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ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8.27.010, OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8.27.010, of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
8.27.010 Maintenance of property — Violation of specified standards.
It is unlawful and is declared a public nuisance for any person owning,
leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any property in the city to
maintain such property in such manner that any of the following conditions exist
thereon, except as may be allowed by Title 17 of this code:
A. Any building or structure which has been partially destroyed for at
least six months to the extent of more than twenty -five percent of the value of
the building as it appears on the current tax assessor's roll, or left in an
unreasonable state of partial construction. For purposes of this chapter, "left in
an unreasonable state of partial construction" means left, after initiation of
construction, for a period of one year or more without completion of a phase
warranting an initial building inspection or without completion of a successive
phase warranting a subsequent building inspection under Title 15 of this code,
where the appearance or other conditions of said unfinished building or
structure substantially detracts from the appearance of the immediate
neighborhood.
B. Any doorway, window or other opening into a vacant structure not
closed and maintained by means or materials approved by the building
director.
C. Any broken window constituting a hazardous condition and
facilitating trespass or malicious mischief, or constituting a shelter for vagrants or
criminals or enabling persons to resort thereto for the purpose of committing
unlawful acts.
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D. Overgrown, dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, weeds
and other vegetation:
I. Likely to attract rats, vermin and other nuisances; or
2. Constituting a fire hazard; or
3. Dangerous to public safety and welfare.
E. Any building exterior, wall, fence, driveway, sidewalk, or walkway
which is maintained in such condition of deterioration or disrepair as to be
unsafe or which is so defaced as to substantially detract from the appearance
of the immediate neighborhood.
F. Any attractive nuisance, including abandoned, broken or
neglected machinery or equipment, any pool, pond or excavation dangerous
to children.
G. Construction equipment or machinery of any type or description
parked or stored on the owner's property where it is readily visible to the general
public, except during excavation, construction or demolition operations
covered by an active building permit for the subject or adjoining property,
except as may be allowed by Title 17 of this code.
H. Lumber (excluding stacked firewood for use on the property and
lumber for a project on the property initiated within ten days of delivery), junk,
trash, debris or salvage materials visible to the general public, except as may be
allowed by Title 17 of this code.
I. Abandoned or discarded furniture, stove, refrigerator, freezer, sink,
toilet, cabinet or other household fixture or equipment visible to the general
public, except as may be otherwise prohibited by Title 17 of this code.
J. Any motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat or other mobile equipment
parked on any unpaved area in any front yard (as defined in Section 17.04.670
of this code) or on any side yard (as defined in Section 17.04.690 of this code)
adjacent to any street.
K. Any fill dirt containing pieces of concrete, asphalt, or rubbish or any
fill dirt brought to the property or excavated from the property and not wetted
and compacted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 70 of the
Building Code and graded to within eighteen inches of the adjacent grade
within thirty days of delivery or excavation.
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SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
SEP 0 2 2015 by the following vote:
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, C
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: SEP 02 2015
L. HALL
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City At rney
By:
ANDREW HEGL D
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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County of Kern )
ROBERTA GAFFORD, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 8th day of September. 2015 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4826, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 2nd day of September, 2015 and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8.27.010 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO MAINTENANCE OF
PROPERTY.
ROBERTA GAFFORD
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By: ��I ft L
DEPUTY City Clerk
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