HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4649ORDINANCE NO. 4 6-4-9r-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD REPEALING
CHAPTER 5.08 AND ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 5.08 OF
THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ALARM
SYSTEMS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 5.08 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its
entirety and a new Chapter 5.08 is enacted to read as follows:
Chapter 5.08 - ALARM REGULATIONS
Sections:
5.08.010 Definitions.
5.08.020 Power of chief of police to regulate.
5.08.030 City permit required.
5.08.040 Application for alarm system permit.
5.08.050 Duties of the alarm user.
5.08.060 Duties of alarm installation company and monitoring company.
5.08.070 Fees for alarm system permit.
5.08.080 Expiration of alarm system permit.
5.08.090 Permits nontransferable.
5.08.100 Automatic telephone dialing devices prohibited except under
certain limited circumstances.
5.08.110 Audible alarm requirements.
5.08.120 False alarms.
5.08.130 Nuisance alarms.
5.08.140 No response status.
5.08.150 Revocation of alarm user permit.
5.08.160 Appeals.
5.08.170 Confidentiality.
5.08.180 Government immunity.
5.08.190 Violation of chapter.
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5.08.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise,
certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
A. "Alarm dispatch request" means a notification to the police
department that an alarm system, either manual or automatic, has been
activated at a particular premise.
B. "Alarm installation company" means a person in the business of
selling, providing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving or
installing an alarm system in a premise. This definition shall also include
individuals or firms that install and service the alarm systems that will be used in
their private or proprietary facilities. This does not include persons doing
installation or repair work where such work is performed without compensation
of any kind.
C. "Alarm response manager" means the individual designated by the
alarm monitoring company who will manage alarm system related issues and
act as the point of contact for the chief of police. The appointed individual
must be knowledgeable of the general provisions of the ordinance, as well as
have the knowledge and authority to deal with false alarm issues and respond
to requests from the chief of police.
D. "Alarm system monitoring company" means any person, either
located within or outside the city, that engages in the business, practice, or
profession of monitoring alarm systems within the city, and which reports any
activation of such alarm systems to the city, directly or indirectly, its
departments, divisions, officials, agents, or employees including, but not limited
to, the police department and/or police dispatch.
E. "Alarm system" means any mechanical or electrical device which is
designed or used for the detection of any unauthorized entry into a building,
structure or facility, or upon land or for alerting others of the commission of an
unlawful act within a building, structure or facility, or upon land; and which emits
a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated. Alarm systems include,
but are not limited to, automatic telephone dialing devices, telephone lines or
other lines used solely to report emergency circumstances from a mechanical or
electrical device directly from the premises to the police dispatch or alarm
monitoring company, audible alarms and proprietor alarms.
F. "Alarm user" means a person having or maintaining an alarm system
on real property owned or controlled by such user. "Alarm user" does not include
an alarm business or alarm system monitoring company.
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G. "Alarm user permit" means the annual permit required under Section
5.08.030 of this code.
H. "Audible alarm" means a device designed for the detection of
unauthorized entry on premises which generates an audible sound on the
premises when it is activated.
1. "Automatic telephone dialing device" means a device which is
interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to select a
predetermined telephone number and transmit by voice message or digital
signal an emergency message indicating a need for emergency response.
J. "Chief of Police" means the Chief of the Bakersfield Police
Department or his designee.
K. "City" means City of Bakersfield.
L. "Duress alarm" means a silent alarm system signal generated by the
entry of a designated code into the alarm system to signal that the alarm user is
being forced to turn off the system and requires police response.
M. "False alarm" means an alarm system that emits a light or sound or
transmits a signal or message resulting in a response by the police department
when the situation does not require such response. False alarms caused as a
result of power failure, power surges, or acts of nature which are not the fault of
the alarm user or alarm business shall not be considered to be a false alarm.
N. "Holdup alarm" means a silent alarm signal generated by the
manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress or
immediately after it has occurred.
0. "Panic alarm" means an audible alarm system signal generated by
the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life threatening or
emergency situation requiring police response.
