HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 235!
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3 AN ORDINANOE ESTABLISHING THE WIDTH OF SIDEWALKS
4 IN THE 0ITY OF BAKERSFIELD,. AND PRESORIBIN~ THE
5' NINIM~ WIDTH OF 0ENENT WALKS TO BE 00NSTRUOTED
6 THEREON,
7 The Board. of Tr~,stees of the City. of Bakersfield do ordain as "
8 follows-
9 Sec. 1. In this ordinance the phrase "curb-line" shall be
10 used and construed to mean a line in the street, avenue or lane.
i~ or alley parallel with the property-line;
12 The phrase ~property-line" shall be used and construed to
13 mean a line between a street, avenue, lane or alley and the blocks,
14 squares or lines abutting upon such street, avenue, lane or alley; .
15 The phrase "sidewalk space" shall be used and construed to
16 mean the space between said property-line 'and curb~llne;
17 The phrase "parking space" shall be used and construed to
!8 mean as much of the sidewalk space next to the °urb-line as the
19 Board of Trustees may in anywise determine.
20 The word "sidewalk" shall be used and construed to mean the
21 sidewalk of improvement cons~t~.~ing its surfaoe, or as much of the
22 sidewalk as the. Board of Trustees may specify.
23 The word "roadway" shall be used and construed to be so much
24 of the street, avenue, lane or alley as lies between the curb-lines
25 thereof.
26 Sec. ~.. On all streets or avenues 60 to ?0 feet wide, each
22 curb-~ine shall be ~ feet' from its adjacent property-line
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30 . (~.) On all streets, avenues or lanes 70 to 85 feet wide,
31 each c~rb-line shall be 14 feet from its adjacent property-line.
32 (3) On all streets or avenues over 85 feet wide, each curb
'. I line shall be 17 feet from its adJacen~ property-line.
2 (4). On all alleys ~ feet wide, each curb line shall be 6
3 feet from its adjacent property-line.
4 ~5~ On all. alleys less than ~ feet in Width, each curb-line
5 shall be ~ feet from its adjacent property line.
6 {6} ~h.e radius of all curb returns at the intersection of
? streets or streets and avenues shall be ? feet.
8 I?} ~he radius of all curl~ returns at. the intersection of
9 alleys with streets or avenues shall be 5 feet.
10 {8} ~he cross section of the surface grade of all sidewalks
Ii shall ~have a 'surface slope downwar~ of ~ inches from the property-
12 line to the curb line, except in alleys where the slope on 6 foot
13 walks shall be two inches, and ~ foot walks one inch.
14 {9] ~here sh-all be no sidewalks constructed, on-any street
15 or avenue less 'than 6 feet in width and when in the opinion of
16 the .City' ~rustees the public convenience requires a wider walk,
!? they shall designate the width at the time they grant the permit
18 for laying said walk. Provided that on Nineteenth street', 'between
19 the east line of Chester avenue ~n~ the west line of 0 street each
20 curb-line shall be 12 feet from its adjacent property-line; also
21 that on Chester avenue A~om ~]~e south line of ~wentieth street
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22 ~ the north line of~h street each curb-line shall be 15
23 feet from its a~Jacent property-line; also on H. street from the
24 south line of California avenue to the north line of Fourth street,
25 1~ .feet from t~e adjacent property-line; also on California
26 avenue from the westerly curb-line of F street, produced, to the
22 easterly curb-line of Oleander avenue, the curb-line shall be 17
28 feet from the a¢iJacent property-line o~ the south side of said
2~ California avenue between ~he' point's a~ov~-deSigna~e~';' '~lsO"th~'~- ~'
30 the curb-line on the northerly side of California avenue between
31 the westerly curb-line of F street, produced and the easterly
32 curb-line of Oleander avenue shall' be 10 feet from its adjacent
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-' ~' "' '"'-!-- .pro'perty"!-ine;' aisc on I street.from the northerly, our. b-line of
· .2 .Twenty-thi-~d':st:re_et to the southerly curb-line of ~hirty-secon~
-" 3 s'tr'eet,, esch curb-line shall be 21.~.5 feet from its adjacent
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"5 ...Sec..-3. .~'~11 ordinances or part_s, sof ordinances in conflict
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. ~.: .~i-th.this or~inan'c:e w~w are hereby repeale~.
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· " r' its 'passage an'el royal' and ~ue publioation a~' re
.... .. '8 '"' ~his ordinance shall be i 11 force .sn'd effect ~hir. ty ~ays
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"'!2. .-i; Passed and adopted by the ~oard of TrUstees of the City of
!.3 ]~akersfield, on the ~.~. · ~ay o .., 1913, ~y the follow-
'14. ing vote_.:
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20 A~BSE1V2 :(~'~~
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22 Prosidont of the Boar~ of ~r~st'oes
of the City of ~akersfield.
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25Oity Clerk snd e~-officio Clerk of
~he ]~oar~ of ~rustees of the
26 of ]~akers field.
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