ATTACHMENT A
ORDINANCE NO. 2131
TO EXPAND HISTORIC SITE
PRESERVATION BOARD
ORDINANCE NO. 2131
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS
8.05.040 AND 8.05.050 OF THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXPAND THE HISTORIC SITE
PRESERVATION BOARD TO EIGHT MEMBERS, ADDING
ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER
City Attorney’s Summary
This ordinance expands the City’s Historic Site Preservation Board from seven to eight members.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs (“City”) is a charter city organized pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the California Constitution and pursuant to the authority so granted, the City has the power to make and enforce within its limits all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs not in conflict with its own charter.
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.05.040 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code establishes the Historic Site Preservation Board and the number of members the board shall consist of, and 8.05.050 establishes membership and qualifications.
WHEREAS, expanding the membership of the Historic Site Preservation Board from seven to eight members, seven voting members and one alternate member, will provide the necessary support and resources to effectively manage and implement the growing number of planning projects and developments within the City.
THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. That the findings and determinations reflected above are true and correct, and are incorporated by this reference herein as the cause and foundation for the action taken by the and through this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Amendment of Palm Springs Municipal Code Section 8.05.040 and Section 8.05.050. Section 8.05.040 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
“8.05.040 Historic Site Preservation Board – Membership and Qualifications.
The HSPB shall consist of seven members and one alternate member, who shall be appointed by the City Council. Each member must have a demonstrated interest in or knowledge of the cultural, socioeconomic, architectural or archaeological history of the area, either through experience, training, education, or occupation.”
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Section 8.05.050 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
“8.05.050. Historic Site Preservation Board – Organization and Meetings.
G. Alternates of the board shall not be eligible to vote on matters before the board except that an alternate is eligible to vote on matters before the board if one or more of the members are absent.”
SECTION 3. Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Further, if the activity is deemed a project this City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any entity, person or circumstance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS ______ DAY OF ____________________, 2026.
NAOMI SOTO
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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BRENDA PREE, MMC, CERA
CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. ____ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on June 10, 2026, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the June ___, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this _______ day of ______________________, 2026.
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BRENDA PREE, MMC
CITY CLERK