P. "One plus duress alarm" means the manual activation of a silent
alarm signal by entering a code at the mechanism from which the alarm system
is turned on (armed) and off (disarmed) regularly activated by adding one to
the last digit of the normal arm/disarm code.
Q. "Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,
company, corporation, limited liability company, business or other form of
association or entity.
R. "Proprietor alarm" means an alarm system which is not serviced by
an alarm monitoring company or alarm installation company.
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S. "Premises" means any residential, commercial or industrial land
and/or buildings located within the city (excluding land or buildings owned,
rented or leased by the federal, state or local government) except school
districts.
T. "Responder" means an individual capable of reaching and having
access to the premises, the code to the alarm system, and the authority to
approve repairs to the alarm system.
5.08.020 Power of chief of police to regulate.
A. The chief of police is empowered and authorized to regulate the
use of alarm systems and administer the regulations and provisions of this
chapter. The chief may, in his or her discretion, suspend police response to a
nuisance alarm as defined in Section 5.08.130 or to an alarm system or alarm
user for excessive false alarms, except that the chief of police may continue to
respond to duress alarms, holdup alarms or panic alarms.
B. The chief of police shall:
1. Designate the manner, form and telephone numbers for the
communication of alarm dispatch requests.
2. Establish a procedure to accept cancellation of alarm dispatch
requests.
3. Establish a system of recording data and maintaining records
necessary to implement this chapter.
4. Establish a procedure for notifying alarm users of false alarms,
including information regarding the date and time of police response to the
false alarm, the amount of the fee for a false alarm and that response will be
suspended to a nuisance alarm or for excessive false alarms.
C. The chief of police may request that an alarm user and the alarm
installation company and/or monitoring company responsible for the repair or
monitoring of the alarm system appear at an appointed time and place to
meet with a representative of the city to review the circumstances of each false
alarm.
D. The chief of police is authorized to promulgate regulations and
procedures to require the removal, replacement or modification of certain
types of alarm system devices, including but not limited to any duress, panic, or
holdup alarm button.
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5.08.030 City permit required.
It is unlawful for any person to install, connect, alter, operate, use or
maintain, or to cause to be installed, connected, altered, operated, used or
maintained, any alarm system within the city without first having obtained an
alarm system permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
5.08.040 Application for alarm system permit.
A. Application for an alarm system permit shall be filed with either the
finance department of the city or through the police department. The
application shall contain all information the chief of police reasonably deems
necessary for the evaluation and proper processing of the permit application.
The permits shall be issued to the person who is in possession of the property
which the alarm system is designed to protect.
B. Upon receipt of a completed alarm permit application and the
alarm permit fee, the chief of police shall issue an alarm permit unless the
applicant has failed to pay an assessed fine or had an alarm permit or police
response for the premises suspended or revoked, and the violation causing the
suspension or revocation has not been corrected.
C. Any false statement of a material fact made by an applicant for
the purpose of obtaining an alarm permit shall be sufficient cause for refusal to
issue a permit.
D. No permit shall be issued without the approval of the chief of police
or his representative.
E. Any person who operates or maintains more than one alarm system
at any particular location may apply for a single permit for that location or may
apply for separate permits for each alarm system operated or maintained. If a
person chooses to secure a separate permit for each alarm system, a separate
application and permit fee shall be submitted for each permit requested.
5.08.050 Duties of the alarm user.
A. No alarm user shall operate, or cause to be operated, an alarm
system without a valid alarm permit. A separate alarm permit is required for
each premise which operates or causes to operate an alarm system. Every
alarm user shall file an application as provided in section 5.08.040.
B. An alarm user shall:
1. Obtain an alarm permit for the alarm system.
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2. Maintain the premises and the alarm system in a manner that will
minimize or eliminate false alarms.
3. Make every reasonable effort to have a responder to the alarm
system's location within twenty minutes when requested by the police
department in order to:
a. Deactivate an alarm system;
b. Provide access to the premises; and/or
c. Provide alternative security for the premises.
