LQ Executive Order No. 05 Amended 5 2020-05-28 - Outdoor Recreation Activities78-495 CALLE TAMPICO,LA QUINTA,CA 92253
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 5
AS AMENDED by this FIFTH AMENDMENT
ORDER GOVERNING LIMITED USES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION
AT PARKS, TRAILS, AND RECREATIONAL COURTS IN THE CITY
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Date of Executive Order: March 24, 2020
Date AS AMENDED: April 21, 2020
Date of SECOND AMENDMENT: April 28, 2020
Date of THIRD AMENDMENT: April 30, 2020
Date of FOURTH AMENDMENT: May 12, 2020
Date of FIFTH AMENDMENT: May 28, 2020
Pursuant to Chapter 2.20 of the La Quinta Municipal Code and City Council
Resolution No. EM 2020-001, the City Manager for the City of La Quinta
hereby ORDERS the following:
1. Pursuant to the AMENDED ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER
OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND OF THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES, dated April 20, 2020, all “public and private
gatherings” (as defined therein) within the jurisdiction of the
Riverside County Public Health Officer were and remain
prohibited, subject to certain exceptions, including exceptions
set forth in Sections 1(i) and 1(j) of the amended county order
relating to parks, trails, and other outdoor areas and non-
contact outdoor sports. Pursuant to the AMENDED ORDER OF
THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND OF
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES, dated April 29, 2020, and Effective
Date of May 1, 2020, and notwithstanding the rescission of
that County Order by the Riverside County Board of
Supervisors on May 8, 2020, “face coverings” (as defined
below) are not required to be worn by people who are
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outdoors, walking, hiking, bicycling, or running, subject to
qualifications set forth in this order. This order, as amended, is
issued to implement the limited opening and uses of outdoor
recreation facilities and equipment in the City of La Quinta.
2. For purposes of this order, “social distancing” means
maintaining at least 6 feet of distance from other people
(except from those who live in the same household). For
purposes of this order, “face covering” includes scarves (dense
fabric, without holes), bandanas, neck gaiter, or other fabric
face coverings or masks that cover the mouth and nose;
provided, however, persons are discouraged from using
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as N95 masks, for
non-medical reasons. A face covering should be washed after
use.
3.Subject to the limitations in this order, parks, trails, and other
outdoor areas may be used for walking, jogging, hiking,
biking, equestrian activities, and other non-contact outdoor
sports, such as golf, pickleball, and tennis. People must
comply with social distancing during these activities.People
should have face coverings (as referenced above) readily
accessible.
4. Subject to the limited uses in this order, activities that create
contact with individuals, fixed objects or shared items,
activities involving groups of children, adult or children team
sports, spectator sports, or other similar public or private
events and gatherings are prohibited.
5.Subject to the requirements in this order, all skate parks and
dog parks in the City of La Quinta may be open for the limited
uses authorized in this order and subject to the social
distancing and readily available face covering requirements
that are applicable to other outdoor areas in the City of La
Quinta.
6.All child play equipment located on or at any park or
recreational area located in the City of La Quinta is to remain
closed and to be sealed off from public use subject to re-
opening as provided in this paragraph. No person, child or
adult, may touch or use the child play equipment at the parks
and recreation areas subject to this order for whatever
purpose, whether that use is for the purpose for which the
child play equipment was installed or otherwise, until such
equipment may be re-opened as provided in this paragraph.
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After the California Department of Public Health authorizes the
re-opening of playgrounds and picnic areas (currently part of
“Stage 3” of the State Resilience Plan for re-opening
industries), and after cleaning and readiness for use as
determined by the manager or owner of the park or
recreational area, child play equipment located on or at any
park or recreational area located in the City of La Quinta may
be opened and available for public use in accordance with this
order and any posted notices, guidance, recommendations, or
requirements. Once re-opened, any person, child or adult, who
may use the child play equipment is strongly recommended to
use and observe applicable state guidance to minimize the
spread of COVID-19, including but not limited to social
distancing, washing hands frequently, refraining from or
limiting the touching of high-contact surfaces, and use of a
face covering.
7.All public restrooms at any park, trail, outdoor area, or
recreation area in the City of La Quinta may be open for public
use.Once re-opened, any person who may use a public
restroom is strongly recommended to use and observe
applicable state guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19,
including but not limited to social distancing, washing hands
frequently, refraining from or limiting the touching of high-
contact surfaces, and use of a face covering.
