HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3528ORDINANCE NO. ~'~ ·
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 8.35 TO THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
STORMWATER SYSTEM.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 8.35 is hereby added to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter 8.35
STORMWATER SYSTEM
Sections:
8.35.010
8.35.020
8.35.030
8.35.040
Definitions.
Illicit discharges into stormwater system
prohibited.
Compliance with conditions.
Authority to inspect, conduct surveillance and
monitor stormwater discharges.
8.35.010 Definitions.
Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning
clearly appears from the context, the words set forth in this
section shall have the following meanings:
A. "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable
wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and
consumption of food.
B. "Litter" means garbage, refuse and rubbish as
defined herein and all other material which, if thrown, deposited
or allowed to accumulate as herein prohibited, tends to create a
danger to public health, safety and welfare, and which is not
within a receptacle provided therefor.
C. "Refuse" means all putrescible and nonputrescible
solid wastes (except human body waste) including garbage, rubbish,
ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, animal feces and solid
market and industrial wastes.
ORIG;NAL
D. "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste
consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes including
but not limited to paper, wrappings, cardboard, tin cans, weeds,
dry grasses, dead trees an shrubs, yard clippings, leaves, dirt
(other than the natural soil, in place), pieces of broken asphalt
or concrete, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
E. "Sanitary wastewater" means wastewater discharging
from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartments
and hotels), office buildings, industrial plants and institutions.
F. "Stormwater system" means those curbs, inlets,
underground conduit, retention/detention basins, outfalls, ditches,
and canals used to collect, transport, inflltrate/evaporate or
discharge water flows resulting from precipitation falling in and
around the City of Bakersfield.
8.35.020 Illicit discharges into stormwater system prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association to throw, dump, empty or in any way cause sanitary
wastewater, rubbish, refuse, litter, accidental spill discharges,
garbage of any kind whatsoever, or any unsanitary or deleterious
matter including, but not limited to, petroleum products,
pesticides, herbicides, controlled substances or hazardous
materials to be introduced into any stormwater system or conveyance
that discharges into a stormwater system.
8.35.030 Compliance with conditions.
All persons, firms, corporations and associations shall
comply with conditions set forth in permits, contracts and orders
of the Public Works Director relative to control of discharges
into, and operation of, the City's stormwater facilities and
systems.
8.35.040 Authority to inspect, conduct surveillance and monitor
stormwater discharges.
The Public Works Director or a representative shall have
access to sites or facilities for the purpose of ensuring
compliance with conditions, relative to stormwater discharges, of
permits and ordinances. Such access shall also include that access
necessary to detect and eliminate illicit discharges to the
stormwater systems.
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SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with
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 }~A¥ 1 ~ ~9~ , by the
following vote: AYES: COUNCiLMEMBERS: EDWARD$,De~,IOND, SM~TH,~,KANF, McDERMOTT $ALVAGGK)
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ABSENT COUNC4LMEMBERS: ~/$ ~ AZA~ ~
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED:
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
LAWRENCE M. LUNARDINI
CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield
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STOP. MWTR. ORD
02/24/93
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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 17th day of May, 1993
she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and
correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3528, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 12th day of
May, 1993, and entitled:
By:
/s/ CAROL WILLIAMS
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
-DEPUTY ~ty Clerk