4. Not activate an alarm system for any reason other than an
occurrence of an event that the alarm system was intended to report.
5. Adjust the mechanism or cause the mechanism to be adjusted so
that an audible alarm on the exterior of a premise will sound for no longer than
fifteen minutes after being activated.
6. Have a licensed alarm installation company inspect the alarm
system after two false alarms in a one-year period. The chief of police may
waive a required inspection if it determines that a false alarm could not have
been related to a defect or malfunction in the alarm system. After four false
alarms within a one-year period, the alarm user must have a licensed alarm
installation company modify the alarm system to be more false alarm resistant
and provide additional user training as appropriate.
7. Not use an automatic telephone dialing device.
8. Maintain at each premise, a set of written operating instructions for
each alarm system.
9. Agree with their alarm installation company and/or monitoring
company to go through an acclimation period for the first seven days after
installation of an alarm system during which time the alarm installation company
and/or monitoring company will have no obligation to respond to any alarm
signal from the premises or make any alarm dispatch request of the police
department, even if the alarm signal is the result of an actual alarm event. The
chief of police may grant an alarm user's request for an exemption from this
waiting period based upon a determination that special circumstances
substantiate the need for the exemption.
C. This section applies to all individuals and firms, who have installed
and/or monitor their own alarm system.
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5.08.060 Duties of alarm installation company and monitoring company.
A. Each alarm installation company and alarm monitoring company
operating or an agent of any such company operating or monitoring, or
otherwise doing business in the city shall obtain and maintain all necessary
business licenses and permits as required by the city and the state of California
prior to commencing business within the city.
B. Alarm installation companies shall provide written and oral
instructions to each of its alarm users in the proper use and operation of their
alarm systems. Such instructions will specifically include all instructions necessary
to turn the alarm system on and off and how to avoid false alarms.
C. Alarm installation companies shall not program alarm systems so
that they are capable of sending one plus duress alarms. The alarm installation
company shall remove the one plus duress alarm feature from alarm systems
whenever an alarm technician is at the premises or otherwise accessing the
panel for reprogramming purposes.
D. Alarm installation companies shall not install a device to activate a
holdup alarm, which is a single action, non-recessed button.
E. Alarm installation companies shall use alarm control panels on all
new installations and panel replacements or upgrades that meet the industry
standards determined by the Chief of Police.
F. Alarm installation or monitoring companies shall not use automatic
telephone dialing devices.
G. After completion of the installation of an alarm system, an alarm
installation company employee shall review with the alarm user the customer
false alarm prevention checklist or an equivalent checklist approved by the
chief of police.
H. An alarm monitoring company shall:
1. Not make an alarm dispatch request of the police department in
response to a burglar alarm signal, excluding panic, duress and holdup signals,
during the first seven days following an alarm system installation. The chief of
police may grant an alarm user's request for an exemption from this waiting
period based upon a determination that special circumstances substantiate the
need for the exemption;
2. Report alarm signals by using telephone numbers designated by the
chief of police;
3. Verify every alarm signal, except a duress or holdup alarm ~tFy~
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activation, with two telephone calls to two different numbers (one typically a
cell phone) before initiating an alarm dispatch request in an effort to determine
the cause of the alarm and whether or not a dispatch is required;
4. Communicate alarm dispatch requests to the police department in
a manner and form determined by the chief of police;
5. Communicate cancellations to the police department in a manner
and form determined by the chief of police;
6. Ensure that all alarm users of alarm systems equipped with a duress,
holdup or panic alarm are given adequate training as to the proper use of the
duress, holdup or panic alarm;
7. Communicate any available information about the location on all
alarm signals related to the alarm dispatch request;
8. Communicate nature of alarm;
9. Provide an alarm user permit number when requesting police
dispatch;
10. After an alarm dispatch request, promptly advise the police
department if the monitoring company knows that the alarm user or the
responder is on the way to the premises;
11. Attempt to contact the alarm user or responder within twenty-four
hours via mail, fax, telephone or other electronic means when an alarm
dispatch request is made; and
12. Upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section,
maintain for a period of at least one year from the date of the alarm dispatch
request, records relating to alarm dispatch requests. Records must include the
name, address and telephone number of the alarm user, the alarm system zone
activated, the time of alarm dispatch request and evidence of an attempt to
verify. The chief of police may request copies of such records for individually
named alarm users. If the request is made within sixty days of an alarm dispatch
request, the monitoring company shall furnish requested records within three
business days of receiving the request. If the records are requested between
sixty days to one year after an alarm dispatch request, the monitoring company
shall furnish the requested records within thirty days of receiving the request.
