HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/27/1999 BAKERSFIELD
Randy Rowles, Chair
David Couch
Mike Maggard
Staff: John W. Stinson
AGENDA
URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
of the City Council - City of Bakersfield
Monday, September 27, 1999
1:15 p.m.
City Manager's Conference Room
Second Floor- City Hall, Suite 201
1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA
1. ' ROLL CALL
2. ADOPT AUGUST 30, 1999 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
3. PRESENTATIONS
4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
5. DEFERRED BUSINESS
A. Metropolitan Bakersfield freeway status report - Shaw
B. Staff report regarding transfer of development rights - Hardisty
C. Staff report regarding Charrette Process- Hardisty
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review and Committee recommendation regarding existing City ordinances relating to
manufactured homes - Hardisty
B. Discussion and Committee recommendation regarding standards for billboards bordering
City/County areas - Hardisty
C. Set next meeting
7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
8. ADJOURNMENT
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AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Monday, August 30,1999
1:15 p.m.
City Manager's Conference Room
1. ROLL CALL
Call to Order at 1:15 p.m..
Present: Councilmembers Randy Rowles, Chair; David Couch and Mike Maggard
2. ADOPT JULY 12, 1999 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
Adopted as submitted.
3. PRESENTATIONS
None
4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
None
5. DEFERREDBUSlNESS
A. Update on current status of Bakersfield area freeway projects - Rojas
Public Works Director Raul Rojas gave an update on various freeway projects. He
indicated the resurfacing of highway 178 would be finished in about a month according
to Caltrans. There was a discussion about the Kern River Freeway environmental
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assessment continuing and possible acquisition of land for right-of-way by Caltrans.
Councilmember'Couch requested a memo from Public Works regarding Caltrans freeing
up funds for these purchases. Gene Bogart gave an update on the recharge test ponds.
Councilmember Couch also requested Development Services staff prepare a report on
the transfer of development rights, including a possible program for the protection of
water recharge areas.
Robyn Cady, representing the California Trucking Association expressed concerns
regarding the safety and environmental impacts of the proposed Kern River Freeway.
She cited recent problems with the Century Freeway in Los Angeles as an example of
poor highway planning. Staff was asked to prepare a summary of issues involving the
Century Freeway for background information.
B. Discussion of possible incentives to encourage planting of trees in the downtown
area - Stinson
There was a discussion regarding the planting of trees in the downtown. Ruth Simonson
from the Downtown Business and Property Owners Association (DBA) spoke regarding
the need for an Urban Forestry Plan and an Urban Forestry Planner. Cathy Butler from
the DBA commented that there needed to be a comprehensive and uniform process for
planting and maintaining trees that ensures conformity in the downtown. She said it
would be helpful to downtown businesses if there were a program, similar to the
Unreinforced Masonry assistance program to provide funding for additional' tree
improvements. Ms. Simonson provided the committee a brief memorandum regarding
the Urban Forestry Plan and some publications regarding urban forestry. Staff provided
the committee with cost information to provide a typical tree in the downtown including
the cost of the tree, grate and irrigation.
Rick Hewett of the Tree Foundation of Kern provided a "50 Year Strategic P/an for Kern
Community Forests." Staff indicated that it was proceeding with expanding the
landscaping of downtown beyond Chester Avenue to other adjacent streets such as 18t~
Street which is in the 1999-00 budget. Staff is also looking for grant funding to further
expand the effort. A major concern is the need to have areas in maintenance districts
to provide funding for ongoing maintenance of the trees. The city needs the support of
property owners to be added to the maintenance district. It was suggested that staff
investigate a program similar to the refuse program, which is done by agreement with the
DB,& for the watering and maintenance of trees. The Committee requested that staff
provide a summary of the 3r'~ party relationship with the DBA regarding providing refuse
services, a 5 year plan for planting trees in the downtown, the cost of a maintenance
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district for the area, and to contact the DBA and Tree Foundation regarding their interest
in participating in options for planting and/or maintaining trees in the downtown. This
report is to be brought back to the Committee at their next meeting.
