HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2805ORDINANCE NO. 2805 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 8.44.030,
8.44.040 AND 8.44.050 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
Section 8.44.030
hereby amended by amending
as follows:
8.44.030
A.
SECTION 1.
of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
subsections A and B thereof to read
Permit - Persons Eligible.
A nonprofit organization or
corporation organized
and existing primarily for veteran, patriotic, religious,
welfare, charitable or civic-betterment purposes having its
principal and permanent meeting place in the city, organized
and established in the city for a period of at least one year
prior to the filing of application for permit under this chapter
and having a bona fide membership of at least thirty-five
members; provided:
1. No permit shall be issued to any such organiza-
tion or corporation unless it was issued a permit the previous
year unless the total number of permits issued to such organizations
and corporations is less than fifty (50), in which event permits
may be issued to organizations and corporations unlicensed the
previous year in the order in which their applications are made
from May 16th through May 31st. Priority as between applications
made the same day shall be determined by a drawing conducted by
the Assistant City Manager-Finance. Not more than fifty (50)
permits shall be issued except as it may be necessary to issue
a greater number so that each such organization or corporation
to whom a permit was issued the previous year, and who made
application for a permit during the period commencing March
15th and extending through May 15th and otherwise qualified
hereunder, is issued a permit.
2. Should any such organization or corporation
issued a permit the previous year fail to apply for a permit
before May 16th, such organization or corporation shall be
treated as if it had not been issued a permit the previous year
and its application for a permit, if made prior to June 1st,
shall be subject to the process and limitation set forth in
Paragraph 1 of this subsection.
B. Retail business establishments which have, for a
period of at least one year prior to the filing of application
for permit under this chapter, held a valid business tax certificate
issued by the city under Chapter 5.02 of this code; provided,
no such permit shall be issued to any such retail business
establishment unless such
previous year.
establishment was issued a permit the
SECTION 2.
Section 8.44.040 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended by amending subsection A. thereof to read as
follows:
8.44.040 Permit - Application Requirements.
A. Any application for a permit shall be filed by an
officer of an eligible nonprofit organization or corporation or
the operator or authorized employee of an eligible retail
business establishment, with the assistant city manager-finance,
hereinafter called the collector, in person and in writing,
during the period commencing March 15th and extending through
May 15th of each year; provided that applications made by
eligible nonprofit organizations or corporations after May 15th
and before June 1st shall be handled as specified
A.1. of Section 8.44.030.
Section 8.44.050
hereby amended by amending subsection B.13
follows:
in subsections
SECTION 3.
of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is
thereof to read as
-2-
of
8.44.050 Regulations for Temporary Stands.
B.13. Fireworks shall be sold only between the hours
8~00 a.m. , July 1st, to twelve noon on July 5th.
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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 2nd day of February , 1983, by
the following vote:
.
CITY CLERK ancf Ex
Council of the
officio Clerk of the
City of Bakersfield
A~ 2nd day of February
f y of Bakersfield
, ]983
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTOR~Y of the'~ity of
Bakersfield
AJs/kda/bl
1/12/83
1/17/83
1/20/83
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Aff av of ost ng ( r uan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, f
County of Kern ss.
PHILIP KELMAR, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that or~ .....................F....e....b....r....u....a...~LY.....~.,. ....................................................................19...~.~.. he 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 ..........~.~...b....r....u....a...r....y......~.~. .................................................19..~.-3....., which ordinance
was numberec~ .............~.~? ........................New Series, and entitled:
An Ordinance of the Council of the City of
Bakersfield amending Section 8.44.030,
8.44.040 and 8.44.050 of the Pakersfield
Municipal Code relating to Fireworks.
City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
..... ~...... day of .....~.~Y_ ......................, 19..~..