1. An alarm installation company and/or monitoring company that
purchases alarm system accounts from another person shall notify the chief of
police of such purchase and provide details as may be reasonably requested
by the chief of police.
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J. Each alarm installation company and alarm monitoring company
must designate one individual as the alarm response manager. The name,
phone number, and email address of the designated alarm response manager
must be provided to the chief of police.
K. An alarm installation company and/or monitoring company shall
provide the chief of police with a customer list in a format acceptable to the
chief of police, upon request, to assist with creating the police department's
tracking data, so far as allowed with respect to state or local law that protects
this customer information as confidential.
L. Alarm installation and/or monitoring companies shall assist alarm
users in obtaining the alarm permit and submit it to the chief of police within five
days of the activation of an alarm system.
5.08.070 Fees for alarm system permit.
The permit fee prescribed by resolution of the city council shall be
payable upon the making of an application to install an alarm system or to
renew an alarm permit. Upon any change of location of said alarm system, the
fee prescribed by resolution shall again become due and payable. Any federal,
state, county or city agency shall be exempt from the payment of the fee
provided for in this section.
5.08.080 Expiration of alarm system permit.
All alarm system permits shall expire one year after the date issued.
Application for renewal shall be filed not sooner than sixty days nor later than
thirty days before the expiration of the permit. Permits lawfully renewed prior to
the effective date of this provision shall expire one year after the date of latest
renewal. It is the responsibility of the alarm user to submit an application prior to
the permit expiration date. Failure to register or to renew a permit shall subject
the alarm user of the unregistered alarm system to a fine and late fee as
established by resolution of the city council if the renewal is more than thirty
days late.
5.08.090 Permits nontransferable.
All permits issued under this chapter shall be nontransferable.
5.08.100 Automatic telephone dialing devices prohibited except under certain
limited circumstances.
It is unlawful for any person to use or cause to be used any electrical or
mechanical device or attachment to a telephone that automatically reports a
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taped or other recorded message of a police or fire emergency direct to the
city communication center, except for special conditions of certain
handicapped individuals. Each such call shall be deemed a separate violation
punishable as a misdemeanor.
5.08.110 Audible alarm requirements.
A. No audible alarm shall be installed, maintained or activated which
emits the sound of a siren similar to those utilized on emergency vehicles or for
air raid/disaster warnings.
B. Every audible alarm system shall have a sign or notice posted on or
near the audible device with the name and telephone number of the alarm
user or alarm monitoring company responsible for the maintenance of the
system. The notice shall be posted in such a position as to be readable from the
ground level outside and adjacent to the building.
C. Every audible alarm system shall have a timing device which
automatically shuts off the alarm within fifteen minutes after the alarm is
activated. The alarm user or alarm monitoring company shall be responsible for
deactivating an alarm within fifteen minutes after notification that such alarm is
activated and ringing, or within fifteen minutes after reasonable efforts have
been made to provide such notification.
5.08.120 False alarms.
A. The chief of police may assess a false alarm response fee to an
alarm user for each police response to a false alarm. The amount of such fee
shall be paid by the alarm user as set forth by resolution of the city council.
B. A false alarm response fee shall not be assessed if the monitoring
company or alarm user notifies police dispatch within five minutes of the alarm
onset that a police response is not necessary and prior to the arrival of the
police officer at the premises.
