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4907
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.78.010 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HABITAT CONSERVATION
PLAN MITIGATION PROGRAM DEFINITIONS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 15.78.010 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Chapter 15.78 METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
(MBHCP) MITIGATION PROGRAM
15.78.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases are defined as
follows:
A. "Accessory building" or "accessory structure" means a building or
structure detached from a principal building on the some lot and customarily
incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use.
B. "Fee assessment area" means the land within the Metropolitan
Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan study area boundary.
C.
"Grading" means any
excavation
or filling
or combination,
including
rough grading thereof as
described in
the most
currently adopted
California
Building Code adopted as Bakersfield
Municipal
Code Chapter 15,
Buildings
and Construction Code.
Grading is
differentiated
from seasonal
superficial
weed control activities.
D. "Habitat conservation plan (HCP(" means a plan prepared
pursuant to the provisions of 16 U.S.C. Section 1539.
E. "Habitat management lands" means a parcel of land or an
aggregation of parcels of land protected from future urban development or
other disturbance, and managed as a unit 'for the conservation and protection
of species covered by the MBHCP.
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F. "Habitat mitigation fee (H.M.F.)" means fees established by
uncodified ordinance to be paid by urban development permittees to fund the
implementation trust activities including, but not limited to, the cost of land
acquisition, land endowment, habitat management land improvement, public
facilities mitigation, and administration of the HCP program.
G. "Implementation trust" means that body established pursuant to a
joint powers agreement (JPA) between the city and the county for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of the MBHCP.
H. "Incidental take permit' means the California Endangered Species
Act incidental take permit (ITP) issued by the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2081, subdivisions (b) and (c),
and California Code of Regulations, Title 14, sections 783 et seq.
I. "Known den" means a verified den site reflecting a documented
history of use, either from actual observations of kit fox or from recent evidence
of use, and plotted on a map maintained by the implementation trust.
J. "Natural land" means undeveloped land which has not been
significantly altered by human activity. Natural land generally includes open
brush land /woodland, dense brushland /woodland, scrubland, riparian areas,
wetlands, ephemeral flooded land, bare ground, sand dunes, rock
outcroppings, grasslands, grasslands subject to grazing, and non -crop
agricultural land which has retained natural contours or has reverted back to
natural vegetation. Natural land does not include former agricultural land which
has been leveled or graded to facilitate irrigation or production activities, and
land which has been out of production for less than five consecutive years.
K. "Oilfield development' means application and development for
the purpose of petroleum extraction or enhancement of petroleum extraction.
L. "Open land" includes natural land and land which has been
significantly altered by agricultural or industrial use, but which has not been
substantially developed for urban uses.
M. "2081 permit' means a permit issued under the California
Endangered Species Act (Fish and Game Code Sections 2050 - 2098).
N. "Undeveloped" means land not previously occupied by a building
or used for a purpose subject to H.M.F. or land for which a permit was not issued
prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
O. "Urban development' means a change in land use from open land
to any other land use for which a permit such as a grading permit, grading plan
approval, building permit or use permit is required from the city, including, but 0AK,9
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not limited to, covered activities listed in the ITP. Activities not included are also
listed in the ITP.
P. "Urban development permit" means issuance of a building permit
by the city for a project that would result in urban development as defined in
the implementation agreement for l0a(1)(B) and 2081 permits. Where a project
would ultimately result in urban development, the term urban development
permit also means issuance of a use permit or grading plan approval, or
approval of activities undertaken by a public agency, including, but not limited
to, public works construction and related activities, if applicable, by the city.
Q. "Urban development permittee" means landowners and other
private parties that are grading, building, or conducting other development
activities within the permit area as approved by the city.
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
JUN 2 8 2817 1 by the following vote:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH,iREErorRfJ, SULLIVAN, EARLIER
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APPROVED: JUN 2 8 2817
By.
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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RICHARD IGER
Deputy City Attorney
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CHRISTOP R GERRY
ACTING CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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County of Kern )
CHRISTOPHER G,ERRY, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 3rd day of July. 2017 he posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a
full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4907 passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 28th day of June. 2017 and entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.78.010 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD HABITAT CONSERVATION
PLAN MITIGATION PROGRAM DEFINITIONS
Acting City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By: P_n Qs✓�i-
DEPr City Clerk
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