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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2414EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2414 NEW SERIES AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 8.48 AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 8.48, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND ESTABLISHING A DIRECT CHARGE THEREFOR. WHEREAS, since the passage of the Jarvis Amendment which becomes effective July 1, 1978, has severely limited revenues to the City; and WHEREAS, such revenues are necessary for the daily opera- tion of the City in the 1978-79 fiscal year and years following; and WHEREAS, Section 24 of the City Charter provides for the enactment of emergency ordinances for the daily operation of municipal departments and the appropriation of money through a service charge for refuse collection. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. That the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing Chapter 8.48 of Title 8, and substituting in lieu thereof a new Chapter 8.48, to read as follows: Chapter 8.48 REFUSE COLLECTION AND CONTROL AND CHARGE THEREFOR Sections: 8.48. 8.48. 8.48. 8.48. 8.48. 010 020 030 040 O50 8.48.060 8.48.070 8.48.080 8.48.090 8.48.100 8.48.110 8.48.120 8.48.130 Declaration of Policy. Definitions. Nature and Schedule of Refuse Disposal Charges. Schedule "A" - Schedule of Monthly Charges for Detachable Bins. Schedule "B" - Schedule of Monthly Charges for Standard Containers. Charge as Debt Against Occupant of Property - Penalty. Increases or Decreases In Charges Billing Property Owner. Billing, Collection and Payment of Charges - Refunds. Additional Powers and Duties. Accumulation. Required Refuse Containers. Refuse Collection Points. 8.48.140 8.48.150 8.48.160 8.48.170 8.48.180 Preparation of Refuse. Collection and Disposal. Enforcement - Powers and Duties of Director of Public Works. Penalty for Violation. Severability. 8.48.010 Declaration of Policy. The accumulation, collection, removal and disposal of refuse must be controlled by the City of Bakersfield for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. The Council of the City of Bakersfield finds that to give practical effect to this policy, a comprehensive system for the periodic collection, removal and disposal of refuse from all places and premises within the City is essential and that to accom- plish this purpose in the best interest and welfare of all the in- habitants of the City and for the general benefit of the community at large, it is necessary to provide that such services should be paid for directly by occupants of all uses of property in the City, and that therefore, all such occupants are hereby made liable for the refuse charges imposed under this chapter. Every such occupant shall pay the charges herein provided whether or not they use the refuse collection service in all cases where such requirement is lawful. 8.48.020 Definitions. Whenever in this chapter the following words and phrases set forth in this section are used, they shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: (a) PERSON, when used in this chapter, includes and shall be construed to mean any individual, firm, company, co- partnership, association, public entity or corporation occupying the status or obligation of a person under and within the terms hereof. (b) COLLECTOR, shall mean an agent or employee of the City of Bakersfield or any person, firm, corporation, or associa- tion or the agents of employees thereof licensed by con- tract or franchise to collect, transport, and dispose of refuse in the City of Bakersfield. (c) DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS shall mean the Director of Public Works of the City of Bakersfield or his authorized agent. (d) REFUSE, shall mean garbage, swill, or rubbish, but shall not include earth, dead animals, waste oil, liquids, industrial waste and building materials; refuse does not include heavy or bulky articles or objects such as trees, tree limbs, logs, automobile bodies, large motor vehicle parts, abandoned appliances or household or business fixtures, or any other substance, material or object that cannot be properly and safety collected and transported in the collection vehicle. (e) BUILDING MATERIALS, shall mean bricks, stone, mortar, concrete, or other debris incident to the construction or demolition of buildings or structures. (f) GARBAGE shall mean the animal and vegetable waste result- ing from the handling, preparation, and use of foods including discarded food containers and wrappers. (g) SWILL shall mean all classes of putrefactive and easily decomposable animal or vegetable matter that is subject to immediate decay and which has some propertly value. (h) RUBBISH, shall include waste paper, cardboard, rags, household ashes, lawn clippings, tree and shrubbery trimmings, leaves, wearing apparel, household goods and such worthless, useless, unused, rejected and cast-off matter produced by and as the result of human habitation and the transaction of business within the City, that can be properly and safely collected and transported