Contents of Bakersfield Municipal Code
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Title 1
General Provisions
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1.01
Code Adoption
- 1.01.010 Adoption.
- 1.01.020 Title—Citation—Reference.
- 1.01.030 Codification authority.
- 1.01.040 Ordinances passed prior to adoption of the code.
- 1.01.050 Reference applies to all amendments.
- 1.01.060 Title, chapter and section headings.
- 1.01.070 Reference to specific ordinances.
- 1.01.080 Effect of code on past actions and obligations.
- 1.01.090 Effective date.
- 1.01.100 Constitutionality.
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1.04
General Provisions
- 1.04.010 Definitions.
- 1.04.020 Title of office.
- 1.04.030 Interpretation of language.
- 1.04.040 Grammatical interpretation.
- 1.04.050 Acts by agents.
- 1.04.060 Prohibited acts including causing and permitting.
- 1.04.070 Computation of time.
- 1.04.080 Construction.
- 1.04.090 Repeal shall not revive any ordinances.
- 1.08 Seal
- 1.10 Electronic Filings
- 1.12 Wards
- 1.16 Elections
- 1.17 Use of Mail Ballot Elections under Articles XIII C and D of the California Constitution (Proposition 218)
- 1.20 Ordinances
- 1.24 Subpoenas
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1.28
Administrative Procedure
- 1.28.010 Title.
- 1.28.020 Purpose.
- 1.28.030 Definitions.
- 1.28.040 Proviso.
- 1.28.050 Limitation.
- 1.28.060 Filing.
- 1.28.070 Fees.
- 1.28.080 Endorsement by city clerk.
- 1.28.090 Presumptions from filing.
- 1.28.100 Emergency regulations.
- 1.28.110 Effective date of regulation or order of repeal.
- 1.28.120 Notice of proposed action—Requirements generally.
- 1.28.130 Notice of proposed action—Contents.
- 1.28.140 Public proceedings.
- 1.28.150 Right to petition.
- 1.28.160 Procedure on petition.
- 1.32 Administrative Regulations
- 1.34 Administrative Appeals
- 1.36 Time for Filing Writs of Mandate
- 1.40 General Penalty
- 1.50 Expedited Judicial Review
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1.01
Code Adoption
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Title 2
Administration and Personnel
- 2.02 Council Organization
- 2.04 Council Meetings
- 2.08 Finance Director
- 2.12 Deputy Engineer—Deputy Street Superintendent
- 2.16 Water Resources Department
- 2.18 Water Board
- 2.20 Kern River Levee District
- 2.24 Redevelopment Agency
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2.28
Planning and Zoning Agencies
- 2.28.010 Adoption of state law.
- 2.28.020 Appointment of officers and employees.
- 2.28.030 Planning commission—Creation—Members.
- 2.28.040 Planning commission—Selection of chair—Duties.
- 2.28.060 Meetings—Councilmember as advisor.
- 2.28.070 Meetings—Absence.
- 2.28.080 Members of planning commission.
- 2.28.110 Planning department—Duties.
- 2.28.120 Planning department—General plan consistency findings.
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2.32
Fire Department Reserves
- 2.32.010 Established.
- 2.32.020 Fire chief—Authority and control.
- 2.32.030 Fire chief—Establishment of rules and regulations—Application to reserves.
- 2.32.040 Membership—Method of appointment.
- 2.32.050 Membership—Removal or resignation.
- 2.32.060 Membership—Size regulation of force.
- 2.32.070 Identification card and insignia.
- 2.32.080 Impersonation prohibited—Penalty.
- 2.32.090 Uniform.
- 2.32.100 Reimbursement of expenses.
- 2.36 Police
- 2.37 Public Safety Dispatchers
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2.40
Emergency Services
- 2.40.010 Purposes of chapter—Expenditures.
- 2.40.020 Emergency defined.
- 2.40.030 Disaster council—Created—Membership.
- 2.40.040 Disaster council—Powers and duties.
- 2.40.050 Director and assistant director of emergency services—Powers and duties.
- 2.40.060 Powers of director during any emergency.
- 2.40.070 Emergency organization—Constitution.
- 2.40.080 Emergency plan.
- 2.40.090 Unlawful acts—Penalty.
- 2.44 Emergency Powers of Mayor
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2.48
Preservation of Government in Event of Disaster
- 2.48.010 Findings—Purpose.
- 2.48.020 Definitions.
- 2.48.030 Standby officers—Appointments, vacancies and designations.
- 2.48.040 Standby officers—Qualifications.
- 2.48.050 Standby officers—Oath of office—Term and removal.
- 2.48.060 Standby officer—Duties.
- 2.48.070 Meeting of legislative body after disaster.
- 2.48.080 Power and duties in first meeting.
- 2.48.090 Temporary officers.
- 2.50 Industrial Development Authority
- 2.51 Department of Recreation and Parks
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2.56
Museums and Art Galleries
- 2.56.010 Authority to accept property for museum or gallery purposes—Use of city property.
- 2.56.020 Donations of property or buildings to city—Delegation of management and operation to donor, his or her successor or board of trustees.
- 2.56.030 Regulations governing operation—Admission charges—Records—Policy decisions.
- 2.56.040 Appropriation and expenditure of funds—Additional powers of council.
- 2.60 Bakersfield Youth Commission
- 2.62 Keep Bakersfield Beautiful Committee
- 2.64 Official Bonds
- 2.68 Councilmembers’ Salaries
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2.72
Personnel Policies
- 2.72.010 Definitions.
- 2.72.020 Merit principle for appointments and promotions.
- 2.72.030 Fair employment practices for appointments or removals.
- 2.72.040 City manager designated as personnel director.
- 2.72.050 Personnel administration.
- 2.72.060 Class specifications.
- 2.72.070 Reclassification.
- 2.72.080 Adoption of civil service rules.
- 2.72.090 Adoption of administrative and departmental rules.
- 2.72.100 Employment constitutes acceptance of rules.
- 2.72.110 Appointing authority.
- 2.72.120 Appointments.
- 2.72.130 Nepotism—Appointment of a relative.
- 2.72.135 Marital policy.
- 2.72.140 Contract.
- 2.72.150 Probationary period.
- 2.72.170 Termination of probationary employee.
- 2.72.180 Employee performance evaluation.
- 2.72.190 Medical examination.
- 2.72.200 Temporary employment.
- 2.72.210 Change of positions.
- 2.72.220 Reinstatement.
- 2.72.230 Reduction in force.
- 2.72.240 Disciplinary action.
- 2.72.250 Terminations.
- 2.72.260 Outside employment.
- 2.72.270 Conflict of interest.
- 2.72.280 Change in employee status reports.
- 2.72.290 Service award.
- 2.72.300 Training.
- 2.72.310 Employee grievance procedure.
- 2.72.320 Complaints against policemen.
- 2.72.330 Defense of civil action or proceeding.
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2.76
Employer-Employee Relations
- 2.76.010 Title.
- 2.76.020 Purpose.
- 2.76.030 Definitions.
- 2.76.040 Employee rights.
- 2.76.050 City rights.
- 2.76.060 Meet and confer in good faith—Scope.
- 2.76.070 Consultation—Scope.
- 2.76.080 Advance notice.
- 2.76.090 Petition for recognition.
- 2.76.100 Appropriate unit.
- 2.76.110 Recognition of employee organizations as majority exclusive representative—Formal recognition.
- 2.76.120 City’s designated representative.
- 2.76.130 Resolution of impasses.
- 2.76.140 Matters subject to grievance procedure.
- 2.76.150 Memorandum of understanding.
- 2.76.160 Additional rules and regulations.
- 2.76.170 Construction.
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2.80
Travel Expenses
- 2.80.010 Attendance at conferences—Officers designated to represent city.
- 2.80.020 Expenses of representatives at meetings—Filing of expense accounts—First-class accommodations.
- 2.80.030 Use of city-owned vehicle—Record of expenses—Vehicles for mayor and city manager.
- 2.80.040 Use of private vehicle—Reimbursement.
- 2.80.050 Council exclusive judge of propriety of expenditures.
- 2.80.060 Expenditure of travel funds in excess of budgetary allotments not authorized.
