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)
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)
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)