HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3939ORDINANCE NO. 3 9 3 9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION B OF SECTION
8.32.010, SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 8.32.040,
SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 8.32.050, SUBSECTION D OF
SECTION 8.32.060, SUBSECTION G OF SECTION
14.04.110, AND SECTION 14.12.195 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COST
RECOVERY.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Subsection B of Section 8.32.010 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.32.010 Declaration of policy.
B. The council of the city of Bakersfield finds that to give practical effect to this
policy, a comprehensive system for the management of solid waste including periodic
collection, removal and disposal of refuse/solid waste/recyclables from all places and
premises within the city is essential and to accomplish this purpose for the best interest
and welfare of all the inhabitants of the city and for the general benefit of the community
at large, it is necessary to provide that such services should be paid for directly by the
owner and/or occupant of all uses of property in the city, and therefore, all such owners
and/or occupants are made liable for the charges set by the city council.
SECTION 2.
Subsection A of Section 8.32.040 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.32.040 Charge as debt against occupant of property - Penalty.
A. A charge set by the city council for refuse/solid waste management services
shall be a civil debt owing to the city from the owner and/or occupant of the property.
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SECTION 3.
Subsection A of Section 8.32.050 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.32.050 Billing property owner.
A. The charges set by the city council for refuse/solid waste management
services may be billed to the property owner who may collect such charges imposed
against the occupants of such unit or units located on such premises, and shall transmit
the amount so collected to the city.
SECTION 4.
Subsection D of Section 8.32.060 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.32.060 Billing, collection and payment of charges - Refunds.
D. All charges set by the city council for refuse/solid waste/recycling services or
otherwise imposed in this chapter are due and payable on the first day of the month and
become delinquent after the last day of the month. Interest at the rate of one percent per
month shall be added to any delinquency. Should the city resort to court action to collect
amounts due, the city shall be entitled also to collect its reasonable costs, including
attorneys' fees.
SECTION 5.
Subsection G of Section 14.04.110 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
14.04.110 Conditions for discontinuance - Restoration of service - Fees.
G. Restoration-Reconnection Charge. When water service has been
discontinued for noncompliance with a section of the Bakersfield Municipal Code, a
restoration-reconnection fee will be assessed as set by the city council.
SECTION 6.
Section 14.12.195 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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14.12.195 Maintenance of house connection sewer.
All property owners shall maintain the house connection sewer from all points on
their property to the public sewer. It is the responsibility of all property owners to repair any
blockage of or damage to the house connection sewer. At the request of a property owner
within the incorporated area, the city will repair that portion of the house connection sewer
between the city right of way and the public sewer for a fee to be determined on a time and
materials basis. At the request of a property owner in the unincorporated area where there
is a connection to the city public sewer, the city will repair that portion of the house
connection sewer between the right of way and the city public sewer for a fee to be
determined on a time and materials basis.
SECTION 7.
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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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the
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Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held o ~ ,
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DEMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER ~Qi~-
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER NOB~
CITY CLERK and EX OFFI~O of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: NOV 17 1999
By: ~"~
BOB PRICE?Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGEN
City Attorney
RbBERT M'. SHERFY
Assistant City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
County of Kern )
PAMELA A. McCARTHY, 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 November , 1999 she posted on the Bulletin Board at
City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3939 , passed by
the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the
and entitled:
18th day of November 1999
An ordinance amending subsection B of subsection 8.32.010,
subsection A of section 8.32.040, subsection A of section 8.32.050,
subsection D of section 8.32.060, subsection G of section 14.04.110,
and section 14.12.195 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code relating to
cost recovery.
Is/PAMELA A. McCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
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DEPUTY City Clerk- ~
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November 18, 1999