in the collection vehicle. (i) INDUSTRIAL WASTE, shall mean solid wastes or waste material resulting or left over from industrial processes and manufacturing operations including, but not limited to: fibers; fabrics; plastics; styrofoam; rubber, resins; metals; slag; wood products, such as sawdust and shavings; packing materials; putrescible material from food processing plants and slaughter houses; condemned foods; cinders and ashes from power plants and incinera- tors; and miscellaneous manufacturing wastes. Such industrial waste is distinguished from ordinary commer- cial refuse or so-called trade wastes which emanate from stores, hotels, restaurants and markets. (j) REFUSE CONTAINER means standard containers, detachable bin-boxes, and stationary refuse compactor and drop-off boxes. (k) STANDARD CONTAINER shall mean a metallic or plastic can or disposable polyethylene or plastic bag of sufficient strength to prevent them being broken under ordinary conditions. They shall have a maximum capacity of 32 gallons and such cans shall not exceed 80 pounds and such bags shall not exceed 40 pounds when filled. Cans shall be equipped with a fly-tight cover, cover handles, and side bails. Bags shall be secured at the top. (1) DETACHABLE BIN-BOX shall mean a portable container supported on casters and approved by the Director of Public Works for mechanical handling by the collection trucks. (m) STATIONARY REFUSE COMPACTOR and DROP-OFF BOX is a large metallic refuse container capable of being detached and hauled by mechanical means, which is connected to a stationary, mechanical, refuse compactor for compacting refuse in such container. (n) SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING shall mean any detached building or residential condominium unit, designed and used ex- clusively for occupancy by one family, excluding bunga- lows in a bungalow court and mobilehomes. (o) MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING shall mean a building designed for residential occupancy and shall include duplexes, triplexes, apartments of four or more units, bungalows in a bungalow court, apartment houses, flats and mobile- homes. (p) DWELLING UNIT shall mean a building or portion thereof containing but one kitchen, designed and/or used to house not more than one family. (q) OCCUPANT shall include and mean every owner, tenant, occupant, or person having the care or control of pre- mises subject to direct charge for services within the City. (r) MOBILEHOME is a vehicle designed and equipped for human habitation and for being drawn by a motor vehicle. (s) BUNGALOW COURT shall mean a group or two or more detached dwelling units located upon a single lot or building site. 8.48.030 Nature and Schedule of Refuse Disposal Charges. The following charges are established for the collection, removal and disposal of refuse from all places, premises and uses of property accumulating and generating refuse in the City of Bakersfield: A. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS (a) Charge: $3.00 per month. (b) Permitted Refuse Containers: One or more standard containers. (c)Service: Twice per week pick-ups. B. MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS (a) Charge: $2.50 per month per unit, with use of standard containers; or the charge set forth in Schedule A, with optional use of detachable bins. (b) Permitted Refuse Containers: One or more standard containers per unit; or property owners have option to use detachable bins under Schedule A. (c) Service: Twice per week pick-ups of standard con- tainers; or service under Schedule A if option exercised for use of detachable bins. C. ALL PLACES, PREMISES OR USES OF PROPERTY OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. (a) Charge: $3.00 per month, minimum, or $2.50 per month per unit, with use of standard containers; or the charge set forth in Schedule A, with optional use of detachable bins; or the charge set forth in Schedule B, with optional use of more than two standard containers and/or more than twice a week pick-up. (b) Permitted Refuse Containers: No more than two standard containers, unless user exercises option to use addi- tional containers under Schedule B; users also have option to use detachable bins under Schedule A. (c) Service: Twice per week pick-ups of not more than two standard containers where neither Schedule A or B is used; or service under Schedule B, if option is exercised for additional pick-ups; or service under Schedule A, if option is exercised for use of detach- able bins. Do Any place, premise or use of property using the Stationary Compactor and Drop-off Box - $55.00 per collection. Eo Whenever any place, premise or use of property has accumu- lated refuse which requires special handling or is not prepared in accordance with Section 8.48.140 of this Chapter or which is not regularly collected and charged for under the provisions of this section or which has not been regularly collected due to obstruc- tion or other factors impeding pick-up during scheduled collections, collection of such refuse shall be considered a special collection. (a) Charge: Charges