ORD 020 ORDINANCE NO. 20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.55,010
OF THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL CODE DESIGNATING
HOLIDAYS WHICH WILL BE OBSERVED BY THE CITY.
The city council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2.55,010 of the La Quinta Municipal Code
hereby is amended to read as follows:
2.55.010 Holidays observed by the City. (a) Excluding
those offices which must remain open for the continuation of
essential public services such as police and fire protection,
the public offices of the city shall be closed on Saturdays and
Sundays, and on the following holidays:
(1) New Year's Day (January 1)
(2) Washington's Birthday (Third Monday in February)
(3) Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
(4) Independence Day (July 4)
(5) Labor Day (First Monday in September)
(6) Veterans' Day (November 11)
(7) Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)
(8) Friday following Thanksgiving Day
(9) Christmas Day (December 25)
(10) Any day declared to be a holiday by proclamation
of the Mayor.
(b) Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on the
following Monday. Holidays falling on Saturday shall be observed
on the preceding Friday.
(c) Other holidays may be designated by resolution or
ordinance of the city council.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
section, the city manager shall be authorized, by administrative
regulation or otherwise, to direct that all or a portion of the
public offices of the city shall remain open for business, on a
full or reduced staff basis, on any of the days or holidays
prescribed above, when he determines it to be necessary in the
public interest to do so.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after
the passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the
3 public places designated by resolution of the city council; shall
certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance; and shall cause
this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting,
to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved at a meeting of the City
Council held on December 7th , 1982, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Baier, Cox and Mayor Wolff.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Council Member Henderson.
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, at meeting held
December 7~ 1982, and that the Ordinance was posted in at least
the three public places specified for such postings by the
City Council.