HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3458ORDINANCE NO. 3 4 5 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION A OF
SECTION 17.58.060 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO LIGHTING OFF-STREET PARKING
AREAS.
BE IT ORDA1NED by the City of Bakersfield as follows:
Section 1.
Chapter 17.58.060 (A) of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
A. Lighting shall be installed in all parking lots and parking garages which
accommodate passenger vehicles, with the exception of parking areas for single family,
duplex, triplex and four-plex units, in compliance with the following provisions:
1. Illumination shall be generally distributed across the parking area.
Lighting shall be designed and arranged in such a manner so that light is reflected away
from adjacent residential properties and streets. The Building Official may require use
of glare shields or baffles for glare reduction or control of backlight.
2. Except for parking garages, all light poles, standards and fixtures
including bases or pedestals, shall be a minimum of 15 feet but not exceed 40 feet in
height above grade.
3. Lighting sources, fixtures and related structures shall be maintained in
sound operating condition at all times. Maintenance shall include but is not limited to
replacement of broken lenses, burned out light sources, adjustments to fixture tilt,
cleaning of fixtures and lenses, painting of standards and replacement of shields or
baffles.
4. All parking lots established prior to the effective date of this ordinance
shall be exempt from the provisions of this section; however, at such time changes or
modifications occur on the site that necessitates a site plan review pursuant to Chapter
17.53, the Planning Director or designee shall determine whether said provisions will be
implemented under the approved site plan.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and shall become effective not less than 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 __
APR 2 2 ~99~ , by the following vote:
AYE~ COUNCILMEMBERS: EDWARDS, DeMOND, SMITH, BRUNNI, PETERSON, McDERMOTT, SALVAGGiO
NOES; COUNCILMEMBERS' ~,~
,~SENT COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN COUNCILM~MBERS' N~t°-
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APR 2 2 1992
APPROVED
CLARENCE E. MEDDERS
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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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 the 24th day of April , 19 92 she
posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a. full! true and correct copy of
the following: Ordinance No. 3458 , passed by
City Council at a meeting held on the 22cnd day of Aprl]
and entitled:
the Bakersfield
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/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersfield
NSAOPD
DEPUTY City Clerk
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