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2.84
Compensation
- 2.84.010 Compensations for boards and commissions.
- 2.84.020 Salary plan.
- 2.84.030 Standard work period—Probationary and permanent employees.
- 2.84.040 Standard work period—Fire department.
- 2.84.060 Standby—Police and fire.
- 2.84.070 Attendance.
- 2.84.080 Salary ranges—Pay periods.
- 2.84.090 Disbursements.
- 2.84.100 Annual resolution.
- 2.84.110 Temporary employment—Rate of pay.
- 2.84.120 Computation of salary.
- 2.84.140 Promotion.
- 2.84.150 Acting appointments, temporary assignments and rates of pay.
- 2.84.160 Salary adjustments.
- 2.84.180 Overtime—Policy.
- 2.84.190 Overtime—Eligibility.
- 2.84.200 Overtime—Rates of payment.
- 2.84.210 Overtime—Compensatory time.
- 2.84.220 Overtime—Accumulation.
- 2.84.230 Overtime—Callback for firefighting.
- 2.84.240 Overtime—Compensation—Pay-period basis.
- 2.84.250 Overtime—Compensation—Termination.
- 2.84.260 Callback—Additional compensation—Except fire department.
- 2.84.270 Additional Compensation—Standby—Police and fire suppression excepted—Additional compensation for fire prevention.
- 2.84.275 Holiday pay—Fire department safety personnel.
- 2.84.290 Voluntary extra duty of police.
- 2.84.300 Deduction from wages.
- 2.84.310 Severance pay—Generally.
- 2.84.320 Severance pay—Conditions for inapplicability.
- 2.84.330 Annual vacation leave—Generally.
- 2.84.340 Annual vacation leave—Eligibility.
- 2.84.350 Annual vacation leave—Accrual.
- 2.84.360 Annual vacation leave—Computing vacations.
- 2.84.370 Annual vacation leave—Absence without pay.
- 2.84.380 Annual vacation leave—Credited.
- 2.84.390 Annual vacation leave—Use of vacation.
- 2.84.400 Annual vacation leave—Determination of vacation.
- 2.84.420 Annual vacation leave—Holidays on vacation.
- 2.84.430 Annual vacation leave—Sick leave during vacation period.
- 2.84.440 Annual vacation leave—Loss for nonuse—Limitation of accrual.
- 2.84.450 Annual vacation leave—Vacation at termination.
- 2.84.460 Annual vacation leave—Vacation benefits for deceased employees.
- 2.84.490 Sick leave policy—Probationary and permanent employees.
- 2.84.500 Sick leave—Proof of illness.
- 2.84.510 Sick leave—Eligibility.
- 2.84.520 Sick leave—Computation—Generally.
- 2.84.530 Sick leave—Computation—Fire department twenty-four-hour shift.
- 2.84.540 Sick leave—Leaves of absence or holidays.
- 2.84.550 Sick leave—Accumulation—Additional vacation in lieu of sick leave.
- 2.84.560 Sick leave—Depletion.
- 2.84.570 Sick leave—Payment for accumulated leave—Upon retirement.
- 2.84.580 Sick leave—Payment for accumulated leave—Because of medical disability.
- 2.84.590 Sick leave—Retention of accumulated leave on rehiring.
- 2.84.620 Leaves of absence.
- 2.85 Pension Benefits
- 2.88 Employee Health and Disability Benefits
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2.92
Fire Department Relief and Pensions
- 2.92.010 Pension board.
- 2.92.020 Definitions.
- 2.92.030 Disability caused by discharge of duties—Disability lasting less than one year.
- 2.92.040 Disability caused by discharge of duties—Disability lasting more than one year.
- 2.92.050 Death of a member.
- 2.92.060 Surviving widow—Failure to care for dependent children.
- 2.92.070 Membership to fire department defined.
- 2.92.080 Powers of pension board to examine persons receiving disability.
- 2.92.090 Disability and retirement board meetings—Powers.
- 2.92.100 Pension fund—Duties of finance director.
- 2.92.110 Contributions—Generally.
- 2.92.120 Contributions—Percentage of salary contributed by member.
- 2.92.130 Contributions—Deductions computation.
- 2.92.140 Contributions—Dependent contributions.
- 2.92.150 Contributions—Deduction administration—Payments.
- 2.92.160 Contributions—Payment into retirement fund on account of current service.
- 2.92.180 Contributions—Administrative costs.
- 2.92.190 Contributions—Based on entire compensation of member.
- 2.92.200 Contributions—Apportionment of ten thousand dollars in relief and pension fund.
- 2.92.210 Contributions—Apportionment of residue in relief and pension fund.
- 2.92.220 Service retirement—Conditions.
- 2.92.230 Service retirement—Allowance.
- 2.92.240 Disability retirement.
- 2.92.250 Allowance or disability retirement.
- 2.92.260 Death benefit.
- 2.92.270 Deferred retirement.
- 2.92.280 Reentry—Adjustment of contribution rate.
- 2.92.290 Effect of Workman’s Compensation Insurance and Safety Law.
- 2.92.300 Benefits—Exemption from process.
- 2.92.310 Increase in monthly allowance—Retirement or deaths on/or before December 31, 1970.
- 2.92.320 Increase in monthly allowance—Retirements or deaths for period between January 1, 1971, to June 30, 1971.
- 2.92.330 Increase in monthly allowance—Retirements or deaths for period.
- 2.92.340 Effect of service in the armed forces.
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Title 3
Revenue and Finance
- 3.04 Funds
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3.16
Unclaimed Property
- 3.16.010 Applicability.
- 3.16.020 Storage—Restoration to owner—Disposition of property held as evidence.
- 3.16.030 Auction sale—Publication of notice of sale—Exceptions.
- 3.16.040 Auction sale—Expenses—Deposit of proceeds.
- 3.16.050 Public use of property—Use of bicycles and toys for prevention of juvenile delinquency.
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3.20
Purchasing
- 3.20.010 Authority of purchasing division.
- 3.20.020 Adoption of purchasing system.
- 3.20.030 Filing estimates of requirements.
- 3.20.040 Annual contracts.
- 3.20.050 Requisitions.
- 3.20.060 Bidding.
- 3.20.065 Dispute resolution committee.
- 3.20.066 Pre-qualification of bidders.
- 3.20.068 Bid protests.
- 3.20.070 Purchase orders.
- 3.20.080 Encumbrance of funds.
- 3.20.090 Formal contract procedures.
- 3.20.100 Open market procedure.
- 3.20.105 Contract procedures.
- 3.20.110 Inspection and testing.
- 3.20.120 Surplus supplies and equipment.
- 3.20.125 Sale of surplus real property.
- 3.20.126 Lease of spaces in city-owned parking facilities, of city-owned downtown business properties and of city-owned property at the Bakersfield Municipal Airport.
- 3.20.130 Exception.
- 3.24 Police Report Fees
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3.28
Property Tax
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I.
Property Tax
- 3.28.005 Property subject to taxation.
- 3.28.010 Corporate property—Shares of stock not taxable.
- 3.28.015 Claims for exemptions—Affidavits.
- 3.28.020 Definitions.
- 3.28.025 City treasurer duties—As ex officio tax collector.
- 3.28.030 City treasurer duties—Keeping records and other duties.
- 3.28.035 Assessment at full cash value—Separation of lands and improvements—Cultivated and uncultivated land.
- 3.28.040 Assessment of other taxable property—Platted and unplatted land.
- 3.28.045 Ascertaining names of persons and property for taxation—Use of statements filed with county or city assessor.
- 3.28.050 Statement of property owned—Contents.
- 3.28.055 Statement of property owned—Form and verification.
- 3.28.060 Statement of property owned—Mailing or delivery to owner—Inclusion of notice indicating return requirements.
- 3.28.065 Powers of assessor—Subpoenas in connection with statements—Failure to comply—Penalty.
- 3.28.070 Failure to comply with chapter—Assessor’s estimate of property value.
- 3.28.075 Assessment by assessor’s estimate when owner absent or unknown.
- 3.28.080 Assessment in name of owner—Procedure where owner unknown.
- 3.28.085 Assessment of personal property from outside city consigned for sale to persons within city.