C. Discussion of Transportation Sales Tax Measure - Rojas
Public Works Director Raul Rojas gave a brief overview on the transportation sales tax
survey done by the Kern Transportation Foundation. Preliminary results indicate
insufficient countywide support for additional sales taxes for road maintenance or
construction. The final report should be prepared within the next month and when it is
available, it will be brought back to the Committee for further discussion.
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review of Transportation Development Fund Projects - Rojas
Marion Shaw gave a brief overview of the project list and reviewed the list with the
Committee. Councilmember Couch asked about deferring the signal project at Hageman
and Patton to a later time on the schedule. Staff will review the accident records for that
intersection and make the change to delay it if appropriate. It was discussed that the list
of projects must be mutually reviewed and approved by both the City and County. City
and County staffs will be meeting to discuss projects directly affecting both agencies in
the next week or so. The list of projects will be reviewed with the Building Industry
Association and brought back at the next Committee meeting for review prior to
recommendation to the City Council for approval.
B. Discussion about Downtown Park and Square - Tandy
The Committee had a discussion regarding the Council goal of developing a downtown
park and square. Councilmember Rowles discussed the charrette process and
suggested that it could be useful to identify the image the public woUld desire for the
downtown. He requested that Mr. Hardisty explore the costs for such a process and
bring back information at the next Committee meeting. Councilmember Couch requested
information from staff on the use of transfer of development rights in the downtown, the
process and forms of property acquisition in the identification of specific sites and that
staff investigate the charrette process as recommended by Councilmember Rowles. City
Manager Tandy discussed the complexities of attracting developers to a potential
downtown project including potential site location and economic concerns. The
Committee also discussed potential incentives to encourage downtown development.
The Committee will continue discussion of this issue at future meetings.
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C. Set Next Meeting Date
The next meeting was set for September 27, 1999.
7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
8. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned at 4:05 p.m.
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Attendance: Staff: City Manager Alan Tandy, Assistant City Manager John Stinson, City
Attorney Bart Thiltgen, Public Works Director Raul Rojas, Development Services
Director Jack Hardisty, Economic Development Director Jake Wager; Water
Resources Manager Gene Bogart; Start Ford, Parks and Recreation Director; Civil
Engineer Marian Shaw; Water Resources Director Florn Core; Water Department
Engineer Tera Entenman.
Public: Ron Brummett, Kern COG; Michael Green, Reporter- The Bakersfield
Californian; Brian Todd, Building Industry Association of Kern County; John
Fallgatter, Smart Growth Coalition; Robyn Cady, Chairman, Kern Unit of the
California Trucking Association; Ray Hewett, Tree Foundation of Kern; Cathy
Butler and Ruth Simonson, Downtown Business Association; and Roger Mclntosh.
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Urban Development Committee
~,/Raul M. Rojas, Public Works Director
FROM:
DATE: September 21, 1999
SUBJECT: Centennial Corridor Property Acquisition Update
To date, the City has acquired nearly 45 acres of land within the City's adopted Specific Plan Line.
Revenue for these purchases has come from the Metropolitan Bakersfield Transportation Impact Fee
program. Another 40 acres of land has been reserved through the subdivision mapping process. This
property has already been appraised in its pre-development condition consistent with State law and will be
purchased at a later date.
The City has also requested that CalTrans pursue an early purchase, of property which is outside the City's'
currently adopted specific plan line but which will fall within the State's proposed plan line. The property
at the southwest comer of Coffee Road and Brimhall Road was being processed through the City for a Site
Plan Review for a large retail store. Because of the property's status of"immanent development", CalTrans
may be able to utilize the provisions of the Eaves Bill to start the early acquisition of the property prior to
construction of any improvements, thereby realizing a considerable savings.
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Jacques R. La Rochelle
Marian P. Shaw
BAKERSFIELD
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Urban Development Committee
FROM: Raul M. Rojas, Public Works Director ~~
DATE: September 27, 1999
SUBJECT: Century Freeway
At the last Urban Development Committee meeting, a question was raised regarding the Century Freeway
and some problems associated with it. Please find attached for your information a copy of the executive
summary of the California State Auditor's report number 99113, "Department of Transportation:
Disregarding Early Warnings Has Caused Millions of Dollars to Be Spent Correcting Century Freeway
Design Flaws".