C. The chief of police shall notify the alarm user in writing after each
false alarm. The notification shall include: the amount of the false alarm fee
assessment for the false alarm, the fact that response may be suspended for
excessive false alarms, and a description of the appeals procedure available to
the alarm user. The chief of police will notify the alarm user and the alarm
installation company or monitoring company in writing ten days before the
alarm response is to be suspended.
5.08.130 Nuisance alarms.
A. An alarm system shall be deemed a nuisance if such alarm system
does not have an alarm user permit as required under Section 5.08.030 of this
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B. An alarm system shall be deemed a nuisance if such alarm system
actuates five or more false alarms in a one-year period.
C. An alarm system shall be deemed a nuisance if such alarm, after an
audible alarm is activated, does not automatically shut off within fifteen minutes
after activation.
D. An alarm system may be deemed a nuisance alarm and a public
nuisance if such an alarm system has been intentionally activated at least once
to summon the police to an incident for which the alarm system was not
intended. This may include, but not be limited to, a robbery alarm being
intentionally activated for an incident which is not a robbery, or an alarm which
is intentionally activated merely to see what police response would result.
E. Any officer or police aide of the police department is authorized to
enter on exterior private property areas, for the purpose of silencing a nuisance
alarm. Forcible entry may be made into exterior alarm equipment boxes, and
attics and crawispace vents, in order to accomplish this purpose.
5.08.140 No response status.
A. If an alarm system has fallen into the category of a nuisance alarm
as defined in Section 5.08.130, the chief of police may send a notice of no
response to the owner or person responsible for the nuisance alarm. This notice
shall indicate that the police department shall not respond to future activations
of the nuisance alarm unless a violation of the law is personally reported to the
department by a witness at the scene of the alarm.
B. The no response status shall remain in effect until such time that the
owner or person responsible for the nuisance alarm has provided adequate
evidence to the chief of police that the problems causing the alarm to become
a nuisance have been satisfactorily corrected.
5.08.150 Revocation of alarm user permit.
A. The following shall constitute grounds for revocation of an alarm
user permit:
1. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
2. The occurrence of excessive false alarms due to defects or
deficiencies in an alarm system;
3. Any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of a material fact in
the application for an alarm user permit, or in any report or record submitted or
filed with the city; or
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4. Failure by the alarm user to respond within twenty minutes to a
request made by a police department representative to permit or provide
access to the property where an alarm has been activated.
B. Prior to revoking an alarm user permit, the chief of police shall notify
the alarm user in writing of the intended action not less than ten days prior to the
effective date of such action. The notice shall specify the reasons therefor and
the alarm user's right to appeal the revocation in accordance with Section
5.08.160 of this chapter.
C. The chief of police, may reinstate a revoked permit, at his discretion,
if he finds such alarm user:
1. Pays a reinstatement fee as set forth in a resolution adopted by the
city council; pays, or otherwise resolves, all outstanding fees, citations and fines;
and provides satisfactory evidence to the chief of police that the alarm system
has been inspected and repaired, if necessary, by the alarm installation
company; and/or that additional training in the proper use of the alarm system
was provided by the alarm installation company for all alarm users; or
2. Provides proof that an employee of the alarm installation company
or monitoring company caused the false alarm giving rise to the revocation; or
3. Otherwise makes upgrades to the alarm system, provisions for video
or personal verification of any alarm dispatch request or other agreements as
deemed appropriate by the chief of police; or
4. Attends and passes an online alarm school program designated by
the chief of police.
5.08.160 Appeals.
A. Any applicant for an alarm system permit whose application is
denied by the chief of police or any permittee whose permit is suspended
pursuant to an order of suspension made by the chief of police or any person
who is assessed a service fee for excessive false alarms or civil remedy pursuant
to this chapter may appeal to the city manager or his designee by filing with the
city clerk a notice of appeal within fifteen days after such denial, order of
suspension, notice of assessment of service fee for excessive false alarms, or civil
remedy. The notice of appeal must set forth the basis of the appeal. An
appellant must pay the sum of one hundred dollars to the city clerk as a filing
fee at the time of filing said notice of appeal. The city clerk shall report the filing
of such appeal to the chief of police. The chief of police shall, within thirty days,
make a written report to the city clerk setting forth the basis of his action
denying the application for a permit, issuing the order of suspension, assessment
of a service fee for excessive false alarms, or civil remedy. The city clerk shall ,6kK4~
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forward said written report to the city manager or his designee. Following the
receipt of the written report, the city manager or his designee shall set the
appeal for hearing, which shall be held not less than five working days nor more
than fifteen working days thereafter, unless continued for good cause.