- 3.28.090 Assessments of persons acting as agents or executors.
- 3.28.095 Assessment of undistributed or unpartitioned property of deceased persons.
- 3.28.100 Assessment of property in litigation.
- 3.28.105 Assessment of property wilfully concealed or misrepresented.
- 3.28.110 Assessment of property that escaped assessment the previous year.
- 3.28.115 Assessment roll—Contents.
- 3.28.120 Assessment roll—Index.
- 3.28.125 Assessment roll—Entry of fact that property sold for taxes.
- 3.28.130 Assessment roll—Completion—Affidavit.
- 3.28.135 Assessor to make plats of each city block at request of council—Marking names thereon.
- 3.28.140 Assessor to make plats of each city block at request of council—Total valuation of each kind of property—Affidavit—Equalizing assessments.
- 3.28.145 Failure to complete assessment book—Penalty.
- 3.28.150 Adding name of claimant to that of owner listed on assessment roll.
- 3.28.155 Liability for taxes on property not assessed.
- 3.28.160 Affidavit by taxpayer charging failure to assess property.
- 3.28.165 Trial of action to recover amount of taxes on property not assessed.
- 3.28.170 Assessment of water ditches.
- 3.28.175 Board of equalization—Meetings and procedure.
- 3.28.180 Board of equalization—Raising or lowering in whole or in part.
- 3.28.185 Board of equalization—Application for reduction in valuation of property.
- 3.28.190 Board of equalization—Hearing and examination of application of reduction.
- 3.28.195 Board of equalization—Subpoena of witness upon hearing of application.
- 3.28.200 Board of equalization—Additions and new assessments—Assessments deemed incomplete—Notification of persons interested.
- 3.28.205 Board of equalization—Clerk’s minutes—Changes in assessment roll—Affidavit.
- 3.28.210 Addition to assessment roll of unassessed property—Force and effect.
- 3.28.215 Levy of tax—Rates—Computation of amounts.
- 3.28.220 Levy of tax—As judgment—Liens.
- 3.28.225 Personal property tax as lien against real property.
- 3.28.230 Tax on real property and improvements—Liens.
- 3.28.235 Improvements owned by others than owner of property on which situated—Statement filed with assessor.
- 3.28.240 Auditor’s duties—Correction of mathematical and clerical errors.
- 3.28.245 Auditor’s duties—Computation of sums that will be paid as taxes.
- 3.28.250 Auditor’s duties—Delivery of corrected assessment roll—Affidavit.
- 3.28.255 Auditor’s duties—Charging tax collector with amount of taxes levied.
- 3.28.260 Auditor’s duties—Verification of all statements by affidavit.
- 3.28.265 Auditor’s duties—Procedure for transfer of assessment roll or delinquent tax list.
- 3.28.270 Publication of notice to pay taxes—Contents.
- 3.28.275 Publication of notice to pay taxes—Publication requirements.
- 3.28.280 Tax payment—Location.
- 3.28.285 Tax payment—Recording—Partial payments—Fractional parcels.
- 3.28.290 Tax payment—Receipt—Contents.
- 3.28.295 Monthly accounting of taxes paid—Tax collector’s report.
- 3.28.300 Failure of tax collector to report—Liability.
- 3.28.305 Failure of tax collector to report—Suit for taxes outstanding.
- 3.28.310 Dates when taxes delinquent—Interest.
- 3.28.315 Delivery of assessment roll to auditor in January—Computation of amounts due.
- 3.28.320 Delivery of assessment roll to auditor in May—Delivery of delinquent list.
- 3.28.325 Delivery of assessment roll to auditor in May—Computation of amounts—Final settlement.
- 3.28.330 Charging tax collector with amounts due on delinquent roll—Delivery of certified roll.
- 3.28.335 Publication of delinquent list—Contents—Property held by city more than five years.
- 3.28.340 Publication of lien foreclosure notice.
- 3.28.345 Publication requisites—Mailings.
- 3.28.350 Publication of date and place of sale.
- 3.28.355 Filing copy of publication with affidavit of publication.
- 3.28.360 Collection of additional fee along with delinquent taxes and penalties.
- 3.28.365 Sale to city—Conditions for sale at public auction—Notice of sale.
- 3.28.370 Sale to city—Removal or destruction of improvements prohibited—Right of city to rents, issues and profits.
- 3.28.375 Noting sale on delinquent roll sheet—Cancellation of tax sale and certificate.
- 3.28.380 Redemption of property—Conditions and procedure.
- 3.28.385 Redemption of property—Payment requirements—Account and distribution of moneys received.
- 3.28.390 Deed of property to city—Form—Filing.
- 3.28.395 Deeds to purchasers other than city—Form.
- 3.28.400 Deed as prima facie evidence of certain matters.
- 3.28.405 Deed as conclusive evidence of regularity of proceedings—Title conveyed.
- 3.28.410 Assessment book and delinquent list as prima facie evidence of compliance.
- 3.28.415 Presentation of delinquent list to auditor—Date—Examination.
- 3.28.420 Presentation of delinquent list to auditor—Oath accompanying delinquent list.
- 3.28.425 Auditing delinquent list—Final settlement—Return to permanent custody of tax collector.
- 3.28.430 Affidavit of taxes not paid.
- 3.28.435 List of property sold—Use of words Sold to the City on statements and bills.
- 3.28.440 Refund of overpayments—Claim—Transfer to general fund.
- 3.28.445 Erroneous assessment—Cancellation.
- 3.28.450 Double assessment—Cancellation.
- 3.28.455 Correction of errors in deed.
- 3.28.460 Land not to be sold where errors discovered before sale—Tax collection by regular method in succeeding year.
- 3.28.465 Error in name of owner does not void sale.
- 3.28.470 Suit for taxes assessed on unsecured personal property.
- 3.28.475 At time of trial—Certificate of tax collector as prima facie evidence of taxes due and payable.
- 3.28.480 Continued assessment of property sold to city—Required.
- 3.28.485 Continued assessment of property sold to city—No sale of lands unredeemed from previous sale.
- 3.28.490 Redemption of property assessed after sale to city.
- 3.28.495 Distribution of proceeds from redemptions.
- 3.28.500 Right of redemption—Procedure.
- 3.28.505 Partial redemption.
- 3.28.510 Protests—Action to recover taxes.
- 3.28.515 Unsecured taxes—Collection—Assessment of unassessed property—Penalty.
- 3.28.520 Unsecured taxes—Delinquent date.
- 3.28.525 Unsecured taxes—Collection by seizure and sale of personal property or by suit.
- 3.28.530 Unsecured taxes—Sale to be at public auction.
- 3.28.535 Unsecured taxes—Notice of sale.
- 3.28.540 Unsecured taxes—Costs of sale—Moneys collected.
- 3.28.545 Unsecured taxes—Sale—Title to property.
- 3.28.550 Unsecured taxes—Sale—Disposition of excess funds.
- 3.28.555 Unsecured taxes—Responsibility for unsold property.
- 3.28.560 Unsecured taxes—Amounts to be collected.
- 3.28.565 Unsecured taxes—Removal of property in storage.
- 3.28.570 Unsecured taxes—Suit to collect—Assessment list as evidence of right to recover.
- 3.28.575 Unsecured taxes—Settlement and payment of moneys collected.
- 3.28.580 Unsecured taxes—Noting amount of taxes collected in assessment book.
- 3.28.585 Examination by auditor of unsecured personal property assessment roll annually in September.
- 3.28.590 Board of appraisal—Created—Composition—Powers—Rules and regulations governing appraisals—Minimum selling prices—Quorum—Notice of action.
- 3.28.595 Sale of property by city—Procedure—Costs—Satisfaction of delinquent taxes.
- 3.28.600 Sale of property by city—Disposition of proceeds—Form and effect of deed—Keeping of records—Redemption from void sale.
- 3.28.605 Collection by civil action when taxes over three hundred dollars—Procedure—Disposition of funds recovered.
- 3.28.610 Alternate method of sale—Adoption of state law.
- 3.28.615 Defects in description, form or clerical errors—Procedure for correction.
- 3.28.620 Republication of corrected list or other publication.