The Century Freeway has had problems with rising groundwater in a segment of the freeway that was'
constructed below ground level (about 15 - 20'). This segment crosses a water recharge area. This has
caused some fairly serious problems with the pavement and the drainage system. CalTrans has spent $22
million in emergency repairs and plans to spend another $45 million for permanent repairs to the drainage
system.
Evidently, CalTrans agreed to extend the lowered section of the freeway across this water recharge area,
but did not sufficiently design the freeway for those conditions. The State Auditor has made some
recommendations for both this specific project and all future projects designed to prevent this from
happening again. The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and CalTrans has agreed with the
recommendations.
Grades have not yet been set for the segment of the Kern River Freeway crossing the water recharge area.
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California State Auditor/Bureau of State Audits
Summary of Report Number 99113 - August 1999
Department of Transportation:
Disregarding Early Warnings Has Caused Millions of Dollars to Be Spent Correcting
Century Freeway Design Flaws
RESULTS IN BRIEF
After nearly 30 years of controversy, court injunctions, and delays, the California Department of
Transportation (CalTrans) opened the Century Freeway in Los Angeles County in October 1993. In
March 1995, problems again arose for the freeway when, less than two years after the opening, CalTrans
discovered cracking and sunken sections in the shoulder areas of the freeway that it had constructed
below ground level. Although it originally thought the problems involved maintenance issues, by
January 1996 CalTrans became aware that matters were far worse: it had not designed the lowered
section of the freeway to compensate sufficiently for the effects of rising ~oundwater beneath the
pavements_
During the planning, design, and construction phases for the Century Freeway, CalTrans disregarded
warning signs that could have prevented design flaws in the freeway's 3.5-mile lowered section. Most
significantly, CalTrans disregarded the 1968 recommendation of its staff to test extensively the soils and
the groundwater levels in the area planned for the lowered section, even when it designed the modified
storm-drain system for the freeway in 1973. Further, in late 1981, CalTrans agreed to extend the length
of the lowered section of the freeway west toward the Los Angeles River, and the department apparently
designed this extension without adequate research and consideration, such as additional testing of the
soil and groundwater conditions in the area. If CalTrans had performed these tests, it could have realized
the rising groundwater would threaten the freeway as designed, and it could have taken appropriate steps
early in the project.
CalTr~ms has documents from 1987 showing that groundwater levels had risen substantially between
1985 and 1987 in the area planned for the below ground level section of the freeway. However, because
this analysis was for determining bridge foundations, it was not sent to the district unit designing the
lowered section. During construction of the drain system for the lowered section in July 1990, CalTrans
installed four dewatering wells because it was encountering a lot of water. The ground was so wet that
CalTrans halted construction for more than six weeks. Another six years passed before CalTrans realized
it had a serious groundwater problem.
While CalTrans was struggling to move forward with the Century Freeway project, another agency was
taking action that was to have important consequences for the freeway. The freeway crosses over t~vo
groundwater basins. By the 1950s, the groundwater of these basins had been overpumped, reducing
available groundwater supplies while demand for groundwater was increasing. As part of the effort to
restore the health of the groundwater basins, a water replenishment district was established in 1959 to
return water to the basins. By early 1997, the groundwater levels had increased over 30 feet. Although
the groundwater replenishment involves all the geological layers, those layers closest to the surface.
which are about 25 feet below grade, are the ones affecting the lowered section of the Century Freeway.
CalTrans may have pushed ahead without further analyzing groundwater conditions because it was
under some pressure to begin construction of the freeway after the 1981 lifting of a court injunction that
had halted progress for many years. To qualify for federal highway funding for this project, CalTrans
had to meet certain construction deadlines.
In January 1996, once CalTrans acknowledged that the cracking and sinking were more than ongoing
maintenance problems, it spent $22 million in emergency repairs and planned to use another $45 million
for permanent repairs to the drainage system. CalTrans engaged both in-house engineers and outside
consultants from academia and private practice to evaluate the underlying causes of the problems and
develop options to resolve them. ~
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Although it is working to remedy the situation, CalTrans must still determine what it will do with the
groundwater it pumps from beneath the freeway. As of May 1999, CalTrans had paid, under protest,
more than $370,000 in taxes to pump out the groundwater. The department is currently diverting the
water into the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers: thus the water is not available for other uses.
