HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3048ORDINANCE NO. 3048 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 15.64.350,
15.64.360, 15.64.370, 15.64.380, AND
15.64.390 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING DUTIES AND ORGANIZATION OF BUREAU
OE FIRE PREVENTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by
as follows:
Section 15.64.350
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
SECTION 1.
of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
15.64.350 puty to enforce code--Operational authority.
The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the fire
agency with jurisdictional responsibility for the area as defined
in the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of
Bakersfield and the County of Kern, Agreement No. 85-215. Such
enforcement shall be under the supervision of the Chief of the
Fire Department within such jurisdictional responsibility who
shall detail or direct members of that agency's fire department
in the enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code.
SECTION 2.
Section 15.64.360 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
15.64.360 Fire Safety Control Bureau.
A. The Chief of the Fire Department shall appoint any
member of the Fire Department as the head of the Fire Safety
Control Bureau who shall be known as the Fire Marshal.
B. The Chief may detail such other members of the Fire
Department as inspectors as shall, from time to time, be neces-
sary and may recommend to the City Manager the employment of
technical inspectors who shall be selected through examination to
determine their fitness for the position.
C. The examination shall be open to members and non-
members of the Fire Department, consistent with provisions of the
City charter and Fire Department Civil Service rules and regulations.
D. The Fire Safety Control Bureau shall have the prime
responsibility to enforce the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code.
SECTION 3.
Section 15.64.370 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
15.64.370 Arson investigation.
The enforcement of arson laws and investigations pursu-
ant thereto shall be the responsibility of the Fire Safety
Control Bureau under the direction and supervision of the Chief
of the Fire Department.
SECTION 4.
Section 15.64.380 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
15.64.380 Assuming duties of peace officers.
Members of the Fire Department assigned to the Fire
Safety Control Bureau and the Fire Marshal are peace officers
when enforcing laws relating to fire prevention and fire suppres-
sion and when engaged in fire and arson investigation, detection
and apprehension of persons who have violated or who are sus-
pected of having violated any fire law or the penal code.
SECTION 5.
Section 15.64.390 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
15.64.390 Carrying firearms.
Members of the Fire Department assigned to the Fire
Safety Control Bureau and the Fire Marshal are authorized to
carry a loaded firearm on their person when acting as peace offi-
cers as defined in Section 15.64.380.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
City charter provisions 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 regu-
lar meeting thereof held on the 4th day of June , 1986, by
the following vote:
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this 4th day of June , 1986
MAYOR of the city of Bak~sfiel~d
APPROVED as to form:
EY of t~ City of Bakersfield
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA t ss.
County of Kern
CAROL WILLIAMS, 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 June 9 , 19 86 , she posted on the Bulletin Board
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting tbereof duly held on June '4 , 19 86 , which ordinance
was numbered 3048 New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BKAERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 15.64.350,
15.64.260, 15.64.370, 15.64.380, AND
15.64.390 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING DUTIES AND ORGANIZATION OF BUREAU
OF FIRE PREVENTION.
City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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