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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 689 AN ~T~,~RGENCY ORDIiiANCE A~i~DING SECTIONS ¢2 (a), 47 (a) 2, 7 and ~8, and ADDING SECTIOxNS 66 67, 6~ and 69 TO TRAFFIC O UI ANCE 658 CITY OF BA~KERSFIELD, C~IFOR~. V~S, the City Co~cil hereby declares that ~ emergency exists for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property~ safety ~d welfare, which requires the passage of an emergency ordi- nance reg~ati~ traffic upon the public streets of the City of Bakersfield; NO~ T~O~, BE IT O~AIi~ BY T~ COUi~C~ OF T~ CITY OF H~SF~LD, as follows: SECTION 1. ~' That.~'~U~division (a), Section ~2 of Ordinance No. 6~8 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, be a~ the s~e ls hereby amende~ to rea~ as follows: (a) The City Manger is hereby authorized to determine those streets and ~leys upon which angle parki~, center parking, and left side parki~ shall be permitted (other than state highways where such parki~ is prohibited by the Vehicle Code), a~ sh~l i~lcate all such parki~ reg~ations by placi~ lines upon the s~face of the roadway indicati~ the angle and place at which parki~ is permitted a~/or by erecting appropriate signs, and to fix the parking time allowed thereat. SECTIO~ 2. That Paragraph 2, Subdivision (a) of Section 47 of Ordinance No. 6~8 Yew Series of the City of Bakersfield, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 2. Yellow shall meanno stopping, standing or parking at an~ time between 7aO0 A. M., and 6:00 P. M., of any day except Sunday for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, provided that the loading or unloadin~ of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes ~r the loadin~ or unloadln~ of materials more than twenty (20) minutes, except that ~ vehicle other than taxis, shall park at ar~ time in a yellow zone nmrked "Taxis 0nly." SECTION 3 · That Section 57 of Ordinance No. 658 New Series of the City of Bakersfield~ be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 57. LIMITED PA/~KING. When authorized signs are in place givin~ notice thereof~ no person shall stops stand or park any vehicle within the Central Traffic District or within any Business District between the hours of 8:00 A. M.~ and 6:00 P. ~'.~ of any day except Sunday~ for a period of time longer than specified on said signs. SECTION 4. That Section 58 of Ordinance No. 658 New Series of the City of Bakersfield~ be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 58. OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC SIGNS. It shall be unlawful for any operator or pedestrian to disobey the instructions of any mechanical or electrical traffic signal, traffic sign, municipal or public utility barrier~ or marks upon the street placed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 5. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 658 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, a new section to be knovm as Section 66~ said section to read as follows~ 66. EARLY NORI~NG PABI~ING LIMITED. Parking is prohibited on any street or alley for a period of time longer than one (1) hour between the hours of 1 ~. M.~ and 4 A. ~.~ on any day. SECTION 6. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 658 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, a new section to be ~nown as Section 67~ said section to read as follows: 67. RIGHT TURN~ PFaMITTED, WHEN. The City Manager may designate. any intersection by erecting appropriate signs thereat where the driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close as practicable at the entrance to the crosswalk on thenear side of the intersection, or if none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to a red or "stop" signal, may make a right turn but shall yield the right of way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the signal at said intersection. SECTION 7. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 6~8 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, a new section to be known as Section 68, said section to read as foll~vs= 68. TRUCK ROUTES. The City Manager is hereby authorized to establish over an appropriate street or streets and to designate by appropriate signs, through traffic routes for the movement of vehicles of two (2) or more tons capacity designed for carrying merchandise, freight or material. When any such through traffic route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of an~ vehicle mentioned in this paragraph shall drive on such route or routes and none other except when it is impractical to do so or when necessary to traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose of loading or unloading, but then only by such deviation from the nearest freight route as is reasonably necessary. SECTION 8. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 698 New Series of the City of Bakersfield, a new section to be known as ~ection 69, said section to read as follows~ 69. VEHICLES TO BE REMOVED b~OM STPRETS. (a) Vehicles which have been parked or left standing upon any public street or alley for longer than'one hundred twenty (120) bonsecutive hours, . shall be removed and stored under the direction of the Police Department of the City of Bakersfield. (b) In the event any vehicle is removed from a public street or alley as authorized by paragraph (a) above, the Police Department shall give the notices as provided in Section ~8~ of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, and the keeper of ar~V garage in which any such vehicle is stored may have a lien thereon for his compensation for towage and for caring for and keeping safe such vehicle and may satisfy such lien upon compliance with and under the'conditions stated in Section ~8~ of the Vehicle Code. SECTION 9. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure within the meaning of Section 24 of the Charter of the City of Bakers- field, State of California, and necessary for the immediate preserva- tion of the public peace, property, safety and welfare, and shall take effect ~mmediately upon its passage by the Council of the City of Bakersfield. .......... 000 .......... I BE/~uBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Emergency Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day of October, 194~, by the following vote: AYES: ~RNAKIS, CROSS, NORRIS, ~DER, SIEMON, ~NDER~I, VER~MM~ NOES: ,,...)J~ ............................................ ABSEN~ Mm-~m ......... ~ .................... City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield. of J osnng ( Mnan es V. VAN lllI~EII, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That she Is the duly appointed, acting and qualified Clerk of the CIty of Bakersfield; .and that on ................... ..0..C...t...O.~..~.l'. ...................... ,1~.~. ..... he posted on the Bulletin Board at the CIty Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Councfi of said City at a meeting thereof duly held on .................. ..0._c...t..o...'q...e..r.. .................... , 19'..~...., which ordinance was numbered....~a.-,~f..~ ....... New Series, and entitled: "AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE .AMENDING SECTIONS 42 (a) , 47 (a) 2, ~7 and ~8, AND ADDING SECTIONS 66, 67, 68 and 69, TO TRAffIC ORDINANCE NO. 658 HEW SERIES OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIED, CALIFORNIA." · ~.; ~. . ~...~ : '--;,~: .?~~....,~ o~....o..~.t...o...b.~.~....:...., ~.~... ' fl ............... Notary Public in and for the Count7 o~ Kern, State of Californh. My Cemmjsston Exp!res April 16, lg4~.