CalTrans is, on the other hand, reviewing proposals with two local cities to find beneficial uses for the
extracted water so that it does not waste the water or undermine the efforts of the local water
replenishment district. Because CalTrans has not determined the best resolution to the groundwater
disposal problem, it has no firm estimates of the costs related to the reuse of the extracted water.
However, preliminary estimates suggest that the additional costs could be more than $50 million for
initial costs and from $370,000 to $5 million in annual costs.
In responding to concerns that CalTrans withheld information about the problems it was experiencing on
the Century Freeway, CalTrans acknowledged it could have done more to inform the Legislature.
However, CalTrans did include some information related to the Century Freeway problems in its normal
communications with local legislators, the public, and the California Transportation Commission.
Since the groundwater problems became apparent, CalTrans has reassessed some of its policies and
procedures and convened an in-house review of the circumstances leading to the problems at the lowered
section of the Century Freeway. The review panel made numerous recommendations for new or revised
procedures and most units have responded appropriately. However, CalTrans has not monitored some
units, which were slow to implement changes.
RECOMMENDATIONS
CalTrans should inform the Legislature, through its Senate and Assembly Transportation committees, as
well as the Califomia Transportation Commission about the department's progress in determining an
environmentally sound and cost-effective method for reusing the groundwater pumped from under the
Century Freeway.
CalTrans should continue working with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California to
coordinate actions so that neither agency jeopardizes the other's efforts to fulfill its organizational
mission.
To ensure that it properly puts into practice the recommendations from special in-house staff reports,
CalTrans should ensure that the unit designated to implement these recommendations periodically
reports its progress to department management.
AGENCY COMMENTS
The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and CalTrans agreed with our recommendations. In
addition, the department suggested several wording changes to the draft report. We have accepted some
of the department's suggestions in developing our final report.
· View this entire report in Adobe Portable Document Fore, at (PDF)
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MEMORANDUM
September 24, 1999
TO: URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE O~~.~./~/ ..
FROM: JACK HARDISTY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECT . /~'
RE: TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM POTEN'~IAL WATER
RECHARGE AREAS
Dudng the Urban Development Committee's discussion of possible replacement of percolation
areas anticipated by construction of Highway 58 in the Allen Road area, a memo on the
application of Transfer of Development Rights to the recharge areas was requested.
Having carefully reviewed the transfer of development rights program requirements and the
scope of its proposed application it is my recommendation that other methods of preservation
and acquisition already available to the city, water districts and state of California be used with
respect to this property.
These are the reasons for my recommendation:
1. The property is relatively small.
2. Acquisition of the property for percolation maybe by the state, city or special
district.
3. Putting a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program in place is a complex,
time-consuming process.
4.. Once established TDR has on-going administrative costs.
5. There are other ways to acquire or reserve the areas for percolation (and
possibly open space, trail landscape,etc). They include purchase of options,
easements or full fee title. It is also possible to amend the General Plan and
zoning to accommodate the shifting about of land uses.
6. Regulations to stop legitimate development of property for a public purpose
opens up issues of inverse condemnation.
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Bart Thiltgen, City Attorney
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MEMORANDUM
September 24, 1999
TO: URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ~-
FROM: JACK HARDISTY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECT~R~~
RE: CHARRETTE
Councilman Rowles has expressed an interest in organizing a "Charrette" to put together a
plan for a focal point or thematic element for downtown as a follow through of City Council
goals. He has provided the attached booklets which come out of a very successful "Charrette"
process conducted in Florida. The handbook is very informative about what is involved in
putting on a "Charrette" and the other pamphlets summarize the products. We have had some
preliminary discussions with architects who are familiar with the "Charrette" process and they
have been very supportive and enthusiastic.
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RE: CITY ORDINANCE RELATED TO MANUFACTURED HOMES
Councilwoman Demond has referred review of the city's ordinance regulating placement of
mobile homes in residential zones to the Urban Development Committee to consider whether it
is appropriate and consistent with state law. Excerpts from the Municipal Code and State
Government Code are attached for your review.
