HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1969 ORDINANCE NO. 1969 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 11.04.060 OF
CHAPTER 11.04 OF TITLE 11 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE REGULATING TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Section 11.04.060 of Chapter 11.04 of Title 11 of
the Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield is hereby amended
to read as follows:
11.04.060 Direction of Traffic. (a) No person other than an
officer of the Police Department or a person authorized by a police
officer shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand
or other signal, except that persons may operate, when and as
herein provided, push button pedestrian detector erected by order
of the legislative body of this City.
(b) A push button pedestrian detector is defined as a
detector of the push button type installed near the roadway and
capable of being operated by hand for the sole purpose of control-
ling traffic signals to facilitate pedestrian traffic. It shall
be unlawful to operate or activate such detector except for such
purpose.
(c) A pressure sensitive vehicle detector is defined as a
detector installed in the roadway capable of being actuated by
the pressure of a vehicle passing over its surface for the sole
purpose of controlling traffic signals to facilitate vehicular
traffic. It shall be unlawful to activate such detector or pass
over its surface for a purpose other than that for which it is
installed.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with any
official traffic sign, signal, detector or other device, or alter
its position or direction in any manner.
(e) The prohibitions contained in (b), (c) and (d) of this
Section shall not apply to any person who is authorized to do so
by the traffic authority.
SECTION 2.
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 4th day of October, 1971, by the
following vote:
ABSENT CO INCIIM~N·--
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN: ~ ~-,~r ,
CITY ELERK anR Ex¥0fficio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED thi~ii"'~.~h:.da,~ oF October, 1971
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APPROVED:
CITY ATT~EY
Affi av ! of os mg r mau es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~ ss.
County of Kern }
MARIAN 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 .................... .0...q.t...o...b..e...r.....5. ............................................ 19...7..1... 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 on .............. .O_c...t..o...b...e...r.....4. ............................. 19...7...1.., which ordinance
was numbered ........... .1...9...6..9.. ................... New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 11.04.060 OF
CHAPTER 11.04 OF TITLE 11 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE REGULATING TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
F. STEWARI t~
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