Chapter 11.30 — MUNICIPAL BUS SYSTEM

§ 11.30.010. Application of chapter.¶

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and be in full force and effect on all buses and at all bus stops which are now or which may hereafter be under the jurisdiction and control of the city.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public officer, employee, or peace officer who is acting in the course of or within the scope of the public business, nor to any other person conducting public business or related activities for, on behalf of, and pursuant to lawful authority of, an appropriate public entity.
(Ord. 1012 § 1, 1976)

§ 11.30.020. Enforcement powers of peace officers and city personnel.¶

(a) Power and authority is given to the city manager, the director of transportation and operations, his designees, and to all bus drivers at their discretion to eject and expel from any bus or bus stop any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any other law, ordinance, or rule that may be in effect now or may hereafter be passed or adopted for the regulation and government of such bus, buses, or bus stop. In addition to his ordinary powers of arrest or citation, any peace officer enforcing any such law or regulation shall be authorized, in lieu of arresting or citing any violator, in his discretion to so eject and expel such violator.
(b) No person being ejected or expelled pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) of this section shall refuse to leave as ordered, nor shall any person who has been so ejected or expelled use that bus during the calendar day in which he was ejected, unless specifically permitted to do so by the person who ejected him or by the city manager or the director of transportation and operations. No person so ejected or expelled shall be entitled to a refund of any fare theretofore paid by such person.
(c) Power and authority is given to the city manager, the director of transportation and operations, his designees, and to all bus drivers at their discretion to refuse boarding to any person in an intoxicated condition or under the influence of narcotics or acting in a boisterous or disorderly manner, or who by boarding any bus would cause the total number of passengers to exceed the posted capacity of said bus.
(Ord. 1012 § 1, 1976)

§ 11.30.030. Public may be excluded.¶

(a) In an emergency or when the city manager, chief of police, or the director of transportation and operations (or an appropriately designated representative of any such official) shall determine that the public safety, public health, public morals or public interest demands such action, any bus or bus stop may be closed against the public and all persons may be excluded therefrom until such emergency or other reason upon which such determination of the city manager, chief of police, or the director of transportation and operations is based has ceased, and upon the cessation thereof the bus or bus stop or part or portion thereof so closed shall again be reopened to the public by order of proper authority.

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City of Palm Springs, CA

PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY

§ 11.30.030

§ 11.30.050

(b) No person having knowledge of or having been advised of any closure order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall refuse or fail immediately to remove himself from the area or place so closed, and no such person shall enter or remain within any such area or place known by him to be so closed, until such area or place has been reopened to the public by order of proper authority.
(Ord. 1012 § 1, 1976)

§ 11.30.040. Rules and regulations—Promulgation by city manager.¶

(a) The city manager shall have power and authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the use and enjoyment by the public and by individual members of the public of any bus, bus stop, or any portion thereof. A copy of such rules and regulations, or a synopsis thereof, shall be posted in some conspicuous place, on the bus, or near the premises where such rules and regulations are to be effective, or, in lieu thereof, signs or notices may be posted at or near said premises in order to give public notice of said rules and regulations.
(b) No person having knowledge or having been advised of any such rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall disobey, violate, or fail to comply with any such rule or regulation.
(c) No person shall disobey, violate, or fail to comply with, any instruction, sign, or notice posted in any bus or bus stop for the control, management, or direction of such premises, when said instruction, sign, or notice has been posted in implementation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(Ord. 1012 § 1, 1976)

§ 11.30.050. Prohibited conduct generally.¶

Within any bus or bus stop area in the city no person shall:

(1) Use tobacco in any form on the bus at any time;
(2) Carry aboard and consume on the bus any food or drink;
(3) Leave his or her seat while the bus is in motion;
(4) Place any part of his or her body outside of the bus while a passenger thereon;
(5) Throw any object within, into, or out of the bus;
(6) Bring aboard the bus any pet or animal, with the exception of a Seeing Eye dog leading a blind person;
(7) Bring aboard the bus any weapon, including but not limited to any gun, knife, pipe, or chain used as such;
(8) Engage in any abusive, threatening, dangerous, or unduly offensive conduct;
(9) Board or be in the bus in an intoxicated condition or under the influence of narcotics, or conduct himself or herself in a boisterous or disorderly manner which causes discomfort to any other passenger;
(10) Board any bus, thereby causing the total number of passengers to exceed posted capacity,

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City of Palm Springs, CA

§ 11.30.050 PALM SPRINGS CODE

§ 11.30.050

after such person has been denied the right to board by the driver;

(11) Cut, break, injure, or deface in any manner the bus or any bench or shelter or other property. (Ord. 1012 § 1, 1976)

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City of Palm Springs, CA

PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY

§ 11.32.010

§ 11.32.060