- 3.28.625 Republication made in same manner as original.
- 3.28.630 Abbreviations in assessments and advertisements.
- 3.28.635 Effect of informality and failure to comply with time limits.
- 3.28.640 Payments made in legal tender—Required.
- 3.28.645 Officers—Performance only of their own duties.
- II. Assessment and Collection of Tax by County
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I.
Property Tax
- 3.30 In-Lieu Taxes
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3.32
Real Property Transfer Tax
- 3.32.010 Title.
- 3.32.020 Imposition of tax.
- 3.32.030 Persons liable.
- 3.32.040 Exemption—Securing debts.
- 3.32.050 Exemption—United States.
- 3.32.060 Exemption—Court proceedings.
- 3.32.070 Exemption—Security and exchange commission.
- 3.32.080 Partnership.
- 3.32.090 Administration of chapter.
- 3.32.100 Claims for refunds.
- 3.32.110 Copies on file.
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3.36
Sales and Use Tax
- 3.36.010 Title.
- 3.36.020 Purposes.
- 3.36.030 Effective date—Contract with state.
- 3.36.040 Sales tax imposed—Place of sale—Adoption of state law—Exemptions.
- 3.36.050 Use tax imposed—Adoption of state law—Exemptions.
- 3.36.060 Adoption of amendments to state code.
- 3.36.070 Enjoining collection forbidden.
- 3.36.080 Suspension of existing ordinances.
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3.38
Bakersfield Public Safety/Vital City Services Measure
- 3.38.005 Title.
- 3.38.010 Operative date.
- 3.38.015 Purpose.
- 3.38.020 Contract with state.
- 3.38.025 Transactions tax rate.
- 3.38.030 Place of sale.
- 3.38.035 Use tax rate.
- 3.38.040 Adoption of provisions of state law.
- 3.38.045 Limitations on adoption of state law and collection of use taxes.
- 3.38.050 Permit not required.
- 3.38.055 Exemptions and exclusions.
- 3.38.060 Amendments.
- 3.38.065 Enjoining collection forbidden.
- 3.38.070 Severability.
- 3.38.075 Effective date.
- 3.38.080 Termination date.
- 3.38.085 Citizens oversight committee.
- 3.38.090 Accounting, transparency and audit.
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3.40
Transient Lodging Tax
- 3.40.010 Definitions.
- 3.40.020 Tax imposed—Rate—Revenue measure.
- 3.40.030 Collection of tax.
- 3.40.031 Enjoining collection forbidden.
- 3.40.032 Action to challenge validity.
- 3.40.033 Refunds.
- 3.40.040 Reports and remittances.
- 3.40.050 Interest and penalties for late payments.
- 3.40.060 Failure to collect and report tax—Collection.
- 3.40.070 Records to be kept.
- 3.40.080 Security requirements.
- 3.40.090 Immediate payment of tax on cessation of business.
- 3.40.100 Successor or assignee of business to withhold tax from purchase money—Certificate of no tax due.
- 3.40.110 Liability of successor or assignee for tax—Issuance of certificate.
- 3.40.120 Exemptions.
- 3.40.130 Duty of tax collector to ascertain name of violators.
- 3.40.140 Information confidential—Types of disclosures permitted.
- 3.40.150 Enforcement.
- 3.44 Financing of the Rehabilitation of Historical Properties
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3.50
Economic Development Revenue Bond
- I. General Provisions and Definitions
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II.
Financing Facilities
- 3.50.050 Loans for facilities.
- 3.50.060 Acquisition, construction, leasing and selling of facilities.
- 3.50.070 Applications for approval.
- 3.50.080 Fees.
- 3.50.090 Insurance.
- 3.50.100 Rents and charges.
- 3.50.110 Security for loans.
- 3.50.120 Professional services.
- 3.50.130 Public works requirements inapplicable.
- 3.50.140 Additional powers.
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III.
Bonds
- 3.50.150 Issuance of bonds.
- 3.50.160 Bonds not debt of city.
- 3.50.170 Bond terms.
- 3.50.180 Bond provisions.
- 3.50.190 Pledge of revenues, money or property—Lien.
- 3.50.200 No personal liability.
- 3.50.210 Purchase of bonds by city.
- 3.50.220 Actions by bondholders.
- 3.50.230 Refunding bonds.
- 3.50.240 Bond anticipation notes.
- 3.50.250 Validity of bonds.
- IV. Supplemental Provisions
- 3.55 Enterprise Revenue Bond Law
-
3.60
Health Facilities Financing Law
- 3.60.010 Title.
- 3.60.020 Purpose.
- 3.60.030 Definitions.
- 3.60.040 Loans for health facilities.
- 3.60.050 Refinancing loans for health facilities.
- 3.60.060 Acquisition, construction, leasing and selling of health facilities.
- 3.60.070 Fees.
- 3.60.080 Insurance.
- 3.60.090 Rents and charges.
- 3.60.100 Security for loans.
- 3.60.110 Professional services.
- 3.60.120 Additional powers.
- 3.60.130 Issuance of bonds—Bonds not debt of city.
- 3.60.140 Costs of issuance.
- 3.60.150 Resolution—Bond provisions.
- 3.60.160 Bond provisions.
- 3.60.170 Pledge of revenues, money or property—Lien.
- 3.60.180 No personal liability.
- 3.60.190 Purchase of bonds.
- 3.60.200 Actions by bondholders.
- 3.60.210 Refunding bonds.
- 3.60.220 Bond anticipation notes.
- 3.60.230 Validity of bonds.
- 3.60.240 Liberal construction.
- 3.60.250 Omissions not to affect validity of bonds.
- 3.60.260 Full authority.
- 3.60.270 Additional authority.
- 3.60.280 Chapter controlling.
- 3.70 Cost Recovery System
- Title 4 (Reserved)
-
Title 5
Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations
-
5.02
Business License Tax
- 5.02.010 Definitions.
- 5.02.020 Revenue measure.
- 5.02.030 Effect of payment on other taxes, fees and regulations.
- 5.02.040 Collector—Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- 5.02.050 Collector—Enforcement duties.
- 5.02.060 Certificate required—Exemptions.
- 5.02.070 Unlawful business not authorized.
- 5.02.071 Enjoining collection forbidden.
- 5.02.072 Action to challenge validity.
- 5.02.080 Branch establishments.
- 5.02.090 Evidence of doing business.
- 5.02.100 Constitutional apportionment.
- 5.02.110 Certificate—Contents.
- 5.02.120 Certificate—Initial application.
- 5.02.130 Certificate—Renewal.
- 5.02.140 Certificate—Nontransferable.
- 5.02.160 Certificate—Posting and keeping.
- 5.02.170 Statements and records.
- 5.02.180 Information confidential—Types of disclosures permitted.
- 5.02.190 Failure to file statement.
- 5.02.200 Appeal.
- 5.02.210 Extension of time.
- 5.02.220 Manner and schedule of payments.
- 5.02.230 Delinquency—Penalties.
- 5.02.240 Gross receipts.
- 5.02.250 Business tax—Classification—Review.
- 5.02.260 Flat rate.
- 5.02.270 Refunds of overpayment.
- 5.02.280 Refunds of unused business tax certificate.
- 5.02.290 Business tax constitutes debt.
- 5.02.300 Outside businesses.
- 5.02.310 Effect of adoption on unexpired certificate.
- 5.04 Reserved
-
5.06
Adult Entertainment Businesses
- 5.06.010 Definitions.
- 5.06.020 Permits required.
- 5.06.030 Business permit application—Issuance—Fee.
- 5.06.040 Managerial permit application—Issuance—Fee.
- 5.06.050 Permit renewal.
- 5.06.060 Regulations.
- 5.06.062 Access provision.
- 5.06.064 Separation of patrons and performers.
- 5.06.066 Regulation of arcades.
- 5.06.068 Regulations nonexclusive.
- 5.06.070 Abatement.
- 5.06.080 Revocation.
- 5.06.090 Appeal.
-
5.08
Alarm Regulations
- 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.
- 5.12 Bingo Games
- 5.13 Remote Caller Bingo
- 5.14 Cabarets
- 5.16 Cardrooms
- 5.18 Residential Solicitations
-
5.20
Closing-Out Sales
- 5.20.010 Permit—Required—Application requirements—Fee—Issuance.
