ORD 222 ORDINANCE NO. 222
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA RESTRICTING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS WITHIN
THE CITY TO BETWEEN 8 : 00 A.M. AND 5 : 00 P.M.
II/ MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 : 00 A.M. AND 4 : 00 P.M.
ON SATURDAY, AND PROHIBITING THEIR USE ON
SUNDAY AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
WHEREAS, the use of electrical or gasoline powered weed
and debris blowers creates a noise which is bothersome to
nearby residents and passers-by and/or potential health
hazards to some residents; and
WHEREAS, present Ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes fail to cover all situations in which said blowers
might be use; and
WHEREAS, the use of said blowers causes dust and other
debris to be blown onto adjoining properties and onto public
streets .
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1 . There is hereby added to the Municipal Code
of Rancho Palos Verdes 8 . 16 . 010 which is to read as follows :
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or
operate a mechanical blower before 8 : 00 A.M. or after
5 : 00 P.M. Monday through Friday, or before 9 : 00 A.M.
or after 4 : 00 P .M. on Saturday or at any time on
Sundays, or national holidays . It shall be further
unlawful for any person operating any type of mechanical
blower to blow cuttings , refuse or debris onto a
neighboring property or into a street , gutter or drain.
A mechanical blower shall include any device used,
designed or operated to produce a current of air by
fuel, electricity or other means to push, propel or blow
cuttings, refuse or debris .
Violation of this section shall be an infraction
and punishable as provided in Subsection (B) of Section
1 . 08 . 010 of Chapter 1 . 08 , Title 1 of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code .
Section 2 . The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk
shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance .
The City Clerk shall make a minute of the passage and
adoption thereof in the records of the proceeds of the City
Council in the minutes of the meetings at which the same is
passed and adopted and shall cause the same to be posted once
in three ( 3 ) conspicuous public places within the corporate
limits of the City within the same time and manner as
prescribed by law. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force and effect thirty ( 30) days after the adoption
thereof .
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on December 1 , 1987
by the following roil call vote :
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I , JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No . 222 , passed first
reading on November 17 , 1987 , was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof
held on December 1 , 1987 , and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: BACHARACH, HINCHLIFFE, HUGHES, McTAGGART AND
MAYOR RYAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION NO. ORD NO. 222 FILER 801
SUBJECT: LIMITING THE USE OF WEED AND DEBRIS BLOWERS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
REVISED (RESTRICTING THER USE OF LEAF BLOWERS WITHIN THE CITY TO BETWEEN 8:00A.M.
and 5:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:A.M. and 4P.M. ON SATURDAY, AND PROHIBITIN
THEIR USE UN suNDAY AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
INTRODUCED: 11/4/87 ADOPTED: 12/1/87
POSTED/PUBLISHED 12/7/87
ORDINANCE DISTRIBUTION:; RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTION:
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