HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 161-94RESOLUTION NO. 1 6 1 - 9 4
RESOLUTION INSTITUTING COLLECTION OF
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS FOR FUTURE
CONVENIENCE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THROUGH
MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
WHEREAS, a "convenience" traffic signal is a traffic signal not required by
the Traffic Authority to regulate traffic flow, but is a traffic signal installed solely at the
discretion of the developer of a commercial site; and
WHEREAS, developers often request permission to install convenience
traffic signals on major streets to enhance access to a specific development; and
WHEREAS, such convenience traffic signals do not provide a general
public traffic benefit; and
WHEREAS, each signal system costs between $4,000 and $6,000 annually
for maintenance and operation; and
WHEREAS, under the "user-pay" concept, the private property deriving
benefits should bear the costs of maintenance and operation of convenience traffic
signals; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.04.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code states, in
part:
"The purpose of this Chapter is to provide an
alternative procedure by which the City Council may provide
for the payment of any part of the costs and expenses of
maintaining and operating any public improvements which
are local in nature, payable from annual benefit assessments
apportioned among the several lots or parcels of property
within the maintenance district established therefor .... "; and
WHEREAS, convenience traffic signals are "public improvements" as set
forth in Section 13.04.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, signals currently being processed for installation should not be
subject to the policy initiated by adoption of this resolution.
WHEREAS, all future convenience traffic signals must be included in a
maintenance district.
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OF~G~AL
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein.
2. Costs for operation and maintenance of future convenience traffic
signals shall be collected through maintenance districts.
3. Said maintenance districts shall be established under Chapter 13.04 of
the Bakersfield Municipal Code.
4. Costs assessed through the maintenance districts shall be assessed
uniformly on all such districts on a per signal system basis.
5. Convenience traffic signal systems currently existing or being processed
for approval by staff shall not be subject to this policy.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
$EP 2 8 1,~ , by the following vote:
~ES: CO~ClLMEMEE~ I ~*~
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C[~ CLERK
the ~ouacJ] of
APPROVED
MAY~R o~'the 'City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTORNEY of the Ci/y~f Balersfield
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