- 5.20.020 Permit—Application endorsed with date of filing and kept as record.
- 5.20.030 Permit—Application containing false statements.
- 5.20.040 Only goods described in application covered by permit.
- 5.20.050 Ordering new goods in contemplation of sale unlawful.
- 5.20.060 Adding merchandise during sale unlawful.
- 5.20.070 Advertising.
- 5.20.080 Liability of advertisement publishers.
- 5.20.090 Exemptions.
- 5.20.100 Violation—Penalty.
- 5.23 Escorts and Escort Bureaus
-
5.24
Funeral Escort Services
- 5.24.010 Permit—Required.
- 5.24.020 Permit—Application—Investigation—Issuance or denial—Appeal.
- 5.24.030 Permit—Revocation.
- 5.24.040 Uniform and equipment.
- 5.24.050 Carrying of identification card required.
- 5.24.060 Rank and title.
- 5.24.070 Duty to report.
- 5.24.080 Motorcycles.
- 5.24.090 Rules and regulations.
- 5.24.100 Issuance.
- 5.26 Hotels and Lodginghouses
- 5.28 House Number Curb Painting
-
5.30
Jewelry Auctions
- 5.30.010 Definitions.
- 5.30.020 Applicability.
- 5.30.030 Permit—Required.
- 5.30.040 Permit—Application—Investigation and report—Issuance or denial.
- 5.30.050 Permit—Surety bond required.
- 5.30.060 Permit—Revocation.
- 5.30.070 Appeals.
- 5.30.080 Labeling merchandise.
- 5.30.090 Additions to stock.
- 5.30.100 False statements.
- 5.30.110 False bidding unlawful.
- 5.30.120 Bell ringing, music or loud noise unlawful.
- 5.30.130 Hours of business.
- 5.30.140 Violation—Penalty.
-
5.32
Massage
- 5.32.010 Definitions.
- 5.32.020 CAMTC—Certificate required.
- 5.32.030 Massage establishment—Permit required.
- 5.32.040 Application for establishment permit, fee.
- 5.32.045 Renewal.
- 5.32.050 Establishment permit—Investigation, approval or denial.
- 5.32.060 Exemptions.
- 5.32.070 Permit denial, revocation, nonrenewal.
- 5.32.080 Regulations.
- 5.32.090 Prohibited conduct.
- 5.32.100 Violation and penalty.
- 5.32.110 Appeal.
- 5.32.120 Severability.
- 5.32.130 Practitioner permit exemption option.
- 5.35 Motion Pictures
- 5.38 Outdoor Festivals, Circuses, Carnivals and Tent Shows
-
5.42
Private Patrol Services
- 5.42.010 Operator defined.
- 5.42.020 Statutory exemptions.
- 5.42.030 Unlawful to wear uniform similar to police or firemen—Approval of uniform.
- 5.42.040 Unlawful to wear badge similar to police or firemen—Approval of badge.
- 5.42.050 Color scheme and insignia on vehicles.
- 5.42.060 Return of identification cards.
- 5.44 Public Dances and Dancehalls
- 5.45 Sidewalk Vendors
- 5.46 Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers
-
5.48
Video Service Providers
- 5.48.010 Definitions.
- 5.48.020 Grant of franchise to Time Warner Entertainment—Advance/Newhouse, a general partnership under the laws of the state of New York.
- 5.48.030 Grant of franchise to Cebridge Acquisitions, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership doing business in California as Cebridge Connections.
- 5.48.040 Regulations.
- 5.48.050 Notice of violation.
- 5.48.060 Penalties.
-
5.50
Taxicabs
- 5.50.010 Purpose and intent.
- 5.50.020 Definitions.
- 5.50.030 State law—Taxi transportation services.
- 5.50.040 Permit requirement.
- 5.50.050 Application.
- 5.50.060 Permit renewal.
- 5.50.070 Fares.
- 5.50.080 General appearance.
- 5.50.090 Revocation of taxi permit.
- 5.50.100 Notice and hearing for revocation.
- 5.50.110 Taxistand permit, application and requirements.
- 5.51 Temporary Promotional Activities
- 5.56 Transient Outdoor Businesses
- 5.58 Seismic Survey Activities
- 5.60 Title Enforcement
- 5.62 Alcoholic Beverage Warning Signs
-
5.66
Food Vending Vehicles
- 5.66.010 Definitions.
- 5.66.020 Permits required.
- 5.66.030 Application.
- 5.66.040 Application approval, denial, and revocation.
- 5.66.050 General food vending vehicle requirements.
- 5.66.060 Food vending vehicle requirements in the public right-of-way.
- 5.66.070 Food vending vehicle requirements on private property.
- 5.66.080 Appeal of a permit denial or revocation.
-
5.02
Business License Tax
-
Title 6
Animals
-
6.04
Public Pound—Dog Licenses
- 6.04.010 Definitions.
- 6.04.020 Public pound established.
- 6.04.030 Duties of director of animal control.
- 6.04.035 Duties of animal control officers.
- 6.04.040 Dog license—Required—Vaccination.
- 6.04.050 Dog license—Fee—Tag—Issuance of duplicate tag.
- 6.04.060 Dog license—Fee—Collectors.
- 6.04.070 Reserved.
- 6.04.080 Reports of biting dogs—Quarantine.
- 6.04.090 Examination when rabies suspected.
- 6.04.100 Dogs without vaccination—Destruction of rabid animals.
- 6.04.110 Reserved.
- 6.04.120 Property damage—Female dogs in heat.
- 6.04.130 Impounded animals—Records—Care during impoundment.
- 6.04.140 Impounded animals—Disposition.
- 6.04.150 Impounded animals—Redemption procedure.
- 6.04.160 Impounded animals—Redemption charges.
- 6.04.170 Abandoned animals.
- 6.04.180 Interfering with impounding or removing animals from pound.
- 6.04.190 Removal of dead animals from public streets and places.
- 6.04.200 Reserved.
- 6.04.210 Reports by director of animal control.
- 6.04.220 Dogs at large—Impounding.
- 6.04.230 Keeping noisy animals—Complaints—Investigation.
- 6.04.240 Natural enemies.
- 6.04.250 Reserved.
- 6.04.260 Animal control officers—Carrying loaded firearms authorized.
- 6.04.270 Violation—Penalty.
-
6.05
Vicious Dogs
- 6.05.010 Definitions.
- 6.05.020 Administrative hearing to determine if dog is potentially dangerous or vicious, or if owner of a previously determined potentially dangerous or vicious dog is in violation of this title, or if dog is a significant public threat.
- 6.05.030 Notice to owner of hearing.
- 6.05.040 Time of hearing.
- 6.05.050 Hearing open to public.
- 6.05.060 Evidence at hearing.
- 6.05.070 Findings, determinations, declarations and order.
- 6.05.080 Exceptions to determination that dog is potentially dangerous or vicious.
- 6.05.090 Seizure, impoundment and destruction of dogs which are significant public threat.
- 6.08 Fowl
-
6.12
Pigeons and Doves
- 6.12.010 Locational restrictions—More than sixty birds prohibited—Facilities.
- 6.12.020 Distance from dwellings.
- 6.12.030 Structures and enclosures—Construction—Exercising homing pigeons.
- 6.12.040 Structures and enclosures—Maintenance.
- 6.12.050 Keeping for commercial purposes.
- 6.12.060 Releasing for racing or homing purposes.
- 6.12.070 Squabs.
- 6.20 Maiming, Injuring or Killing of Animals
-
6.04
Public Pound—Dog Licenses
- Title 7 (Reserved)
-
Title 8
Health and Safety
- 8.04 Transfer of Health Functions
- 8.08 Milk
- 8.12 Meat and Fish Peddlers
- 8.16 Ice Cream Trucks
- 8.24 Termite-Infested Wood
- 8.27 Property Maintenance
- 8.28 Weeds and Debris
- 8.29 Litter Control
- 8.30 Distribution of Printed Matter to Residential Property
- 8.31 Placement of Advertising Materials on Private Motor Vehicles
-
8.32
Solid Waste/Recyclable Materials/Organic Waste
- 8.32.010 Declaration of policy.