for such special collection shall be $25.00 per hour with a minimum charge of $4.25 for the first 10 minutes or fraction thereof. Time charged after the first 10 minutes shall be on the basis of 5-minute intervals calculated to the nearest 5 minutes. Such charges may be adjusted from time to time by the Director of Public Works, with the approval of the City Manager, to reflect the actual total cost of providing such service. Whenever any residential property has refuse con- tainers which are not placed in accordance with Section 8.48.130 of this chapter, there shall be an additional charge of $3.00 per month per location. collection and removal of industrial waste from their premises. Director of Public Works shall determine what is and what is not industrial waste. Charges set forth in this section shall not Industries in the City shall be responsible for the proper The apply to industrial waste. 8.48.040 Bins. Schedule "A", Schedule of Monthly Charges for Detachable SCHEDULE "A" SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY CHARGES FOR DETACHABLE BINS 1. Units or Uses Using 1-1/2 or 2 Cubic Yard Detachable Bins. Pick-ups Per Week Charge Per Montlh $15.00 per bin $22.50 per bin $30.00 per bin $37.50 per bin $45.00 per bin Three or more bins on daily service rate is reduced to $40.00 per bin per month. 2. Units or Uses Using 3 Cubic Yard Detachable Bins. Pick-ups Per Week Charge Per Month 2 3 4 5 6 $22.50 per bin $33.75 per bin $45.00 per bin $56.25 per bin $67.50 per bin Three or more bins on daily service rate is reduced to $60.00 per bin per month. 3. Units or Uses Using 4 Cubic Yard Detachable Bins. Pick-ups Per Week Charge Per Month 2 3 4 5 6 $30.00 per bin $45.00 per bin $60.00 per bin $75.00 per bin $90.00 per bin Three or more bins on daily service rate is reduced to $80.00 per bin per month. 7 o 4. Units or Uses Using 5 Cubic Yard Detachable Bins. Pick-ups Per Week Charge Per Montlh $37.50 per bin $56.25 per bin $75.00 per bin $93.75 per bin $112.50 per bin Three or more bins on daily service rate is reduced to $100.00 per bin per month. 5. Units or Uses Using 6 Cubic Yard Detachable Bins. Pick-ups Per Week Charge Per Month 2 3 4 5 6 $45.00 per bin $67.50 per bin $90.00 per bin $112.50 per bin $135.00 per bin Three or more bins on daily service rate is reduced to $120.00 per bin per month. 8.48.050 Containers. Schedule "B", Schedule of Monthly Charges SCHEDULE "B" SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY REFUSE CHARGES FOR STANDARD CONTAINERS for Standard NO. OF STD. CONTAINERS NO. OF PICK-UPS PER WEEK 2 3 4 5 6 1 or 2 $ 3.00 $ 4.50 $ 6.00 $ 7.50 $ 9.00 3 4.50 6.75 9.00 11.25 13.50 4 6.00 9.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 5 7.50 11.25 15.00 18.75 22.50 6 9.00 13.50 18.00 22.50 27.00 7 10.50 15.75 21.00 26.25 31.50 8 12.00 18.00 24.00 30.00 36.00 9 13.50 20.25 27.00 33.75 40.50 10 15.00 22.50 30.00 37.50 45.00 8.48.060 Charge as Debt Against Occupant of Property - Penalty. A charge imposed by this chapter shall be a civil debt owing to the City from the occupant of the property. Any service user who fails or refuses to pay the charges imposed by this chapter shall be sub- ject to a penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or ten per cent (10%) of the charge due, whichever is larger, in addition to any interest due as a result of such failure or refusal. Said penalty shall be applicable only in the event that it becomes necessary for the City to commence legal action to collect the charge. 8.48.070 Increases or Decreases In Charges. (a) The charges specified in this Chapter for single-family dwellings shall be revised annually during the City Council budget hearings and shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the changes in the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services issued by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce. (b) The charges specified in this Chapter for all places, premises or uses of property other than single family dwellings shall be increased or decreased annually during budget session in accordance with any changes in actual cost to the City of providing collection, removal and disposal of refuse at such places, to the the City shall recover the actual cost of the service end that provided. (c) Upon determination of changes in the Index, as stated in Subsection (a) or the changes in actual cost as stated in Subsection (b), this Chapter shall be amended accordingly to show the required changes in the said charges. 8.48.080 Billing Property Owner. In the case of multiple family dwellings or other places, premises or uses of property other than single family dwellings, containing more than one unit, such charges may be billed to the property owner who may collect such charges imposed against the occupants of such units located on such premises, and shall transmit the amount so collected to the City. In the event the property owner fails to collect such charges from any such occupant and remit the same to the City, the property owner shall be liable to the City for payment of such charges. 