B. Filing of a request for appeal shall not stay the action by the chief of
police revoking an alarm permit or requiring payment of a fine, prior to the city
manager's complete review.
5.08.170 Confidentiality.
In the interest of public safety, all information pertaining to an alarm user
contained in and gathered through the alarm permit applications of the alarm
user shall be held in confidence, provided that the city may disclose any
information required to be disclosed by state or federal law or by court order.
5.08.180 Government Immunity.
An alarm permit is not intended to, nor will it, create a contract, duty or
obligation, either expressed or implied, of police response. Any and all liability
and consequential damage resulting from the failure to respond to a
notification is hereby disclaimed and governmental immunity as provided by
law is retained. By applying for an alarm permit, the alarm user acknowledges
that police response may be influenced by factors such as: the availability of
police units, priority of calls, weather conditions, traffic conditions, emergency
conditions, staffing levels and prior response history.
5.08.190 Violation of chapter.
A. Failure to adhere to the duties of an alarm installation company
and/or monitoring company or alarm user in this chapter shall be a civil offense
and such violators may be subject to the civil remedies available to the City of
Bakersfield, such as fines, restitution and abatement measures. Each responsible
person found in violation of this section will be individually subject to the civil
money penalty of one hundred five dollars per violation. The city attorney and
the Bakersfield police department may exercise any enforcement powers
provided by law in executing this section.
B. Upon every false alarm, the city may assess a service fee in
accordance with Chapter 3.70 of this code. Additionally, upon every false
alarm and each subsequent false alarm within any twelve-month period, every
alarm user will be individually subject to the civil money penalty of: one
hundred five dollars per second false alarm, which may be waived by the chief
of police upon satisfactory completion of a designated alarm school as
determined by the chief of police; one hundred five dollars per third false alarm;
two hundred ten dollars per fourth false alarm; and three hundred fifteen doG
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per fifth false alarm. The city attorney and the Bakersfield police department
may exercise any enforcement powers provided by law in executing this
section.
C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter may also
be cited for a misdemeanor; except that notwithstanding any other provision of
this code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this chapter
may, in the discretion of the city attorney, be charged and prosecuted as an
infraction. Any infraction prosecuted under the provisions of this chapter shall
be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
D. The conviction or punishment of any person for violation of the
provisions of this chapter or for failing to secure a permit as required by this
chapter shall not relieve such person from paying the permit and service fees or
civil remedies due and unpaid at the time of such conviction, nor shall payment
of any permit fee, service fee or civil remedy prevent criminal prosecution for
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
E. All remedies shall be cumulative, and the use of one or more
remedies by the city shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The amount of any permit, service fee,
or civil remedy shall be deemed a debt to the city. An action may be
commenced in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction to
recover any delinquent amount owed. All fees shall be deemed delinquent
thirty days after they are due and payable.
F. The sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this chapter are intended to be severable. If any section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this chapter.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its
passage.
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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
AUG 17 2011 , by the following vote:
AYES' COUNCILMEMBER SALAS, K++HA- t, WEIR, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIV , JOHNSON
COUNCILMEMBER Y~ e-
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER 6-41L2_
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER PjP.YUa N-yL--
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, C
CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO CLERK of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED:
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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By:
Associat Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
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County of Kern )
ROBERTA GAFFORD, 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 18th day of August, 2011 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4649, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 17th day of August, 2011 and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 5.08 AND ENACTING A NEW
CHAPTER 5.08 RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS.
ROBERTA GAFFORD
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By: `P
DEPUTY City Clerk
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