8.All outdoor recreational courts and their ancillary equipment
located in the City of La Quinta, used for a sport or activity
that requires or allows two or more persons to touch a single
ball or other tangible object to engage in continuous play of
that sport or activity, such as tennis courts and pickleball
courts, may be open for the limited uses authorized in this
order and subject to the social distancing and readily available
face covering requirements that are applicable to other non-
contact outdoor sports in the City of La Quinta; “singles play”
and “doubles play” are authorized for non-contact racket
sports (such as tennis and pickleball), and any waiting areas
or spectator areas used for waiting shall follow social
distancing requirements. Private lessons for tennis and other
non-contact racket sports are allowed, provided required social
distancing is followed in addition to all other provisions
applicable from this order.
9.All hiking trails, and public parking lots available for use at
trail heads, in the City of La Quinta may be open for the
limited uses authorized in this order and subject to the social
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distancing and readily available face covering requirements
that are applicable to other outdoor areas in the City of La
Quinta; however, street parking for hiking trails and around
trail heads shall remain prohibited until subsequent order from
the City Manager.
10.This order is issued to best protect the public health and
welfare and follows the most recent orders and directives from
the California Department of Public Health as may be
implemented by Riverside County Public Health Office. Any
subsequent order from the City Manager shall be based on
further direction, if and when issued, from the California
Department of Public Health or the Riverside County Public
Health Officer, including any further direction on the Internet
Web site for the California Department of Public Health, at:
https://covid19.ca.gov/ and https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-
home-except-for-essential-needs/#top,and Riverside County
Public Health Office at: https://www.rivcoph.org/coronavirus,
or successor Web sites established by the state department or
county public health office.
11.The Assistant to the City Manager is hereby directed to
coordinate, deploy, and monitor the limited opening and uses
of outdoor recreation facilities and equipment in the City of La
Quinta, subject to this order, with notices to the public and
any other reasonable means necessary or appropriate.
12.This order applies to all parks, trails, and other outdoor areas,
and any outdoor recreation facilities and equipment, in and
throughout the City of La Quinta whether public or privately
owned. The City of La Quinta, however, may re-open any city-
owned public park or other city-owned recreation facility in its
discretion to facilitate compliance with the limited uses
authorized by this order.
13.This order does not supersede City Manager Executive Order
No. 2 as amended. Executive Order No. 2 shall continue to be
in effect, and parks owned by the City of La Quinta and
subject to Executive Order No. 2 shall also be governed by this
order to the extent this order is applicable.
14.Any use of parks, trails, and other outdoor areas for walking,
jogging, hiking, biking, equestrian activities, and other non-
contact outdoor sports, such as golf, pickleball, and tennis,
shall comply with any other generally applicable use
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requirements, or limitations of said use, set forth in the La
Quinta Municipal Code.
15.This order shall remain in effect until terminated or amended
by subsequent order from the City Manager.
This Executive Order is issued because a Local Emergency, as defined in
Section 2.20.020 of the La Quinta Municipal Code, has been proclaimed by
the City Council of the City of La Quinta to exist due to the threat of the
existence and spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in and
throughout the city. All of the findings set forth in the recitals to Resolution
No. EM 2020-001 adopted by the City Council are hereby incorporated by
reference into this Executive Order.
This Executive Order is issued, pursuant to Sections 3, 5, and 8 of
Resolution No. EM 2020-001 and Section 2.20.100, Subsections (A) and (B),
of the La Quinta Municipal Code, under which the City Manager has the
authority and power to issue executive orders for any matters related to the
Local Emergency.
This Executive Order is issued in furtherance of the authority and power to
address the Local Emergency as provided in the California Emergency
Services Act, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Title 2 of the
Government Code, and implemented by Chapter 2.20 of the La Quinta
Municipal Code. Any violation of this Executive Order may be determined to
be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both,
pursuant to Section 8665 of the Government Code, Section 2.20.140 of the
La Quinta Municipal Code, and any other state or city law as may be
applicable.
EXECUTED BY:
_______________________________
Jon McMillen, City Manager
City of La Quinta, California
Digitally signed by Jon McMillen
DN: cn=Jon McMillen, o=City of La
Quinta, ou=City Manager,
email=jmcmillen@laquintaca.gov, c=US
Date: 2020.05.28 10:02:49 -07'00'