The two optional requirements not addressed by the city's code are underlined.
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in a dilapidated, obsolete or deteriorated condi- to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code
tion which in any manner may result in or tend shall be permitted on lots within R-I zones.
to lessen the economic values of adjoining Upon application therefor pursuant to the provi-
properties, or be a detriment to the neighbor- sions of Chapter 15.12 and payment of applicable
hood in which the building is to be placed, and fees, the building director shall grant such
the buildings shall be made to conform generally permit if, but only if, he makes the following
to and be in harmony in appearance with the findings:
buildings in the immediate neighborhood to 1. The lot upon which such mobile home is
which the building is to be moved. (Prior code to be installed is determined to be compatible
§ 13.28.050). for such mobile home use (for purposes hereof,
it shall be conclusively presumed that a lot is
15.44.070 Inspection ofbuildingsmoved compatible if the roof overhang, roofing
from outside to inside the city or materials, and siding materials (and extent
from one place to another within thereof) conform generally to and are in
the city. harmony with dwellings in the immediate neigh-
A. No permit shall be issued under this chap- borhood of the lot); and
ter for the moving of a building from a site out- 2. The applicant accepts as conditions of
side the city to a site inside the city unless and such permit conditions that the proposed
until the building to be moved has been fully installation be made in full compliance with all
inspected by a licensed civil or structural applicable provisions of state law, including, but
engineer or licensed architect, who shall certify not limited to, the provisions of Health and
that every component part of the building is Safety Code Section 18551, and that such
structurally sound and meets the requirements installation be made in full compliance with
of this chapter including repairs or corrections each development standard to which a conven-
and that the building has been satisfactorily tional single-family residential dwelling on the
braced to withstand stresses caused by moving, same lot would subject to, including, but not
All of the buildings shall, however, be subject limited to, building setback standards, side and
to the approval of the building official before rear yard requirements, standards for enclosures,
being placed on the new site. access, and vehicle parking.
B. Buildings to be moved from one location B. Refusal of Permit - Appeal. Whenever the
to another within the city, shall be first in- building director withholds or refuses to issue a
spected and approved by the building official, permit required under this section, the applicant
The fee for the inspection shall be twelve dollars, for the permit may, within ten days from the '
The inspection shall determine the condition of date of the building director's decision, appeal
the building for compliance with this chapter such decision to the city council. The city clerk
including repairs or corrections. (Prior code shall set the matter for public hearing before the
§ 13.28.060). city council and shall give notice of such hearing
as prescribed in subdivisions I and 2 of subsec-
15.44.075 Mobile homes in R-1 zones, tion C of Section 16.16.060 of this code. Upon
A. Permit Required. Upon the granting ora such hearing, the city council shall direct
permit therefor by the city's building director, issuance of such permit if, but only if, it makes
and notwithstanding any other provision of this the findings set forth in subsection A of this
code, mobile homes certified under the National section. The decision of the city council shall
Mobilehome Construction and Safety Standards be final. (Ord. 2652 § 1, 1981; Ord. 2648 § 1,
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401 et seq.) 1981: prior code § 15.44.075).
and installed on a foundation system pursuant
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§ 65852.3 GOVERNMENT CODE
§ 65852.3. Regulation of installation of manufactured homes; Exemptions
(a) A city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, shall allow the installation of manufactured
homes certified under the Nati6nal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. Secs. 5401 et seq.) on a foundation system, pursuant to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code,
on lots zoned for conventional single-family residential dwellings. Except with respect to architectural require-
ments, a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, shall only subject the manufactured home
and the lot on which it is placed to the same development standards to which a conventional single-family
residential dwelling on the same lot would be subject, including, but not limited to, building setback standards,
side and rear yard requirements, standards for enclosures, access, and vehicle parking, aesthetic requirements,
and minimum square footage requirements. Any architectural requirements imposed on the manufactured home
structure itself, exclusive of any requirement for any and all additional enclosures, shall be limited to its roof
· overhang, roofing material, and siding material. These architectural requirements may be imposed on
manufactured homes even if similar requirements are not imposed on conventional single-family residential
dwellings. However, any architectural requirements for roofing and siding material shall not exceed those
which would be required of conventional single-family dwellings constructed on the same lot. At the discre:_
tion of the local legislative body, the city or county may preclude installation of a manufactured home in zones:
specified in this section if more than 10 years have elapsed between the date of manufacture of the_
manufactured home and the date of the application for the issuance of a ~rmit to install the man%t'aetured _
home in the affected, zone. In no case may a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, apply
any development standards that will have the effect of precluding manufactured homes from being installed as
permanent residences.
