ORD 039 ORDINANCE NO. 39
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
11.84,010 OF THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL CODE BY
ADDING PROVISIONS MAKING FALSE OR MISLEADING
STATEMENTS GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS
FOR PERMITS, LICENSES, APPROVALS OR OTHER
ENTITLEMENTS.
The city council of the City of La Quinta, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11.84,010 of the La Quinta Municipal
Code concerning the making or filing of false or misleading
information, hereby is amended to read as follows:
11.84.010 Making or Filing Prohibited. (a) No
person shall willfully make to or file with any city
officer or department any report, statement, applica-
tion or information which is false or untrue in any
particular and which has a tendency to mislead any
employee, officer, board, department or other body of
the city in the performance of official duty.
(b) Whenever it is determined that a
person has willfully made or filed any false or mis-
leading statement or information concerning a material
issue or matter, in or with any application for a permit,
license, approval, entitlement, or any other action by
a city officer, employee, board, department or other body,
then this will constitute ground for denial of such
application. In the case of any such denial, there shall
generally be no refund of any application fee. No such
denial shall prevent the new filing of another application
for the same or similar permit, license, approval, entitle-
ment or action.
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 passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least
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 and adopted at a meeting
of the city council held this 20th day of September , 1983,
by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Henderson, Wolff and Mayor Baier.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Council Member Cox.
ORDINANCE NO. 39
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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 a meeting
held September 20, 1983, and that the Ordinance was posted in at
least the three (3) public places specified for such postings by
the City Council.