HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1829 ORDINANCE NO.. 1829 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF BICYCLE LANES ON CITY STREETS WHERE
NECESSARY EXCEPT ON STATE AND COUNTY HIGH-
WAYS AS EXEMPTED BY SECTION 21207 OF THE
CAI, IFORNIAVEHICLE CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION I
That Section 11.04.285 be added to the Municipal Code of
the City of Bakersfield to read as follows:
11.04.285 BICYCLE LANES.
a. Upon a showing of necessity by a survey conducted by
the Traffic Authority and/or the City Engineering Department,
bicycle lanes may be established on any City street where the need
exists and no hazard would be created, except on those highways
exempted by State Law.
b. Each bicycle lane is to be separated from other lanes
of traffic by appropriate signs, 'painted markings, and when
practical, curbs, barriers or marker buttons.
c. On any street where a bicycle lane has been established,
bicycles shall be restricted to that bicycle lane and shall be
required to follow any direction or 'pavement markings 'pertaining to
the bicycle lane.
d. Bicycles shall have the right-of-way over all other
vehicles when pro'perly within the bicycle lane.
SECTION II
This ordinance shall become effective thirty 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 the 20th day of October, 1969,
by the following vote:
AYES.. COUNCILi,A.EN BLEE~.,~.R, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, VETTER, WHITTEMORE
NOES: COUNCIl. MEN:
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: '~...~.,~_,,~_~_
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN,
CITY CLERK and Ex-Off'lcio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this October, 1969
APPROVED:
AffrayS! of r nan es
STATE O1~ CAL!I~ORNIA,~ ss.
County of Kern ~
MARIA~N S. IRVIN, 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 .......... .th..e....~..1...s..t..._.d..a..~.....o...f.....O..~..o...b..e...r..,. ............. 19....6-..9. she posted on the Bulletin Board
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held ~n....t...h..e.....2...~...t...h.....d..a...y.....~...f..~..~...c.~..~...b..e...r. .... 19..6...9..., which ordinance
was numbered .............1...8..2...9. .................. New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF BICYCLE LANES ON CITY STREETS WHERE
NECESSARY ESCEPT ON STATE AND COUNTY HIGH-
WAYS AS EXEMPTED BY SECTION 21207 OF THE
CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
...2...1-.s..Lday of ............. ..O..c..~.°...b...e..r..z .............. ,19...6...9...
Notary Public in and for the County o[ Kern, State c~ California
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