No person shall solicit any person for the purpose of selling any merchandise, services or other business activities within the City after 5:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m. of each day; except, that this section shall not apply to any solicitation specifically requested or approved in advance by a resident or business firm in the City during such prohibited hours.
(Prior code § 130.01)
No person, other than one night private security guard for the whole of each work of improvement, shall camp, lodge, or sleep, erect or maintain any tent, or make any bed, or lay any blanket or quilt for the purpose of sleeping thereon, either at, in or adjacent to any building, structure or work of improvement which is under or in the course of construction and not completed, whether in an automobile, trailer or otherwise. This section shall not apply to owner-builders temporarily occupying on-site travel trailers during the course of construction for a period not to exceed 180 days.
(Prior code § 130.02)
A. 
1. 
Except as herein otherwise provided, no person shall be engaged or employed nor shall any person cause any other person to be engaged or employed in any work of construction, erection, alteration, or repair, addition to or improvement of any building, structure, road or improvement to realty between the hours of 5:00 p.m. of each day and 7:00 a.m. of the next day, except when daylight savings time is in effect.
2. 
During such time as daylight savings time is in effect in the City, no such activities shall be permitted between the hours of 6:00 p.m. of each day and 6:00 a.m. of the next day.
3. 
No such activities shall be permitted on Sundays.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction offense.
(Prior code § 130.03)
No person shall hitch, fasten, lead, drive or let lose any animal or fowl of any kind, with the exception of certified service animals such as seeing eye dogs for the blind or disabled, within the limits of any public park or recreation area of the City; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to a dog when allowed to roam free without restraint in dedicated off-leash areas of city dog parks in accordance with Chapter 12.24 of this Code.
(Prior code § 130.04; Ord. 520 § 1, 2010; Ord. 652 2-20-18)
Any owner or manager of a commercial and/or retail store in the City that has for sale cans of spray paint shall have such cans of spray paint in a locked metal storage compartment and may only sell such paint to persons at the age of 18 years or older.
(Prior code § 130.05)
A. 
The interests of public health are best served by requiring that patrons of food establishments, including, but not limited to, restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores, and any business that sells food, not frequent such establishment without wearing both a shirt and shoes.
B. 
It is unlawful for a food establishment, including, but not limited to, restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores, and any business that sells food, to allow patrons in the establishment without wearing both a shirt and shoes.
C. 
Food establishments will be required to post a notice at every entrance stating, “It shall be unlawful to enter this food establishment without wearing both a shirt and shoes. Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code § 9.04.060.”
D. 
If any food establishment is located adjacent to and operating in conjunction with a pool that is open to the public, the owner of the food establishment may, but is not obligated to, waive the requirement that both a shirt and shoes be worn in the food establishment for only those patrons using the adjacent pool facility.
(Prior code § 130.06)
No material which is harmful to minors, as defined in Section 313 of the Penal Code of the State of California, shall be displayed in a public place, other than a public place from which minors are excluded, unless blinder racks are placed in front of the material so that the lower two-thirds of the material is not exposed to view.
(Prior code § 130.07)
It is unlawful for any person to possess or control any glass bottle or other glass container within any public park or public recreation area in the City.
(Ord. 520 § 2, 2010)
No person shall deal, play or carry on, open or cause to be opened, or conduct, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game not mentioned or included in California Penal Code Section 330, played with cards, dice or any other device of whatsoever nature, for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representation of value, and no person shall play or bet at or against any such prohibited games. The City Council shall not amend or repeal this section without the consent of the people.
(Prior code § 130.15)
No person shall knowingly permit any of the prohibited games mentioned in Section 9.04.080 of this chapter to be played, conducted or dealt in any house, owned or rented by such person, in whole or in part.
(Prior code § 130.16)
A. 
Licenses. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the City Council may grant an annual bingo license to any organization which wishes to conduct bingo games for nonprofit, charitable purposes, pursuant to the provisions of California Penal Code Section 326.5.
B. 
Application for License. Applications for an annual bingo license shall be made, in writing, to the City Council and shall be accompanied by the following:
1. 
An annual bingo license fee of $60.
2. 
A statement indicating the purposes for which the proceeds of such bingo games are to be used.
3. 
A copy of the exemption certificate issued by the state, indicating that the applicant is exempted from the payment of a tax by California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701(d); or other evidence that the organization is an entity entitled to conduct bingo pursuant to California Penal Code Section 326.5.
4. 
A plot plan of the premises intended to be used by the applicant to conduct such bingo games. Such plot plan shall include all off-street parking facilities to be used by participants.
5. 
A report from the Building, Planning and Fire Departments of the City, stating that the property has been inspected and that it meets all applicable fire, building, zoning and safety regulations of the City.
C. 
Renewal of License. Licenses for bingo games which have been issued by the City Council may be renewed annually upon the following conditions:
1. 
Payment of the annual bingo license fee in the amount of $60.
2. 
Submission by the licensee of a verified statement indicating the use of the funds which derived from the games held during the previous year.
3. 
Submission of a certified statement, executed by the officers of the organization holding such license for the previous year, stating that the bingo games held were operated in strict conformance to the provisions of this chapter and State law.
D. 
Operation of Bingo Games. All bingo games operated under any license issued by the City Council shall be operated in strict compliance with the provisions of California Penal Code Section 326.5.
E. 
Remote Caller Bingo. Remote caller bingo may be lawfully played in the City of Desert Hot Springs pursuant to the provisions of California Penal Code Sections 326.3 and 326.4, and this chapter, and not otherwise. Each license issued pursuant to this chapter which allows remote caller bingo shall be subject to, and operated in strict compliance with, the conditions contained in Penal Code Sections 326.3 and 326.4.
(Prior code § 130.17; Ord. 523 § 1, 2010)
A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, the violation of which is charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor, and for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. When such violation is charged and prosecuted as an infraction, and no penalty is otherwise provided, the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation of the same provision within one year, or a fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation of the same provision within one year.
B. 
Any person in violation of Section 9.04.050 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to:
1. 
A fine of $150 for a first violation and/or six months in jail.
2. 
A fine of $500 and/or six months in jail for a second violation.
3. 
A fine of $1,000 and/or six months in jail for each violation over two within one year.
C. 
No person shall violate any provision or fail to comply with any of the requirements of Section 9.04.060 of this chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements or Section 9.04.060 is guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of Section 9.04.060 shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding $50 and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding $100 and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $250. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of Section 9.04.060 is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punished accordingly.
(Prior code § 130.99)