- 8.32.020 Definitions.
- 8.32.030 Special charges.
- 8.32.040 Charge as debt against occupant of property—Penalty.
- 8.32.050 Billing property owner.
- 8.32.060 Billing, collection and payment of charges—Refunds.
- 8.32.070 Additional powers and duties to make rules and regulations.
- 8.32.080 Accumulation unlawful—Abatement.
- 8.32.090 Unlawful dumping—Abatement.
- 8.32.100 Unlawful recovery/redemption of recyclable materials—Abatement.
- 8.32.110 Required containers.
- 8.32.120 Collection points for discarded materials.
- 8.32.130 Preparation of discarded materials.
- 8.32.140 Collection, processing, and disposal.
- 8.32.150 Generator requirements—Mandatory services required.
- 8.32.160 Generator requirements—Waivers for commercial and multifamily generators.
- 8.32.170 Generator requirements—Commercial edible food generators.
- 8.32.180 Edible food recovery organizations and services.
- 8.32.190 Inspections and investigations.
- 8.32.200 Enforcement.
- 8.32.210 Violation—Penalty.
- 8.32.220 Severability.
-
8.34
Industrial Stormwater
- 8.34.010 Definition of industrial stormwater.
- 8.34.020 General.
- 8.34.030 Compliance with state and federal standards and regulations.
- 8.34.040 Noncomplying industrial activity.
- 8.34.050 Notices of self-monitoring.
- 8.34.060 Compliance with city’s NPDES permit.
- 8.34.070 Notification of industrial activity, NPDES permit.
- 8.34.080 Access to industrial activity sites.
- 8.35 Stormwater System
- 8.36 Irrigation Canals
- 8.38 Groundwater Recharge Basins Operation of Motorized Watercraft Prohibited
- 8.40 Smoke Abatement
-
8.44
Fireworks
- 8.44.010 Definitions.
- 8.44.020 Permit required.
- 8.44.025 Effective dates.
- 8.44.030 Application—Issuance—Fee.
- 8.44.035 Application—Issuance—Fee.
- 8.44.040 Regulations.
- 8.44.050 Revocation.
- 8.44.060 Appeal.
- 8.44.070 Penalty.
- 8.44.080 Administrative citation.
- 8.44.090 Administrative fines.
- 8.44.100 Administrative citation review process.
- 8.44.110 Administrative hearing officer.
-
8.48
Electrical Appliances
- 8.48.010 Scope.
- 8.48.020 Compliance with chapter required—Identification and rating—Voltage markings.
- 8.48.030 Adoption of standards.
- 8.48.040 Declaration of policy as to safety standards.
- 8.48.050 Administration of chapter—Adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations.
- 8.48.060 Standards—Evidence of compliance.
- 8.48.070 Absence of standards—Testing.
- 8.48.080 Revocation of approval—Notice—Hearing.
- 8.48.090 Exceptions to chapter—Generally.
- 8.48.100 Motor vehicles excepted.
- 8.48.110 Low voltage devices excepted.
- 8.48.120 Special appliances excepted.
- 8.48.130 Generating devices accepted.
- 8.48.140 Conformance in rebuilding or repairing used or secondhand devices.
- 8.48.150 Liability for damages.
- 8.48.160 Appeals.
- 8.48.170 Enforcement.
- 8.48.180 Violation—Penalty.
- 8.52 Resale of Returned Merchandise
- 8.56 Smoking on Buses
- 8.58 Tobacco Use Prevention
- 8.59 Tobacco Retailer’s Permit
- 8.60 Certified Unified Program Agency
- 8.70 Regulation of Wells and Water Systems
-
8.80
Abatement of Public Nuisances
- 8.80.010 Duty of property owner to abate.
- 8.80.020 General enforcement authority.
- 8.80.030 Authority to inspect.
- 8.80.040 Power to arrest.
- 8.80.050 Summary abatement of public nuisance.
- 8.80.060 Nonsummary abatement procedures—Notices of violation.
- 8.80.070 Form of notices.
- 8.80.080 Abatement hearing.
- 8.80.090 Order after abatement hearing—Right to appeal.
- 8.80.100 Discretionary notices.
- 8.80.110 Abatement by owner.
- 8.80.120 Civil violations—Injunctions and civil penalties.
- 8.80.130 Treble damages for subsequent abatement judgments.
- 8.80.140 Criminal violations—Misdemeanors and infractions.
-
8.85
Assessments Related to Abatement of Public Nuisances
- 8.85.010 Report and assessment list—Contents and filing.
- 8.85.020 Report and assessment list—Notice of filing.
- 8.85.030 Council confirmation.
- 8.85.040 Payments to finance director.
- 8.85.050 Recording of lien.
- 8.85.060 Collection of assessments—Writ of execution nonjudicial foreclosure.
- 8.85.070 Collection of assessments—Placement on tax roll.
- 8.85.080 Repayment of repair and demolition fund.
-
8.90
Land Application of Biosolids
- 8.90.010 Definitions.
- 8.90.020 Biosolids prohibited.
- 8.90.030 General requirements.
- 8.90.040 Permit application.
- 8.90.050 Management practices.
- 8.90.060 Site restrictions.
- 8.90.070 Monitoring, record keeping and reporting.
- 8.90.080 Inspection and enforcement.
- 8.90.090 Penalty for violation.
- 8.90.100 Severability.
- 8.90.110 CEQA exemption.
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Title 9
Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
- I. Offenses by or Against Public Officers and Government
- II. Offenses Against the Person (Reserved)
- III. Offenses Against Public Decency
-
IV.
Offenses Against Public Peace
- 9.20 Disorderly Conduct
-
9.22
Noise
- I. General Provisions
-
II.
Amplified sound
- 9.22.080 Purpose.
- 9.22.090 Registration and permit required.
- 9.22.100 Registration statement amendment.
- 9.22.110 Issuance and display of permit.
- 9.22.120 Regulations for use.
- 9.22.130 Amplification from aircraft prohibited.
- 9.22.140 Amplified sound from vehicles.
- 9.22.150 Revocation.
- 9.22.160 Appeal.
-
9.23
Loud or Unruly Events
- 9.23.010 Purpose.
- 9.23.020 Findings.
- 9.23.030 Definitions.
- 9.23.040 Responsibility for property management.
- 9.23.050 Warning issued at time of initial response.
- 9.23.060 Civil liability for the costs of a second or subsequent response to a loud or unruly event.
- 9.23.070 Penalty and amount of service fee.
- 9.23.080 Assessment of service fee.
- 9.23.090 Notice of assessment of service fee.
- 9.23.100 Payment of service fee.
- 9.23.110 Loud or unruly events where alcoholic beverages are served to, or consumed by, underage persons.
- 9.23.120 Protected activities.
- 9.23.130 Right to appeal administrative citation and service fee to the city manager.
- 9.23.140 Enforcement.
-
V.
Offenses Against Property
- 9.26 Hubcaps
- 9.28 Shopping Carts
- 9.29 Shopping Carts—Containment
- 9.30 Street Solicitations
- 9.32 Panhandling/Soliciting
-
9.34
Trespass
-
1.
Onto Defense Plants, Etc.
- 9.34.010 Declaration of policy.
- 9.34.020 “No trespassing” signs—Requirements for boundary posting.
- 9.34.030 Places which may be posted.
- 9.34.040 Written consent required to enter upon posted premises.
- 9.34.050 Possessing harmful tools or devices in area of posted property.
- 9.34.060 Exceptions to Sections 9.34.010 through 9.34.080.
- 9.34.070 Defacing or destroying posted signs.
- 9.34.080 Violation of Sections 9.34.010 through 9.34.070—Penalty.
- 2. On Roofs
- 3. Upon Privately Operated Business Premises
- 4. In or About City Facilities
-
1.
Onto Defense Plants, Etc.
- 9.35 Trespass on Private Property
-
9.36
Graffiti Prevention and Abatement
- 9.36.010 Purpose.
- 9.36.020 Graffiti defined.
- 9.36.030 Public nuisance.