8.48.090 Billing, Collection and Payment of Charges, Refunds. (a) The collection of the charges imposed under this chapter shall be under the direction, supervision and control of the Finance Operations Manager, hereinafter referred to as Manager. (b) The Manager may require billings to be paid quarterly in advance; provided, that the first quarterly charges shall be pro- rated for the unexpired number of months or major part thereof in such quarter; or the Council by resolution may avail itself of the provisions of Section 50 of the Charter of the City of Bakersfield and Section 51330 et. seq. of the Government Code, and thereby cause such charges to be collected by the County Tax Collector. (c) The Manager may make refunds of advance payments on the same prorata basis if requested in writing in affidavit form by the depositor within three months from the date of any termination of an account, otherwise no refund shall be made. Adjustments for any increase or decrease of service shall otherwise be made only on a quarterly basis. (d) All bills for the charges imposed under this chapter are due and payable upon presentation. Bills not paid within thirty (30) days after the date of presentation shall be deemed delinquent. (e) Whenever the Manager determines that a person billed has deliberately failed or refused to pay all of any part of the charges imposed under this chapter billed to said person, or has failed to pay charges for two or more successive billing periods, or whenever the Manager deems it to be in the best interests of the City, he shall serve notice on the person billed of his delinquency. (f) The notice shall be served on the person billed by handing it to him personally, or by deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid thereon, to his last-known address. If the person billed is delinquent and fails to pay the Manager within fifteen (15) days from the date of service of the notice upon him, which shall be the date of mailing if service is not accomplished by personal delivery, a penalty of twenty-five per cent (25%) of the amount of the delinquent charges imposed under this chapter, but not less than $5.00, shall thereupon be imposed. The penalty shall be required to be paid in addition to the delinquent charges. 8.48.100 Additional Powers and Duties. The Manager shall have the power and duty, and is hereby directed to enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to the billing and collection of charges for refuse services, and may make such rules and regulations as are consistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be necessary or desirable to aid in such administration and enforcement. 10. 8.48.110 Accumulation. It shall be unlawful for any occupant to permit the accumulation of refuse to become or remain offensive, unsightly, or unsafe to public health or hazardous froin fire, or to deposit, keep, or accumulate, or permit or cause any refuse to be deposited, kept, or accumulated upon any lot or parcel of land, or any public or private place, street, lane, alley, or driveway, except as herein provided. 8.48.120 Required Refuse Containers. Every occupan~ and person shall at all places or premises in the City maintain sufficient clean containers, free from jagged edges and in good repair and strength to hold all refuse created, produced, or accumulated on the place or premises between regular twice a week collections, unless a more frequent schedule has been approved by the Director of Pubic Works. 1. A sufficient number of containers shall mean, ibut not be limited to the following minimum: (a) Single-family dwellings - one (1) standard container. (b) Multiple-family dwellings - detachable bin-boxes of capacity required by the Director of Public Works, but where not used, a minimum of one (1) standard container per unit. (c) Other places, premises and uses of property - detachable bin-boxes of capacity required by the Director of Public Works but where not used, a minimum of one (1) standard container per unit. (d) If any place, premise or use of property accumulates or generates twelve (12) or more cubic yards of refuse per day, the Director of Public Works may require the occupant to provide and install a Stationary Compactor ity to hold accumulated refuse, Public Works. and Drop-Off Box of sufficient capac- as determined by the Director of 2. When not being filled or emptied all containers must be kept tightly closed, and it shall be unlawful for any person, not authorized to do so, to open such containers to collect or to scatter the refuse stored therein. 