_Co) At the discretion of the local legislative body, any place, building, structure, or other object having a s_t~x:iaJ
character or special historical interest or value, and which is regulated by a legislative body pursuant to Sec- _
fi0n 37361, may be exempted from this section, provided the place, building, structure, or other object is ligte~
0ti the National Register of Historic Places.
Amended Stats 1988 ch 1571 § I; Stats 1994 ch 896 § 3 (AB 3735).
Amendments:
1988 Amendment: (1) Added subdivision designation (a); (2) amended subd (a) by (a) substituting ", shall allow the instal-
lation of manufactured homes certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974" for "shall not prohibit the installation of mobilehomes certified under the National Mobile Home Construction and
Safety Standards Act of 1974" in the first sentence; (b) substituting "conventional single-family residential dwellings. Except
with respect to architectural requirements" for "single-family dwellings. However" after "lots zoned for" in the first sentence;
(c} substituting ", shall only subject the manufactured home and the lot on which it is placed to" for "~may designate lots
zoned for single-family dwellings for mobilehomes as described in this section, which lots are determined to be compatible
for such mobilehome use. A city, including a charter city, county, or city and county may subject any such mobilehome and
the lot on which it is placed to any or all of" in the second sentence; (d) deleting "and architectural" after "and vehicle
parking" in the second sentence; (e) adding the third and fourth sentences; (f} substituting the fifth sentence for the former
fifth sentence which read: "However, any architectural requirements imposed on the mobilehome structure itself, exclusive of
any requirement for any and all additional enclosures, shall be limited to its roof overhang, roofing material, and siding mate-
rial."; (g) adding the sixth sentence; (h) adding the comma after "city and county" in the last sentence; and (i) substituting
"precluding manufactured homes" for "totally precluding mobilehomes" in the last sentence; and (3) added subd (b).
1994 Amendment: In addition to making technical changes, substituted "manufactured home" for "mobilehome" in the sixth
sentence of subd (a).
Cross References:
Mobilehome Parks Act: H & S C'§§ 18200 et seq.
Collateral References:
Witkin Summary (gth ed) Constitutional Law § 852.
Miller & Start, Cai Real Estate 2d § 27:13.
1988 legislative summary. 7 Cai Real Prop J No. I p 1.
§ 65852.4. Application of local land use process or requirement to manufactured homes
A city, including a charter city, a county, or a city and county, shall not subject an application to locate or
install a manufactured home certified under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.) on a foundation system, pursuant to Section 18551 of the
Health and Safety Code, on a lot zoned for a single-family residential dwelling, to any administrative permit,
planning, or development process; or requirement, which is not identical to the administrative permit, planning,
or development process or requirement which would be imposed on a conventional single-family residential
dwelling on the same lot. However, a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, . may require
the application to comply with the city's, county's, or city and county's architectural requirements permitted
by Section 65852.3 even if the architectural requirements are not required of conventional single-family
residential dwellings.
Added Stats 1988 ch 1572 § I.
Collateral References:
Miller & Start, Cai Real Estate 2d § 27:13.
§ 65852.5. Imposition of size requirements for roof overhang of manufactured home
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65852.3, no city, including a charter city, county, or city and county,
may impose size requirements for a roof ovi~rhang' of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of Sec-
tion 65852.3, unless the same size requirements also would be imposed on a conventional single-family
residential dwelling constructed on thc same lot. However, when there are no size requirements for roof
overhangs foi' both manufactured homes and conventional single-family residential dwellings, a city, including
a charter city, county, city and county, may impose a roof overhang on manufactured homes not to exceed 16
inches.