- 9.36.040 Display of aerosol spray paint containers and marker pens.
- 9.36.050 Sale of wide-tipped marker pens to minors.
- 9.36.060 Possession of aerosol paint container or wide-tipped marker pen.
- 9.36.070 Removal of graffiti.
- 9.36.080 Penalty.
- 9.36.090 Reward.
- 9.36.100 Severability.
- VI. Consumer Protection (Reserved)
- VII. Offenses by or Against Minors
- VIII. Weapons Offenses
- IX. Miscellaneous Offenses
-
Title 10
Vehicles and Traffic
-
I.
Traffic Code
- 10.04 General Provisions
- 10.08 Definitions
- 10.12 Traffic-Control Devices
- 10.16 Special Stops
- 10.20 Turning Movements
- 10.24 Speed Zones
- 10.28 One-Way Streets and Alleys
-
10.32
Standing, Stopping and Parking
- 10.32.010 Applicability of division to stopping, standing or parking.
- 10.32.020 Colors and meanings of signs and markings.
- 10.32.030 Emergency parking signs.
- 10.32.040 Handicapped parking designation.
- 10.32.050 Angular, center and left side parking areas established.
- 10.32.060 Angle parking—Restriction on length of vehicle.
- 10.32.070 Parking as designated by lines on surface of roadway—Required.
- 10.32.080 Alley parking.
- 10.32.090 Parking prohibited on portion of Sumner Street—Exceptions.
- 10.32.100 Parking on city property.
- 10.32.110 Limited parking—What constitutes separate offense.
- 10.32.120 Erasing tire traffic-control markings constitutes violation of Section 10.32.110.
- 10.32.130 Parking of motor vehicles within the limits of city parks.
- 10.32.140 Parking of commercial vehicles prohibited in residential districts.
- 10.32.150 Parking for purpose of sale prohibited.
- 10.32.160 Parking on unpaved surfaces.
- 10.36 Loading Zones and Bus Zones
- 10.40 Removal of Vehicles
-
10.44
Vehicle Restrictions
- 10.44.020 Certain vehicles prohibited on Niles Street—Between Baker Street and easterly city limits.
- 10.44.030 Certain vehicles prohibited on Niles Street—Between Union Avenue and Baker Street.
- 10.44.050 Restrictions for vehicle from which merchandise sold.
- 10.44.060 Truck routes established—Signs—Parking restrictions.
- 10.48 Pedestrians
- 10.52 Bicycles and Similar Vehicles
-
10.56
Miscellaneous Regulations
- 10.56.010 Temporary street closing.
- 10.56.020 Backing into streets or intersections.
- 10.56.030 Driving through funeral procession.
- 10.56.040 Areas prohibited to driving.
- 10.56.050 Riding or driving on new pavement or markings.
- 10.56.060 Boarding and alighting from vehicles.
- 10.56.070 Stopping and standing restrictions—Driving or riding in public park.
- 10.56.080 Unlawful parking—Peddlers, vendors and taxicabs—Permits.
- 10.56.090 Commercial vehicle washing in street prohibited.
- 10.60 Interstate Trucks
- 10.64 Abandoned or Junk Vehicles
- 10.66 Limited Access Highways or Freeways
-
II.
Miscellaneous Provisions
-
10.68
Parking Meters
- 10.68.010 Definitions.
- 10.68.020 Establishment of zones and spaces.
- 10.68.030 Installation.
- 10.68.040 Operation.
- 10.68.050 Parking time limits.
- 10.68.060 Prohibited acts.
- 10.68.070 Enforcement—Reports—Notices of violation.
- 10.68.080 Exempted vehicles.
- 10.68.090 Meter collections.
- 10.68.100 Use of funds.
- 10.68.110 Chapter provisions supplementary.
- 10.69 Special Events
- 10.72 Parking Malls
-
10.76
Parades
- 10.76.010 Definitions.
- 10.76.020 Permit required.
- 10.76.030 Application—Issuance.
- 10.76.040 Permit—Application—Time for consideration.
- 10.76.050 Regulations.
- 10.76.060 Notification of city officials.
- 10.76.065 Notification of affected businesses.
- 10.76.070 Revocation.
- 10.76.080 Appeal.
- 10.76.090 Severability.
- 10.80 Kern River Trail
- 10.82 Operation of Motor Vehicles in the Primary and Secondary Floodplains of the Kern River Prohibited—Exceptions
-
10.68
Parking Meters
-
I.
Traffic Code
- Title 11 (Reserved)
-
Title 12
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- 12.08 Frontage Roads
-
12.12
Street Use Permits
-
1.
Deposit of Building Materials
- 12.12.010 Permit—Required.
- 12.12.020 Permit—Application and deposit requirements.
- 12.12.030 Permit—Term—Extension.
- 12.12.040 Permit—Display on demand.
- 12.12.050 Permit—Conditions for granting or revocation.
- 12.12.060 Permit—Subject to rights of city and public service corporations.
- 12.12.070 Deductions from deposit for purposes of inspection charges.
- 12.12.080 Red warning lights required.
- 12.12.090 Completion of work—Removal of material—Failure to comply—Charge against deposit.
- 12.12.100 Superintendent’s decision as to cost made final and conclusive.
- 12.12.110 Deposited materials—Removal or wetting down requirements.
- 12.12.120 Deposited materials—Distance requirements from fire hydrants and railway tracks.
- 12.12.130 Deposited materials—Mortar, plaster or lime prohibited on paved surfaces.
- 12.12.140 Moving buildings or structures upon streets.
- 12.12.150 Permits for use of subsidewalk space.
- 12.12.160 Violation of Section 12.12.010 through 12.12.150—Penalty.
-
1.
Deposit of Building Materials
-
12.16
Construction Work in Streets
- 12.16.010 Excavation in the public right-of-way.
- 12.16.020 Definitions.
- 12.16.030 Written permits required to excavate.
- 12.16.040 Orders, regulations, and rules of city departments.
- 12.16.050 Applications for permits to perform an excavation.
- 12.16.060 Action on applications for permits to excavate.
- 12.16.070 Terms and limitations.
- 12.16.080 Duration and validity.
- 12.16.090 Nontransferability of permits.
- 12.16.100 Emergency excavation.
- 12.16.110 Moratorium areas—No permit shall be issued.
- 12.16.120 Liability and indemnification.
- 12.16.130 Deposit required.
- 12.16.140 Security required.
- 12.16.150 Workmanship and performance warranty fee.
- 12.16.160 Additional fees for excavation.
- 12.16.170 Underground service alert.
- 12.16.180 Limits upon excavation in the public right-of-way.
- 12.16.190 Stop work order, permit modification, and permit revocation.
- 12.16.200 Restoration of the public right-of-way.
- 12.16.210 Repair by the department.
- 12.16.220 Emergency remediation by the department.
- 12.16.230 Violation of chapter.
- 12.16.240 Administrative penalties.
- 12.16.250 Civil penalties and fees.
- 12.16.260 Criminal penalties and fees.
- 12.16.270 Suspension of applications and permits.
- 12.16.280 Abandonment of underground facilities, reports, and maps.
- 12.16.290 Identification of visible facilities.
- 12.16.300 Depth of gas or water pipe.
- 12.16.310 Removal of manhole covers permit.
- 12.20 Encroachments
- 12.21 Skateboard and Bicycle Ramps
- 12.28 Water in Gutters or Sidewalks
- 12.30 Wireless Facilities within the Public Rights-of-Way
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12.32
Underground Utility Districts
- 12.32.010 Definitions.
- 12.32.020 Public hearing—Declaration by council.
- 12.32.030 Public hearing—Notice.
- 12.32.040 Public hearing—Findings—Council order to remove and to underground.
- 12.32.050 Exemptions permissible to Section 12.32.040.
- 12.32.060 Exemptions to Section 12.32.040 unless otherwise provided.
- 12.32.070 Notification of affected utilities and persons.
- 12.32.080 Responsibility for underground construction.
- 12.32.090 Responsibility of owners or occupants—Noncompliance.
- 12.32.100 City’s responsibility to underground.
- 12.32.110 Extensions of time.
- 12.32.120 Unlawful to maintain overhead when ordered to remove.
