New Parking Ordinance
Goes into Effect November 9th
The population of Cathedral City is booming and bringing
more people and more businesses into our community. One of the results of
this exceptional growth is more commercial vehicles and recreation vehicles
(RVs) in residential neighborhoods.
The City has been contacted by many residents who are
concerned about maintaining the residential atmosphere of their
neighborhoods to maintain public safety and avoid visual blight that
decreases property values.
Parking large vehicles in residential neighborhoods is a
safety issue because large trucks and RVs can block sightlines both for
pedestrians and children playing nearby, as well as for vehicles driving
through the streets or entering the streets from private driveways.
No one wants commercial vehicles and RVs blocking their
desert and mountain vistas or cluttering neighborhood streets.
Changes to the ordinance are in two areas: RV parking and
commercial vehicle parking.
Beginning November 9th, RVs can only be parked on
residential streets for up to 36 hours, four times a month, to pack, unpack
and to clean the vehicle. In the past, RVs could be parked on the street for
72-hours.
Commercial Vehicles, under the revised ordinance, can not
park on any kind of city street between the hours of 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM.
Commercial Vehicles are defined in the Cathedral City Municipal Code as “a
vehicle of a type required to be registered under the California Vehicle
Code and used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire,
compensation or profit, or designed, used or maintained primarily for the
transportation of property.”
Exceptions are made for vehicles making pickups and
deliveries or used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration,
remodeling or construction of any building or structure located off the
designated truck route; vehicles owned by public utilities or licensed
contractors when being used for construction, installation or repair of a
public utility; tow vehicles operating under a contract with the City to
conduct towing operations for public safety purposes with a City issued
decal clearly visible.
2nd Annual CCHS
Homecoming Parade Set for Wed. Oct. 24th
Cathedral City High School students are gearing up for
the 2nd Annual Homecoming Parade, Wed. Oct. 24th in the downtown.
Parade step-off is 4:30pm on E. Palm Canyon Dr. The
parade will flow west bound on E. Palm Canyon and enter Town Square at the
City’s Bell Tower on George Montgomery Trail for the big Homecoming Rally in
front of City Hall. This year’s Homecoming theme is “Jammin’ Through the
Decade”.
Four floats, dignitaries, the Homecoming Court, the
Varsity Football Team and the Cathedral City Royal Regiment Marching Band
are the feature performers of the parade. Elementary schools - Cathedral
City, Sunny Sands, Agua Caliente, Landau, Rio Vista, Ranch Mirage and Della
Lindley, as well as, Nellie Coffman and James Workman Middle Schools are all
part of the festivities.
West bound E. Palm Canyon Drive will be closed from Date
Palm Dr. to Cathedral Canyon Drive for the parade beginning at 3:30pm. The
street will re-open as the last entry marches into Town Square. East bound
E. Palm Canyon Drive will remain open to accommodate traffic. Street
closures in the surrounding parade area between Date Palm and Cathedral
Canyon include Buddy Rogers Ave., First Street, Grove Street, Dawes Street,
Allen Ave., “A” Street, Monty Hall and Ave. Lalo Guerrero.
All parade participants will park in the Civic Center
parking structure. No cars will be allowed in the parade staging and/or
performance area from 2pm – 5pm. Parade-goers can access the Parking
Structure from Cathedral Canyon Drive. All parade participants will walk to
the staging area from the Parking Structure. Directional assistance will be
provided by the Cathedral City Police Dept. and Citizens On Patrol.
Sunline Bus Company is notifying its customers they will
re-route traffic temporarily down Perez Rd. the duration of the parade, and
resume normal routes and stops after 5:30pm.
Come out and join the fun! Go LIONS!
Oktoberfest This Friday
and Saturday
Make sure to stop by and tip one with us at Oktoberfest
in Town Square this weekend. The beer, brats, band and fun start at 6 pm on
Friday and continues to 11 pm. The fun gets going again on Saturday at 10 am
adding a kids' Root Beer Garden, Green Garden (environmentally friendly auto
exhibit) and Craft Fair all running 'til 5 pm. The Beer Garden keeps the
party going 'til 11 pm. Oompah!!
Healing Fields Event
Looking For Volunteers
The Healing Fields event honoring our fallen service men
and women in Iraq and Afghanistan will take place November 7 – 12 at Patriot
Park. 4,200 flags will be placed for each fallen soldier and their names
will be read.
Organizers need volunteers to read names, assemble flags,
mark grid lines and other activities. If you can help, call 760-328-7478.
First Concert in Live
Arts Series Set Nov. 16
The Cathedral City Public Arts Commission launches its
LIVE ARTS 2007-08 Series of seven monthly performances on Nov. 16, with a
concert that showcases history through the eyes of poets.
The free concert will begin at 7pm in the Council Chamber
at City Hall.
“Songs Without Words - - Words Without Songs” will
feature Bruce Mangum at the piano and Larry Lenske at the cello, playing
baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary music, interspersed with
poetry narrations. The production will integrate two art forms – music and
poetry – against a historical backdrop.
The LIVEARTS Series offers the Canyon Classics Ensemble’s
Holidays Around the World” performance on Dec. 16 at the Cathedral City
Library; “Night at the Opera” on Jan. 11, jazz pianist Buddy Greco and
Lezlie Anders with the Cathedral City high School Jazz Band on Feb. 1 at the
Mary Pickford Theatre;
"John Brown’s Body", Desert Regional Theater Group, on March 14;
“Hollywood – The Beginning” with Don Thompson on April 25; and, the finale,
“The Spirit of the Desert”, an original composition about Cathedral City on
May 23.
Major sponsors include
NAI Consulting, a Coachella
Valley engineering and construction/project management firm.
Chamber State of the
City Luncheon
Mayor Kathy DeRosa will give the State-of-the-City
address at the Chamber of Commerce State of the City Luncheon, Tuesday,
October 23, 11:30 – 1:30 PM at the Doral Resort – 67967 Vista Chino at
Landau, Cathedral City, CA 92234
The cost is $30 for reservations made by 5 pm Friday,
October 19 and $35 thereafter. Contact the Chamber at 328-1213 to make
reservations.
