HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 161 (2) iNTRODUCED BY MR. WILLIANB',
~n ordinance amending an or. dinance passed by the
Board of Trustees as amended on the 20th day of April 1910 entitled
"~n Ordinance .Est.ab!i.shing a Pi. re Li~i.t$ ~Wi~h~i~ 'the city of
Bakersfield,' Prohibiting the Erection of ~ertain'Kinds of Buildings
therein' and prescribing a penalty' for violation thereof"', ·
The Board of Trustees of the City of Bakersfield do
ordain as follows:
S~ction. 1 of Ordiaance N.0~'.149 is hereby amended so as
to read as follows.·
Eection 1.. The Plre limits of the City of Bakersfield.
shall consist of the following blocks and half blocks as follows;
to wit, Blocks number 20§, 206, 20?, ~08,
514. 253, 5~5, 526,257, 24B, 194, 195, east' half 'of'"B~)~ "165," west'
half of Block 16.6, and also Block 92 and 95 of what was formerly
the town of Kern.
Section ~,. No building or structure shall be erected
of wood, tin, c°r~'agated iron galvanized, iron· sheet ~ron or other
combustible material or constructed or placed· ·upon an lot or
parcel of ground in tha~ portion of the City of Bakersfield,.
desdribed in section one of this ordinance. Any person who
shall violate the ·provisions Of this section shall on conviction
the:~of, be 'punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor
more ·than two hundred dollars, or by imp?is0nment in the ~.'cunty
jail of Kern County, for nor more than ninety days,· or by. both
said fine and imprisonment'".
Section S. The term "building or structure"' as used
in this ordiaance shall be unde_~tood to mean and include and
Shall embrace all buildings, houses, out ho.uses, barns sheds,
stables, and structure of every description, and any addition
. to any building, ho.use, outhouse, barn, shed, stable' or structure.
Section 4. No building or structure Constructed
of any or all of the materi~ls named in thi's ordinance, now
within the limits prescribed in the first section of this ordinance
shall be added to. or repaired so as to increase its value over
· fifteen..per cent,, nor. any building or structure which may be
/.damaged or destroyed by fire or otherwise, to the extent of fifty
per centum of the value thereof shall· be repaired or rebuilt
nor shall any such building or structure when the damage to or
destruction thereof, as afore.~aid, is less than fifty per centum
of its value, be so repaired or rebuilt so as to enhance the value
of such building or structure over What the same was~ prior·
to such pa~ial damage or destruction, or so .that' such building
or structure shall occupy any greater space, or be of any larger
dimensions than before such damage thereto or·partial destruction
· thereof. Any person who shall violate,·the ~rovision of this
se~iO~'~haii, on c~v~ction thereof~ be ouni~'h~d~by'a fine o~
not less than filfty nor more than two hundred dollars, or by
: imprisonment in the county jail of Eern Gounty, for not more
tb~n ninety days or by both said fine and i.~prlsonment.
Section 5. The amount o'f damage and the extent
thereof that may be done to any building o~'structure' shall, for
the purpose of this ordinance, be determined .by three disinteresteld
persons, residents of this city, one of which shall be selected
by the owner of Such building or str~cture, another by-the
president of the 'Board of Trustees of this city, 'and the chief
of the ·fire department, shall be the third. In the event that
the owner of such bui ~ding or structure shall neglec't~u fail or
refuse to appoint such disinterested-person as he~inbefore
provided, for the space of three days after he has been.notified
so to do by the Board of Trustees of said .city, by 'notice in writing,
-. either served upon him personally or left with the ·agent of said
owner or person in. possession of said building or structure.
aS said B'oard of Trustees me.y elect, then and in that case, the.
" Board of Trustees of s'~id City may themselves appoint a second
disinterested person as hereinbefore provided~.
.. ~ decision of a majority of the 'committee or persons
so named shall be in writing, si~ned by the persons, rendering
- · .'~ .. said~de-cision.--an.~ filed with the City C~terk, and said decision
· s.~all be final and conclusive on the question of value aforesaid.
Section 6., The roofs of all buildings or strUctures
. erected within said fire limits as' specified in ~ section
· . one of this ordinance, or of the repair of or addition to any
· building or structure, so erected' or constructed within said
fire limits, sb~mll be covered with ei+~her tarred paper and
·graveled, tar and gravel, cor~gated ·iron, tin' or slate, or
~ .~ ct'her fire proof· materials a~d shall not rest 'upon any wood or
: '.i other other combus.tible materials. Any ·person who shall
'-'i.' " .' .violat. e the provisions of this section shall, on conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than· fifty dollars,
nor more than two h~_~ndred dollars, or by imprisonment in
· County ~'~il of Kern C~unty for not more t~ban ninety days or
.'. by both said fine or imprisor~ent,
Section 7. Any person or persons who shall be
.~. convicte~ of constructing, erecting, placing, repai.ring or
· re-building, any buildin~ or structure or rOof Within the
purview and .meaning and in violation of the provisions of ·this
.ordiaance, shall, wit~i'n five days after such Conviction, cause
such buildin~ or s~ructure, or roof for the eredtion, construction
Placing, repairing Or rebuilding of which"he shall have been
convicted as aforesaid, to be removed, and on his failure,
neglect or refusal so to do, for each day that said failure
· neglect or refusal shall thereafter continue, it shall be
s~-.s.apa.rate offense, and if convicted thereof, such~persons ·shall
b® punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more
than.t~o hundred dollars, or ~y imprisonment in the County Jail
of Ke.rn County for not more than ninety days or by both said
fine and inrprisomne.nt..
Section 8. ~11 ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are ~e-reby. ~epealed.
Section 9. This ordinance shll be in full force
and...ef~fe.c.t.~,fr._om~and, after its passage· and..pub!icati'on as,. raquired
by
law.'
Passe~ this'~.,/_~_ day'"~\ o~~..~. 1910, by the
following vote.' " .' - '~ · '
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~bsent~
of the City of Bakersfield..
A't;tost~
y Clerk and ex-o cio 'e of
the Board of T~rustees of the City
of. Bake rs fi e Id.