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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2682ORDINANCE NO. 2682 NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO CHAPTER 15.42 RELATIVE TO DWELLING UNIT LOCATION IDENTIFICATION IN MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT COMPLEXES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. That Chapter 15.42 is hereby added to Title Bakersfield Municipal Code to read as follows: Sections: 15.42.010 15.42.020 15.42.030 15.42.040 15.42.050 Chapter 15.42 DWELLING UNIT LOCATION IDENTIFICATION IN MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT COMPLEXES Purpose. Definitions. General Provisions. Enforcement and Penalties. Severability. 15 of the 15.42.010 Purpose. This Chapter is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, con- venience and general welfare, and for the accomplishment thereof is adopted, among other purposes, for the particularly specified purpose of requiring property owners to install and maintain dwelling unit location identification signage which will assist emergency personnel - e.g. fire suppression, police, medical services - in locating and responding to calls for emergency services. 15.42.020 Definitions. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated: (a) "Dwelling Unit" means a building or portion thereof containing but one (1) kitchen, designed and/or used to house not more than one (1) housekeeping unit. (b) "Multiple Dwelling Unit Complex" means a building or building(s) developed as a single project, whether simultaneously or in stages, containing more than four (4) dwelling units, specifically including, but not limited to, apartment complexes and residential condominium complexes, but not including hotels or motels containing efficiency units. (c) "Site plan" means a schematic diagram of a multiple dwelling unit complex, drawn to scale, showing all buildings in the complex, all streets and walkways within the complex, the locations of fire hydrants within the complex, the adjacent public streets and the dwelling unit designations (whether by number or letter) within each building in the complex. 15.42.030 General Provisions. (a) The City Building Director shall not permit occupancy of any multiple dwelling unit therein, unless he finds that requirements: (1) Each dwelling unit letter or number at least four (4) complex, or for any dwelling unit the complex satisfies the following is marked by a distinguishing inches in height and contrasting in color with the background, mounted on the exterior of the unit within twenty-four (24) inches of the front door to the unit and of any entry way leading to the front door, and visible from a distance of not less than twenty (20) feet; and (2) Each separate building within a complex is identified by numbers or letters at least six (6) inches in height and con- trasting in color with the background, mounted on the exterior of the building, and visible from each walkway approach to the building; and (3) If the complex contains twenty (20) or more dwelling units, site plans shall be displayed on the premises as directed by the Building Director. The Building Director shall consult with the Fire Chief and the Police Chief in determining the number and location of site plan displays required. Not less than one (1) nor more than three (3) site plan displays shall be required for each fifty (50) dwelling units, or fraction thereof, in the complex. A site plan shall be submitted for approval at the time of application for a building permit for each multiple dwelling unit complex as to which no building permit has been issued as of the effective date of the ordinance enacting this Chapter. (b) The owners of any multiple dwelling unit complex occupied as of the effective date of the ordinance enacting this Chapter shall bring the complex into compliance with the requirements set forth in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section within one (1) year of such effective date. For purposes hereof, the property owners' association and each owner of a dwelling unit within a condominium project shall be jointly and severally responsible for the satisfaction of such requirements. (c) The owners of any multiple dwelling unit complex shall be responsible for upkeep of the site plan display and of the unit and building identifications required by this Chapter, including protection from deterioration by the elements and removal of landscaping interfering with full visibility. Within any condominium project, such upkeep shall be the joint and several responsibility of the property owners' association and each owner of a dwelling unit within such project. (d) Upon approval of a site plan by the Building Director, a copy of such plan shall be filed and maintained at the police/ fire communications center. (e) The provisions of addition to those set forth this Chapter specify requirements in in Chapter 15.52. Should any pro- vision of this Chapter conflict with any provision of Chapter 15.52, the provisions of this Chapter shall prevail. 15.42.040 Enforcement and Penalty. (a) Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Building Director to enforce this Chapter. All departments, officials and public employees of the City of Bakersfield vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter, and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter shall be null and void. The provisions of this Chapter shall be interpreted and administered by the Building Director whose inspectors or authorized representatives shall have the right to enter upon any premises affected by this chapter for purposes of inspection. Any building or structure erected or maintained, or any use of property, contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the City Attorney may immediately commence actions and proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law and shall take such other steps and shall apply to any court as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such building, structure or use and restrain and enjoin any person, firm or corporation from erecting or maintaining such building or structure or using any property contrary to the provisions of This Chapter may also be enforced of the Superior Court upon the suit of occupant of any real property affected this Chapter. by injunction issued out the City or the owner or by such violation or prospective violation. This method of enforcement shall be cumulative and in no way affect the penal provisions hereof. (b) Penalty for Violations. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating any provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of no more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that violation of this Chapter continues shall be considered a separate offense. 15.42.050 Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Chapter, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, ir- respective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconsti- tutional. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. ......... o0o ......... 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 6th day of January , 1982, by the following vote: AY?S: COUN' ILMEN: BARTON, CHRISTENSEN, M£AflS, PAYNE, RATIY, ROCKOFF, STRONG £~:::_".LL .!..?: J-" rj ..... ~ CITY Officio Clerk of Council of the City of Bakersfield the AP~Rov-~ this 6t___~h day of January , 1982 ... z . /,'. MAYOR o~he City of~akersfield APPROVED as to form: CItY ATTOR~ 5f the ~ity 6f Bakersfield 5. Aff a of r uau es STATE OF CALIFORNIA, } 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 on ...................J.....a..~..u...~..r..y_...~.:. .........................................................................., 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 ....................~..a....n....u...?=.r..y..._..~.~ ..........................................19....~..2..., which ordinance was numbered_......_~.~.~.~ ........................New Series, and entitled: An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Bakersfield amending Title 15 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code by adding thereto Chapter 15.42 relative to Dwelling Unit location ~ndentification in Multiple Dwelling Unit Complexes. cit~Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this ~ January 1982 .7~..... day or ............................................