Added Stats 1990 ~:h 426 § I (AB 3385). Amended Stats 1990 ch 1223 § I (AB 3114).
Amendments:
1990 Amendment: Added the second sentence.
§ 65852.6. State policy regarding homing pigeons
(a) It is the policy of the state to permit breeding and the maintaining of homing pigeons consistent with the
preserva~i°n of public health and safety.
(b) For purposes of this section,' a "homing pigeon," sometimes referred to as a racing pigeon' is a bird of
the order Columbae. It does not fall in the category of "fowl" which includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese,
and other domesticated birds other than pigeons.
Added Stats 1990 ch 329 § I (AB 3109). Amended Stats 1991 ch 1091 § 63 (AB 1487).
Amendments:
1991 Amendment: Routine code maintenance.
§ 65852,7, Mobilehome park as permitted land use
Collateral References:
Witkin Summary (9th ed) Constitutional Law § 852.
§ 65852.11, Restrictions on limiting duration of rental agreements or leases; Spaces contained in
manufactured housing community and mobilehome parks as new construction
(a) No city or county, including a charter city, county, or city and county, which has adopted or enacted a lo-
cal rent control ordinance for mobilehome park spaces, shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, role, or regula-
tion that prohibits or limits the duration of rental agreements or leases for any space contained within any
manufactured housing community, as defined in Section 18801 of the Health and Safety Code, or within any
mobilehome park, as defined in Section 18214 of the Health and Safety Code, that is new construction, if the
enactment operates to circumvent the provisions of Section 798.7 of the Civil-Code.
(b) As used in this section, "new construction" means:
(1) For mobilehome parks, any newly constructed space, pursuant to Section 798.7 of the Civil Code.
(2) For manufactured housing communities, any space initially held out for rent after January 1, 1993.
(c) A mobilehome park that is considered "new construction" pursuantto this section, and that complies with
Section ! 8801 of the Health and Safety Code, may be converted to a manufactured housing community without
losing its "new construction" designation.
Added Stats 1993 ch 858 §.2 (AB 2177).
MEMORANDUM
September 24, 1999
TO: URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
FROM: JACK HARDISTY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECT~/~
RE: CITY AND COUNTY BILLBOARD REGULATIONS
The committee has scheduled a discussion of standards for billboards bordering City/County
areas. The attached chart has been prepared to facilitate that discussion.
cc: Alan Tandy, City Manager
Bart Thiltgen, City Attorney
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OUTDOOR/OFFSITE ADVERTISING SIGNS (BILLBOARDS)
COMPARISON OF REGULATIONS BETWEEN THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AND KERN COUNTY
Zones pe~iaed C-2, M-1, M-2, M-3 All co~ercial & industrial
(~eir C-1 zone requires a
conditional use pe~it)
Maximin area 300 sf 700 sf
(single bce) (si~ bce c~ot exceed a len~h of
50 ~ or a height of 16 ~ nor can it
be taller th~ wide)
Maximin height 35 ~ (C-2 zone) 35 ft
50 ft (M zones)
Setbacks from:
- O~er billbo~ds 1000 ft 1000 ft
(measured in a radius; separation (meas~ed only along the sine side
includes si~s in ~e co~) of the street)
- BusMess ID si~s 100 ft 25 fl
- Residential zone/use 300 fl 150 ft
- S~eets 0 fl 0 ft
(c~ot project or be m ~) (c~ot project or be in ~)
- Side prope~ lines 25 ~ 0 ft
Ohentation Multiple faces must be back-to- M~tiple faces must be back-to-
back with no more th~ 2 foot back; V-~e ~gement allowed
sep~ation; hces must be s~il~ if sep~ated no mom th~ 30 ~
size ~d shape
Adve~ismg resections C~ot adve~ise the business C~ot adve~ise business if it is
where the si~ is located wi~in 1,320 ft of si~
Lighting Pem~ed but must not affect Pe~itted but must not affect
adjacent prope~ies or streets adjacent prope~ies of s~eets
Vah~ces or exceptions? No Yes
(or~n~ce specifically prohibits) (~y st~d~d such as height,
separation, etc. c~ be vmed by ~e
PI~Mg Director)