ORD 659 ORDINANCE NO. 659
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 12.20.030
(DEFINITIONS) OF CHAPTER 12.20 (SPECIAL EVENT
PERMITS) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND
PUBLIC PLACES) OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE A DEFINITION STATING
THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE
ALL CITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED REAL PROPERTY,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS, PARKS, THE PALOS VERDES NATURE
PRESERVE, AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ANY
EASEMENTS OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 624
thereby creating a Special Events Permit; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Chapter 12.20 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code is to provide for the issuance of Special Event Permits to regulate large, organized
events on the public streets and public property of the City; and to provide for fees,
charges, and procedures required to administer the permit process; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.20.030 of the RPVMC does not specifically include a
definition of public property, and the City Council now wishes to include such a definition
to ensure consistent enforcement and triggers for requiring a Special Events Permit on
the defined public property.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The facts set forth in the recitals of this Ordinance are true and
correct, and incorporated herein.
Section 2. The following definition is added to Section 12.20.030 (Definitions)
of Chapter 12.20 (Special Event Permits) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public
Places) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code:
Public property shall mean and include all City owned or controlled real
property, including but not limited to streets and sidewalks, parks, the Palos
Verdes Nature Preserve, and facilities, as well as any easements over
private property for the benefit of the public.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each
and every section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirtieth (30th) day after the
day of its adoption.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of August 2022.
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David L. Bradley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Teres. aoka, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Teresa Takaoka, 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 No. 659, passed first reading on July 19, 2022, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on August 2, 2022, and
that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Cruikshank, Dyda, Ferraro and Mayor Bradley
NOES: None
ABSENT: Alegria
ABSTAIN: None
eresa aoka, City ClerkIII
Ordinance No.659
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the City Clerk of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on August 2, 2022, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 659, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
12.20.030 (DEFINITIONS) OF CHAPTER 12.20 (SPECIAL EVENT
PERMITS) OF TITLE 12 (STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC
PLACES)OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE TO
INCLUDE A DEFINITION STATING THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY
SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ALL CITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED
REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STREETS
AND SIDEWALKS, PARKS, THE PALOS VERDES NATURE
PRESERVE, AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ANY EASEMENTS
OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Abalone Cove Shoreline Park
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 5970 Palos Verdes Drive South
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty, of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit of
posting.
C(412ity Clerk