceptions.
§ 8.12.030
Enclosure construction standards.
§ 8.12.040
Size.
§ 8.12.050
Installation.
§ 8.12.060
Violation—Penalty.
Chapter 8.16
SOLID WASTE
§ 8.16.010
Definitions.
§ 8.16.020
Owner's responsibility.
§ 8.16.030
Container specifications.
§ 8.16.035
Storage of containers in residential districts.
§ 8.16.040
Removal prohibited when.
§ 8.16.050
Noncompactible solid waste.
§ 8.16.060
Permitted self-hauler requirements.
§ 8.16.070
Franchise waste hauler and trucks.
§ 8.16.080
Hazardous waste.
§ 8.16.090
Violation—Penalty.
§ 8.16.100
Deposits of hazardous materials—Clean-up or abatement—Liability for costs.
§ 8.16.110
Tax roll billing.
Chapter 8.17
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
§ 8.17.010
Definitions.
§ 8.17.020
Ownership of recyclable materials.
§ 8.17.030
Removal of recyclable materials.
§ 8.17.040
Operation of recycling business.
§ 8.17.050
Violation—Penalties.
§ 8.17.060
Other remedies.
§ 8.17.070
Enforcement—Costs recoverable.
Chapter 8.19
REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLE MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC WASTE FOR ALL RESIDENTS
§ 8.19.010
Purpose and statutory authority.
§ 8.19.020
Definitions.
§ 8.19.030
City to provide collection and disposal.
§ 8.19.040
Containers—General requirements.
§ 8.19.050
Containers—Placement, capacity, and pickup.
§ 8.19.060
Generator requirements—Single-family generators.
§ 8.19.070
Generator requirements—Multifamily generators.
§ 8.19.080
Generator requirements—Commercial businesses.
§ 8.19.090
Generator requirements—Waivers for commercial businesses.
§ 8.19.100
Edible food recovery—Requirements for commercial edible food generators.
§ 8.19.110
Edible food recovery—Requirements for food recovery organizations and services.
§ 8.19.120
Inspections and investigations by city.
§ 8.19.130
Citations for enforcement.
Chapter 8.20
PUBLIC NUISANCES
§ 8.20.010
Purpose.
§ 8.20.015
Definitions.
§ 8.20.020
Unlawful property nuisances.
§ 8.20.030
Service requirements.
§ 8.20.040
Procedure for inspections.
§ 8.20.050
Notice to abate.
§ 8.20.060
Notice to abate appeals and hearings.
§ 8.20.070
Abatement by city.
§ 8.20.080
Summary abatement.
§ 8.20.090
Recordation of notice of violation.
§ 8.20.100
City's right to recover nuisance abatement costs.
§ 8.20.110
Scope of recoverable abatement costs.
§ 8.20.120
Initiation of cost recovery process.
§ 8.20.130
Report of abatement costs appeal hearing procedures.
§ 8.20.140
Initiation of collection process.
§ 8.20.150
Collection of costs as lien.
§ 8.20.160
Collection of costs as a special assessment.
§ 8.20.170
Enforcement.
Chapter 8.21
MAINTENANCE OF ABANDONED PROPERTIES
§ 8.21.010
Purpose.
§ 8.21.020
Definitions.
§ 8.21.030
Maintenance requirements.
§ 8.21.040
Security requirements.
§ 8.21.050
Additional authority.
§ 8.21.060
Enforcement.
§ 8.21.070
Appeals.
Chapter 8.23
FIREWORKS
§ 8.23.010
Fireworks defined.
§ 8.23.020
Prohibitions.
§ 8.23.030
Permit required.
§ 8.23.040
Exemption.
§ 8.23.050
Violations, penalties.
Chapter 8.24
LITTERING
§ 8.24.010
Littering in private or public places.
§ 8.24.020
Illegal depositing of litter in receptacles.
§ 8.24.030
Placement of litter in receptacles.
§ 8.24.040
Depositing litter in gutters.
§ 8.24.050
Litter thrown from vehicles.
§ 8.24.070
Littering in parks.
§ 8.24.080
Violation—Penalty.
Chapter 8.32
VEHICLE PARKING AND REPAIRS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§ 8.32.010
Generally.
§ 8.32.020
Council findings.
§ 8.32.030
Certain parking and repairing of vehicles—Prohibited.
§ 8.32.040
Exemptions.
§ 8.32.050
Enforcement.
