HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 5181ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.56.020 RELATING TO
DEFINITIONS AND ADDING SECTION 12.56.045 RELATING
TO PARK RANGERS - DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 12.56.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
12.56.020 Definitions.
Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions
and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning
and application of such words and phrases used in this chapter.
A. "Amplified music" means music projected and transmitted by electronic
equipment, including amplifiers.
B. "Amplified speech" means human speech projected and transmitted by
electronic equipment, including amplifiers.
C. "Chief of police" or "chief" means the city of Bakersfield police chief or
authorized representative.
D. "City manager" means the city of Bakersfield city manager or authorized
representative.
E. "Community park" means a park which serves several neighborhoods and is
planned to provide a greater range of recreational facilities than a neighborhood
park. Central Park, Martin Luther King Park, Patriots Park, Beach Park, Yokuts Park,
Silver Creek Park, the Park at River Walk, the Sports Village, and Mesa Marin Sports
Complex are community parks.
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F. "Director" means the city of Bakersfield recreation and parks director or
designee.
G. "Neighborhood park" means a park which is located in close proximity to
residential areas and primarily serves the neighborhood for essentially
recreational purposes.
H.. "Parks" includes all community and neighborhood parks, the grounds, parking
lots, - sumps, basins, pathways, roadways, avenues, and areas used for. -
recreational and park purposes, and - which are dedicated as such. For the
purpose of Section 1-2.56.050, it also includes median islands, parkways, sump
areas or greens, or other public grounds.
L "Park Ranger means a City of Bakersfield employee that enforces local laws
pertaining to City parks and park facilities.
SECTION 2.
Section 12.56.045 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby added to
read as follows:
12.56.045 Park Rangers - Duties and Authority.
Park Rangers shall maintain City parks and park facilities in an orderly manner by
enforcing Chapter 12.56 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code .via Bakersfield
Municipal Code Sections 1.40.010 and 1.40.020.
SECTION 3.
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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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 -
SEP 1 1 2024 by the following vote
A�YF-S� COUNCILMEMBER: ARIAS, GONZALES; , SMITH, FREEMAN, GRAYrK —
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
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J LIE DRIMAKIS,.CPMC, MMC
CITY .CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of -the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: SEP 1 1 2024
By:
KAREN GOH
Mayor,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attor ey
By.
VIRIDIANA ALLARDO-KING
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
County of Kern )ss.
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 17th day of September 2024 she posted on the
Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following:
Ordinance No. 5181, passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held
on the 11 th day of September 2024 and entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12.56.020 RELATING TO DEFINITIONS AND
ADDING SECTION 12.56.045 RELATING TO PARK RANGERS - DUTIES AND
AUTHORITIES OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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