HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4018ORDINANCE NO. ZJ: 0 I 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
10.08.020 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO VEHICLES AND
TRAFFIC
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 10.08.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.08.020 Generally.
Whenever in this division the following words and phrases set forth in this section
are used, they shall for the purpose of this division have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section:
A. "Central traffic district" means all of the area within the boundary of the
following streets: from the west line of F Street to the east line of Q Street, from the north
line of 25th Street to the north line of 15th Street (Santa Fe Railroad Tracks), except 23rd
and 24th Streets.
B. "Holidays" means all legal holidays recognized as such by the state shall be
considered holidays within the meaning of this division.
C. "Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for the
exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
D. Old Town Kern means all of the commercial area within the boundaries of the
following streets: Highway 178 to the north, Truxtun Avenue to the south, Q Street to the
west and Beale Avenue to the east.
E. "Passenger loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for
the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or the
depositing of mail in adjacent mailboxes.
F. "Traffic authority" means an officer of the city designated by the city council,
which designation shall be by resolution of said city council. Whenever and wherever in
any section of this division, certain responsibilities or duties are imposed upon the city
manager and/or the chief of police, such responsibilities and/or duties shall be deemed to
be imposed upon the duly and regularly appointed traffic authority.
(Ord. 2607 §§ 1 (part), 2, 1980; prior code § 11.04.020)
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) 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 onAUG ~ 2 2001 by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
APPROVED:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, MAGGARD, COUCH. HANSON. SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER ~.
COUNCILMEMBER ~ ~ ~.
COUNClLMEMBER {'k,~kSf7
CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO o/f~he
Council of the City of BakersfielcY
~UG 9. ~ 2001
MAI~K SALVAGGI 0
VICE MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGEN
City Attorney
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
County of Kern )
PAMELA A. McCARTHY, 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 the 23rd day of August , 2001 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4018 , passed by the
22nd dayof Auaust 2001 and
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the
entitled:
AN ORDINANCEAMENDING SECTION 10.08.020 OFTHE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
/s/PAMELA A. McCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUT~[~City Clerk ~
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August 23, 2001