§ 8.32.060
Penalty.
Chapter 8.34
TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSE
§ 8.34.010
Definitions.
§ 8.34.020
Requirement.
§ 8.34.030
Application procedure.
§ 8.34.040
Issuance of license.
§ 8.34.050
Display of license.
§ 8.34.060
Fees for license.
§ 8.34.070
Licenses nontransferable.
§ 8.34.080
License violation.
§ 8.34.090
Suspension, expiration, or revocation of license.
§ 8.34.100
Administrative fine.
§ 8.34.110
Enforcement.
Chapter 8.36
REGULATION AND PROHIBITION OF SMOKING
§ 8.36.010
Purpose of chapter.
§ 8.36.020
Definitions.
§ 8.36.030
Prohibition of smoking in unenclosed areas.
§ 8.36.040
Designation of smoking areas.
§ 8.36.050
Optional prohibition.
§ 8.36.060
Posting of signs.
§ 8.36.070
Exceptions.
§ 8.36.080
Nonretaliation.
§ 8.36.090
Enforcement.
§ 8.36.100
Violation—Penalty.
Chapter 8.38
PERSONAL USE OF CANNABIS
§ 8.38.010
Purpose and intent.
§ 8.38.020
Definitions.
§ 8.38.030
Personal use and possession.
§ 8.38.040
Penalties for violation.
Chapter 8.40
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
§ 8.40.010
Purpose of provisions.
§ 8.40.020
Definition of recreational vehicles.
§ 8.40.030
Definitions regarding land.
§ 8.40.040
Measurement of recreational vehicles.
§ 8.40.050
Permitted and nonpermitted uses of recreational vehicles.
§ 8.40.060
Permit issuance to park recreational vehicles on private property.
§ 8.40.070
Exceptions procedures.
§ 8.40.080
Temporary parking permit procedure.
§ 8.40.090
Permit fees.
§ 8.40.100
General conditions.
§ 8.40.110
Violation constitutes an infraction.
Chapter 8.44
MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION
§ 8.44.010
Intent.
§ 8.44.020
Definitions.
§ 8.44.030
Vehicle registration fee—Administration.
§ 8.44.040
Legal construction.
Chapter 8.50
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, ABANDONMENT AND DESTRUCTION OF WATER WELLS
§ 8.50.010
Purpose, authority and implementation.
§ 8.50.020
Definitions.
§ 8.50.030
Permit requirement.
§ 8.50.040
Conditions of approval.
§ 8.50.050
Conditions of denial.
§ 8.50.060
Expiration or extension of permit.
§ 8.50.070
Permit revocation or suspension.
§ 8.50.080
Hearings.
§ 8.50.090
Licensing and registration.
§ 8.50.100
Standards.
§ 8.50.110
Lateral (horizontal) well standards.
§ 8.50.120
Required inspection of well site.
§ 8.50.130
Required inspection of wells.
§ 8.50.140
Discharge of drilling fluids.
§ 8.50.150
General location of water wells.
§ 8.50.160
Well logs.
§ 8.50.170
Water well surface construction features.
§ 8.50.180
Disinfection of water wells.
§ 8.50.190
Water quality standards.
§ 8.50.200
Private well evaluations.
§ 8.50.210
Well abandonment.
§ 8.50.220
Public nuisance abatement.
§ 8.50.230
Declaration of proposed reuse.
§ 8.50.240
Administrative variance.
§ 8.50.250
Violation and penalties.
§ 8.50.260
Severability.
§ 8.50.270
Conflict with existing laws.
Chapter 8.55
REGULATION OF THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE
§ 8.55.010
Sewage discharge—Alteration of plumbing facilities—Unlawful when.
§ 8.55.020
Definitions.
§ 8.55.030
General requirements for an approval.
§ 8.55.040
Holding tanks.
§ 8.55.050
Required connection to the public sewer.
§ 8.55.060
Approval fees.
§ 8.55.070
Enforcement.
§ 8.55.080
Violation—Penalty.
§ 8.55.090
Public nuisance declaration.
Chapter 8.60
SEWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO PROPERTY SALE OR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
§ 8.60.010
Purpose, authority and implementation.
§ 8.60.020
Definitions.
§ 8.60.030
Recording of certificate of requirement.
§ 8.60.035
Property owner's responsibility.
§ 8.60.040
Recording of certificate of compliance.
§ 8.60.050
Procedures and fees for obtaining a certificate of compliance.