8.48.130 Refuse Collection Points. For collection purposes every person shall place his refuse containers in accordance with the following rules and regulations: (a) In those portions of the City where there is an alley abutting adjacent except when impracticable, such containers shall be directed by the Director of Public Works. the premises, all properly prepared refuse shall be placed to the alley as near as possible to the property line; placed as 11. (b) In those portions of the City where there are no alleys, properly prepared refuse, except grass clippings, leaves or trimmings shall be placed adjoining the private driveway, where feasible, as near the front of the house as practicable, but in no case, more than fifty feet distant from the curbline adjacent to the street from which such driveway extends. Properly prepared grass clippings, leaves or trimmings, and any refuse contained in polyethylene or bags shall be placed not more than ten feet from the curb- plastic line; level, or ground, over. (c) Refuse containers shall be placed on or near ground if necessary a rack, not to exceed two (2) feet above the shall be constructed so that the containers will not tip (d) In no event shall collector be required to collect refuse through any gate, nor shall such collector be required to collect refuse through any trellis, pergola, arbor, clothesline, carport or within any enclosed structure. It shall be the respon- sibility of the person receiving refuse collection service to provide free and proper access to refuse containers. 8.48.140 Preparation of Refuse. For the protection of and efficient handling, all refuse shall be placed in some containers unless otherwise provided for in this be kept free of all liquids and further prepared manner. Collector refuse placed section; it shall in the following (a) Garbage is to be securely wrapped with paper and in either a standard container or detachable bin-box. (b) Swill, when the Director of Public Works determines a is producing it in sufficient quantities so as to be aai- shall be separately accumulated in standard containers, premises vageable, otherwise it shall be prepared as garbage. (c) Animal or human excrement and all types of disposable diapers must be wrapped securely in paper or placed in a covered box. (d) Grass clippings are to be placed in standard or sturdy cardboard containers, provided such cardboard containers shall not exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight when served by the Collector. Cardboard containers will be taken unless otherwise indicated that they are to remain. 12. (e) Shrubbery and brush trimmings with branches not over one and one-half (1-1/2) inches in diameter shall either be securely tied in bundles on both ends not exceeding four (4) feet in length or eighteen (18) inches in diameter, or be placed in cardboard con- tainers that, including their contents, do not exceed three (3) cubic feet each. In no case shall they be placed in any refuse container. (f) Leaves but no other debris from about October 15 to and including the following January 15 may be deposited in the gutter adjacent to the depositor's front property line. At all other times leaves shall be prepared in the same manner as grass clippings. (g) Household ashes must be thoroughly cold by the day of collection and placed in a disposable cardboard box not to exceed fifty (50) pounds. (h) Containers, cardboard boxes or other receptacles con- taining grass clippings, weeds or leaves, may also contain dirt which is incidental to such rubbish, provided that the maximum permitted weight is not exceeded. (i) Single items of rubbish such as cardboard boxes, and other rejected items produced by and as the result of human habita- tion, capable of easy removal and not exceeding fifty pounds, which are inconvenient to place in containers or other receptacles, may be placed adjacent to the alley or adjacent to the curb line where there are no alleys at single-family dwellings in the City, and shall be taken by the collector. Any refuse not prepared in accordance with this sec- tion need not be handled by Collector and if allowed to lie about and accumulate for any length of time shall be deemed in violation of Section 8.48.110 of this chapter. 8.48.150 Collection and Disposal. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dis- pose or to allow the collection, removal or disposal of, garbage or swill, unless such person making such collection, removal or dis- posal, be the Collector as defined above. 13. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose or allow the collection, removal or disposal of any salvageable or recycleable material, unless such person making such collection, removal or disposal, be the Collector as defined above or has applied for and been granted a permit for such purpose by the City Manager. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, remove or dispose or to enter into an agreement to collect, remove or dispose or to allow the collection, removal or disposal of rubbish unless such person making such collection, removal or disposal, be the Collector as defined above or is the person from whose premises said rubbish is collected and removed; provided, however, that every person engaging in the business of gardening is authorized to collect, remove and dispose of garden trimmings as an incident to such business. (d) Any person in the City of Bakersfield authorized as a Collector shall collect at least twice per week or more frequently as required by the Director of Public Works all refuse accumulated at any premises in the City accumulating and generating such refuse. (e) Transportation of all garbage or swill by authorized Collectors, shall be in leak-and fly-proof containers or in leak- proof vehicle bodies or compartments fitted with sliding or hinged covers, which shall be kept closed at all times, except that one cover at a time may be open during loading. All such containers, vehicle bodies and compartments, must be kept clean at all times. (f) Transportation of all rubbish shall be in vehicles so constructed and equipped that said rubbish cannot be blown, sifted through, nor allowed to fall upon any street, driveway. lane, alley, or (g) Disposal. 1. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person including Collector, to burn or bury any garbage within the City of Bakersfield except at the designated Sanitary Landfill property or other approved areas and then only in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the use of these disposal areas. 14. 2. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person, including Collector, to dump refuse at any place within the City except at the designated Sanitary Landfill projects, unless such other places have been approved by the City of Bakersfield. 3. It shall be unlawful at any time for any person, including Collector, to bury any rubbish within the City of Bakersfield, except at designated Sanitary Landfill project or other approved areas. (h) All refuse shall otherwise become the property of the City upon the authorized collection thereof as herein provided. 8.48.160 Enforcement - Powers and Duties of Director of Public Works. (a) The Director of Public Works shall supervise the Collection and removal of all refuse by the City and shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. He shall have the right to inspect any and all premises for the purpose of determining whether the pro- visions of this chapter are being observed. Any person denying or obstructing such inspection shall be subject to the penalties herein provided. (b) The Director of Public Works shall establish routes and days for collection and may change same from time to time. When such routes and days are established or changed, he shall give such notice thereof as he may deem advisable. (c) In all cases where he shall find that practical diffi- culty in complying with the requirements of this chapter as to the placing of refuse for collection by the City, he shall designate where such refuse shall be placed or kept for collection by the City and the conditions under which it shall be collected. (d) The Director of Public Works with the approval of the City Manager shall make such rules and regulations not incon- sistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be necessary, reasonable and proper to effect the expeditious, economical and efficient collection and removal of refuse by the City. Such rules and regulations may also relate to the required frequency of refuse collections at various locations, the type and number of 15. refuse containers required, and the vehicles used in making such collections. The determination of the Director of Public Works with the approval of the City Manager shall be conclusive. 8.48.170 Penalty for Violation. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or willfully and knowingly refusing to comply with the rules, regulations and determinations of the Director of Public Works shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months or by both fine and imprisonment. 8.48.180 Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining sec- tions of this chapter. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 2. This emergency ordinance shall become effective immediately and shall be operative on and after the 1st day of January, 1979. Chapter 8.48, in effect on May 30, 1978, as amended, shall be operative until the 1st day of January, 1979. .......... o0o .......... 16. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the and adopted by the Council of the City of meeting thereof held on the 14th day of the following vote: foregoing Ordinance was passed Bakersfield at a regular June , 1978, by AYES: COUN( ~LMEN BARTON, NOES: COUNCTLMEN: APPROVED th'2s y of June - ~ ~f/t~v~ty of Bakersfield 1978 APPROVED as to form: CITY ATTORNEY of We City of Bakersfield Aff' a of j ost ng STATE OF CALIFORNIA, t County of Kern ss. H. E. BERGEN, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that oa ...........................................~.~.~.~.....~...5.. ..........................................................,19...~..8... he posted on the Bulletin Board at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an m'dinance passed by the Council of said City at a meeting thereof duly held on .......... .q..q...n....e..h...~:.~ .................................................., 19..~.~...., which ordinance was numbered~ ....... ~.~?! ...................New Series, and entitled: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING TttE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 8.48 AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 8.48, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND ESTABLISHING A DIRECT CHARGE THEREFOR. Subscribed and sworn to before me this