HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3885ORDINANCE NO. 3 8 8 i5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD ADDING CHAPTER 13.12 OF
THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS AND
SPECIFICATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 13.12 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby added to read as
follows:
Chapter 13.12
Development Improvement Standards and Specifications.
13.12.010 Purpose.
In order to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City
of Bakersfield, the standards and specifications adopted herein shall be used to determine
the necessity for, and manner of construction of, the particular types of improvements
defined in Section 13.12,020. All such improvements shall conform to the City of
Bakersfield's development improvement standards and specifications as adopted herein.
The standards and specifications adopted herein shall be in addition to other development
standards set forth in the provisions of this Code
13.12.020 Improvements defined.
For purposes of this Chapter, "improvements" shall be construed to be the
construction of streets, including excavation, paving, curbs, gutters and sidewalks; sewers,
including construction of mainlines, house connections and connections to other
structures; streetlights, street signs; the construction of water mains and fire hydrants and
house laterals; drainage facilities, street trees, and any other miscellaneous construction
which may be required to be constructed in connection with any development authorized
under this Code.
13.12.030 Standards and specifications.
A. Those certain standard manuals known and designated in subsection B
herein, copies of which are on file with the Bakersfield City Clerk for use and examination
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by the public, and each portion and provision thereof are hereby adopted by reference, as
they may be amended from time to time, and are hereby declared to be the development
improvement standards and specifications for the purpose stated therein.
B The following standard manuals are hereby adopted for the purposes stated
in subsection A above:
1. Subdivision Design Manual, City of Bakersfield, 1989
2. Standard Specifications, CalTrans, 1992
3. Standard Plans, CalTrans, 1992
4. "Greenbook", Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction,
APWA, 1997
5. Standard Special Provisions, CalTrans, 1992
6. Sign Specification Manual, Vol. 1 and 2, CalTrans, 1992
7. Traffic Signal Control Equipment Specifications, Ca lTra ns, current
edition
8. Highway Design Manual, CalTrans, 4th Edition
9. Traffic Manual, CalTrans, 1992
10. Construction Manuals, CalTrans, 1992
11, A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, AASHTO,
1990
12. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, FWHA, 1988
13. Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering, Institute of Transportation
Studies, U.C. Berkeley, 14th Edition
14. Equipment and Materials Standards, ITE, 1991
15. Traffic Engineering Handbook, ITE, 1992
16. Transportation Planning Handbook, ITE, 1992
17. Transportation and Land Development, ITE, 1988
18. Residential Street Design and Traffic Control ITE, 1989
19, Guidelines for Residential Subdivision Street Design, A
Recommended Practice, ITE, 1993
20. Guidelines for Urban Major Street Design, A Recommended Practice,
ITE, 1984
21. Guidelines for Driveway Location and Design, ITE, 1987
22. Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps, A
Recommended Practice, ITE, 1993
23. Guidelines for Planning and Designing Access Systems for Shopping
Centers, ITE, 1988
24. Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development, ITE, 1991
13.12.040 Duty of Public Works Director/City Engineer.
The Public Works Director/City Engineer, or his authorized designee, is hereby
charged with interpreting, applying and enforcing the development improvement standards
and specifications set forth in this Chapter.
13.12.050 Modifications
Only the Public Works Director/City Engineer, or his authorized designee, is
granted the authority to provide for modifications of the requirements set forth in this
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Chapter. Where there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of
the standards and specifications set forth in this Chapter, the Public Works Director/City
Engineer, or his authorized designee, may grant modifications for individual cases. The
Public Works Director/City Engineer, or his authorized designee, shall first find that a
special individual reason makes the strict letter of these standards and specifications
impractical and that the modification is in conformance with the intent and purpose of these
standards and specifications and that such modification does not lessen any public safety
requirement. The details of any action granting any modification shall be recorded and
entered in the files of the Public Works Department. Any determination of the Public
Works Director/City Engineer, or his authorized designee, pertaining to the interpretation
and application of this Chapter shall be final and conclusive.
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.
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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 MAR ], 7 1999 , by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERCARSON, DEMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER
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Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: MAR ~L ? 1999
BOB P!~,~~~0:~
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGEN
CITY ATTORNEY
By:
CARL HERNANDEZ III
Assistant City Attorney
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February 17, 1999
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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County of Kern )
PAMELA A. MCCARTHY, 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 18th day of March , 1999 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3885 , passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 17th day of March 1999 , and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 13.12 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING EXISTING DESIGN MANUALS AND
REFERENCE STANDARDS.
/s/PAMELA A. MCCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
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March 18, 1999