§ 8.60.060
Administrative variance and certificate of temporary exceptions.
§ 8.60.070
Recording of certificate of temporary exception.
§ 8.60.080
Appeals procedures.
§ 8.60.090
Violations—Penalties.
Chapter 8.70
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
§ 8.70.010
Purpose and intent—Violation of chapter.
§ 8.70.020
Property manager registration.
§ 8.70.030
Compliance with approved plans: commercial properties, multifamily properties, and single-family residential subdivisions.
§ 8.70.040
Substandard buildings and housing.
§ 8.70.050
Painted surfaces and wood.
§ 8.70.060
Walls, fences, driveways and sidewalks.
§ 8.70.070
Windows, doors and gates.
§ 8.70.080
Construction equipment, machinery and materials.
§ 8.70.090
Erosion, subsidence and drainage.
§ 8.70.100
Excavations, pits and wells.
§ 8.70.110
Signage.
§ 8.70.120
Outdoor stairs, railings, balconies and awnings.
§ 8.70.130
Swimming pools and other bodies of water.
§ 8.70.140
Graffiti defacement.
§ 8.70.150
Neighborhood compatibility.
§ 8.70.160
Outdoor burnings.
§ 8.70.170
Refrigerators, airtight containers.
§ 8.70.180
Stockpiling of dirt, other materials.
§ 8.70.190
Vegetation, landscaping.
§ 8.70.200
Abandoned furniture, lumber, junk.
§ 8.70.210
Attractive nuisances.
§ 8.70.220
Clotheslines, clothes.
§ 8.70.230
Nuisance vehicles.
§ 8.70.240
Rooftop storage.
§ 8.70.250
Commercial kitchens.
§ 8.70.260
Gasoline, oil and grease.
§ 8.70.270
Sidewalk areas.
§ 8.70.280
Public rights-of-way.
§ 8.70.290
Litter in gutters, sidewalks and parking lots.
§ 8.70.300
Dust, sand, refuse and waste matter.
§ 8.70.310
Recreational vehicle parking and storage.
§ 8.70.320
Parking and repairing of vehicles.
§ 8.70.340
Noise.
§ 8.70.350
Lighting.
§ 8.70.360
Plumbing and sewage disposal systems.
§ 8.70.370
Accessible parking.
§ 8.70.380
Miscellaneous.
Chapter 8.80
ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
§ 8.80.010
Applicability.
§ 8.80.020
Definitions.
§ 8.80.025
Appeals hearing board.
§ 8.80.030
Notice of violation or compliance order.
§ 8.80.040
Method of service.
§ 8.80.050
Hearing.
§ 8.80.060
Notice of hearing.
§ 8.80.070
Hearing—Findings and order.
§ 8.80.080
Administrative order.
§ 8.80.090
Administrative penalties.
§ 8.80.100
Administrative costs.
§ 8.80.110
Failure to comply with administrative compliance order.
§ 8.80.120
Right of judicial review.
§ 8.80.130
Recovery of administrative civil penalties.
§ 8.80.140
Report of compliance after administrative order.
§ 8.80.150
Compliance dispute.
§ 8.80.160
Lien procedure.
§ 8.80.170
Public hearing and protests.
§ 8.80.180
Recordation of lien.
§ 8.80.190
Satisfaction of lien.
Chapter 8.81
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS
§ 8.81.010
Applicability.
§ 8.81.020
Enforcement officer—Defined.
§ 8.81.030
Administrative citation.
§ 8.81.040
Amount of fines.
§ 8.81.050
Payment of the fine.
§ 8.81.060
Hearing request.
§ 8.81.070
Advance deposit hardship waiver.
§ 8.81.080
Hearing officer.
§ 8.81.090
Hearing procedure.
§ 8.81.100
Hearing officer's decision.
§ 8.81.110
Late payment charges.
§ 8.81.120
Recovery of administrative citation fines and costs.
§ 8.81.130
Right to judicial review.
§ 8.81.140
Notices.
Chapter 8.85
SKATE PARK REGULATIONS
§ 8.85.010
Purpose.
§ 8.85.020
Definitions.
§ 8.85.030
State law compliance.
§ 8.85.040
Hazardous recreational activity.
§ 8.85.050
Use of the skate park and surrounding area.
§ 8.85.060
Regulations.
§ 8.85.070
Penalty.
§ 8.85.080
Notice.