HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 5007ORDINANCE NO. 5 0 0 7
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
12.56.090 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT.
WHEREAS, given the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on local businesses,
the City of Bakersfield has identified a process to help businesses comply with the
new "social distancing" requirements mandated by the State as part of the plan
to Reopen. The process will allow businesses to apply to temporarily close some
private parking lots or public streets/sidewalks within the Downtown area in order
to set up outdoor seating and/or vending areas each day; and
WHEREAS, the City's existing special event permit process allows local
businesses to apply for short-term temporary closures of streets/sidewalks, subject
to criteria listed in Chapter 12.56 and in the application. The special event permit
process is designed to ensure that the event is successful while taking into
consideration the protection of the public's health and safety; and
WHEREAS, in light of the Emergency Declaration issued by the City of
Bakersfield on March 19, 2020, the City desires to temporarily amended the
special event permit application process in Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter
12.56 to include a COVID-19 Special Event Permit, which will include the closure
of streets, sidewalks and parking lots located on private property, for the purpose
of using as dining and/or vending space.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 12.56.090 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
12.56.090 - Special Events Permit.
A. Persons shall apply for a special event permit when:
1. The number of persons for whom the reservation is sought is in excess of three
hundred; or
2. The event or activity is open to the general public; or
3. The event or activity will have amplified speech, amplified music, permits for
sale of alcoholic beverages or any other special permits or approvals.
B. Special event permit applications shall be filed with the director not less than
fifteen working days nor more than three hundred sixty-five days prior to the
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proposed event, activity or use of the park. The director shall not waive the fifteen -
day period; provided, however, when it is found to be in the best interests of the
administration of the parks, the director may waive such period when the
applicant voluntarily waives the appeal rights given in this chapter.
C. In light of the Emergency Declaration issued by the City of Bakersfield on
March 19, 2020, the City has temporarily amended the special event permit
application process to include a COVID-19 Special Event Permit, which will
include the closure of streets, sidewalks and parking lots located on private
property, for the purpose of using as dining and/or vending space. The COVID-
19 Special Event Permit is subject to Chapter 12.56 and the conditions of the
COVID-19 Special Event Permit and application. This subsection will be available
until the City's local Emergency Declaration has been rescinded, or until midnight
December 31, 2020, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance is declared to be an emergency ordinance pursuant to
Sections 23 and 24 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield and shall become
effective immediately upon its passage.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the Counc
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2020 by the following vote:
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AYES ENKA, COUNCILMEMBER: RA, GONZALES, W IR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN. EARLIER
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JJI LIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
MAY 2 0 20 Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
By:
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
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SHUA H. RUDNICK
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, 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 26th day of May. 2020 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a
full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 5007, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 20th day of May. 2020 and entitled:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.56.090 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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