- 12.32.130 Special permission to maintain overhead.
- 12.32.140 Violation—Penalty.
- 12.36 Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, Driveway Approaches, Connecting Pavement and Canal Fencing
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12.40
Street Trees
- 12.40.010 Title.
- 12.40.020 Definitions.
- 12.40.030 Establishment of comprehensive plan.
- 12.40.040 Jurisdiction and control.
- 12.40.050 Duties of adjacent owners to maintain.
- 12.40.060 Interfering with planting or caring for trees prohibited.
- 12.40.070 Killing or injuring trees prohibited—Harmful substances.
- 12.40.080 Inspection and removal.
- 12.40.090 Duty of private owners—Removal of hazardous trees—Charging costs of work done by city.
- 12.40.095 Permits for commercial tree contractors.
- 12.40.100 No liability upon city.
- 12.40.110 Types prohibited.
- 12.44 Business Use of Sidewalks
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12.48
Benches
- 12.48.010 Definitions.
- 12.48.020 Permit—Required.
- 12.48.030 Permit—Application and issuance requirements—Fee—Renewal.
- 12.48.040 Permit—Conditions for denial or revocations.
- 12.48.050 Bond and insurance—Requirement.
- 12.48.060 Bond and insurance—Limit of liability.
- 12.48.070 Removal of benches.
- 12.48.080 Refunds.
- 12.48.090 Contracts—Notice—Contents.
- 12.48.100 Specifications.
- 12.48.110 Advertising on benches.
- 12.48.120 Enforcement.
- 12.52 Sidewalk Public Telephones
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12.56
Parks
- 12.56.010 Purpose.
- 12.56.020 Definitions.
- 12.56.030 Recreation and park standards, guidelines, requirements, and fees.
- 12.56.040 Administrative officers—Duties.
- 12.56.050 Prohibited acts in parks.
- 12.56.055 Expulsion from city facilities.
- 12.56.060 Use of restrooms.
- 12.56.065 Skate park.
- 12.56.070 Activity requiring a use permit.
- 12.56.080 Exclusive use permit—Facility reservation.
- 12.56.090 Special events permit.
- 12.56.100 Special events permit—Application—Contents.
- 12.56.110 Special events permit—Action on application.
- 12.56.120 Special events permit—Conditions for denial.
- 12.56.130 Special event permits—Indemnification and insurance.
- 12.56.140 Use permits—Application—Generally.
- 12.56.150 Use permits—Application—Contents.
- 12.56.160 Use permits—Application—Action on.
- 12.56.170 Use permit—Amplified music.
- 12.56.180 Use permit—Amplified speech.
- 12.56.190 Amplified music or amplified speech—Exceptions.
- 12.56.200 Alcoholic beverage sales permit.
- 12.56.210 Alcoholic beverage consumption permit.
- 12.56.220 Revocation of permits.
- 12.56.230 Appeal.
- 12.56.240 Sales and fees—Regulations.
- 12.56.250 Entering park—Compliance with chapter provisions required.
- 12.57 Diving from Public Bridges
- 12.60 Creation of Easements by Recorded Covenants
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12.64
Specific Trails Plan
- 12.64.010 Purpose.
- 12.64.020 Definitions.
- 12.64.030 Dedication, reservation, and improvement authority.
- 12.64.040 Requirements.
- 12.64.050 Standard.
- 12.64.060 Requirements for dedication.
- 12.64.070 Formula for dedication of land.
- 12.64.080 Formula for fee in-lieu of dedication.
- 12.64.090 Criteria for requiring both dedication and fee.
- 12.64.100 Determination of fair market value.
- 12.64.110 Formula for fee in-lieu of trail improvement.
- 12.64.120 Credit.
- 12.64.130 Disposition of fees.
- 12.64.140 Sale of dedicated land.
- 12.64.150 Exemptions.
- 12.64.160 Appeals.
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Title 13
Public Works and Improvements
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13.04
Maintenance Districts
- 13.04.010 Title.
- 13.04.020 Purpose.
- 13.04.021 Policy.
- 13.04.022 Application process.
- 13.04.023 Payment of assessments.
- 13.04.030 General law or act defined.
- 13.04.040 Alternative procedures.
- 13.04.050 Chapter not exclusive law.
- 13.04.060 Chapter provisions controlling.
- 13.04.070 Adoption pursuant to municipal affairs provision.
- 13.04.075 Costs of formation.
- 13.04.080 Council powers—General.
- 13.04.100 Council powers—Alternative.
- 13.04.110 Resolution of intention.
- 13.04.120 Budget—Contents.
- 13.04.130 Budget—Incorporation into report filed with city clerk.
- 13.04.140 Hearing—Notice.
- 13.04.150 Protests when assessments are not increased.
- 13.04.160 Final determination.
- 13.04.170 Benefit assessment—Posting.
- 13.04.180 Benefit assessment—Method of collection.
- 13.04.190 Validating proceedings.
- 13.08 Local Improvement Procedures
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13.10
Special Tax Districts
- 13.10.010 Authority.
- 13.10.020 Title.
- 13.10.030 Definitions.
- 13.10.040 Nonexclusivity.
- 13.10.050 Conflict of law.
- 13.10.060 Nature of districts.
- 13.10.070 Construction.
- 13.10.080 Incorporation of the Mello-Roos Act.
- 13.10.090 Compliance with chapter.
- 13.10.100 Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
- 13.10.110 Adopting goals and policies.
- 13.10.120 Authorized services.
- 13.10.130 Authorized facilities.
- 13.10.140 Services existing before district formation.
- 13.10.150 Lease of facilities.
- 13.10.160 Joint community facilities agreement or joint exercise of powers agreement.
- 13.10.170 Hearings—Continuances.
- 13.10.180 Special tax levy election.
- 13.10.190 Public agency as qualified elector.
- 13.10.200 Refunding bonds—Use of savings.
- 13.12 Development Improvement Standards and Specifications
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13.04
Maintenance Districts
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Title 14
Water and Sewers
- 14.02 Water Use Regulations
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14.04
City Domestic Water Service Area
- 14.04.010 Definitions.
- 14.04.011 Establishment of city domestic water service area.
- 14.04.020 Description of service.
- 14.04.030 Application for service.
- 14.04.040 Contracts.
- 14.04.050 Reserved.
- 14.04.060 Reserved.
- 14.04.070 Reserved.
- 14.04.080 Reserved.
- 14.04.090 Reserved.
- 14.04.100 Reserved.
- 14.04.110 Reserved.
- 14.04.120 Rates and fees.
- 14.04.130 Reserved.
- 14.04.140 Reserved.
- 14.04.150 Reserved.
- 14.04.160 Reserved.
- 14.04.170 Reserved.
- 14.04.180 Reserved.
- 14.04.190 Reserved.
- 14.04.200 Reserved.
- 14.04.210 Reserved.
- 14.04.220 Reserved.
- 14.04.230 Reserved.
- 14.04.240 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Installation.
- 14.04.250 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Ownership.
- 14.04.260 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Installation and maintenance responsibility.
- 14.04.270 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Right of access to customers’ premises.
- 14.04.280 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Compensation to city’s employees.
- 14.04.290 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Responsibility for loss or damage.
- 14.04.300 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Water wastage.
- 14.04.310 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Customers’ responsibilities precedent to receiving service.
- 14.04.320 Service connections, meters and customers’ facilities—Ground wire attachments.
- 14.04.330 Meter tests and adjustment of bills.
- 14.04.340 Service to separate premises and multiple units—Resale of water.
- 14.06 Fairhaven Water Service Area
- 14.08 Water—Purity
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14.12
Sewers
- I. General Provisions
-
II.
Administrative Provisions
- 14.12.050 Administration.
- 14.12.060 Approval of plans, issuance of permits and inspection certificate.
- 14.12.080 Publication of users in significant noncompliance.
- 14.12.090 Notice—Time limits.
- 14.12.100 Inspectors.
- 14.12.110 Amendment of chapter.
- 14.12.120 Recording fees and charges.
- 14.12.130 Trade secrets.
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III.
Regulations Generally
- 14.12.140 Approval of plans for sewerage construction.
- 14.12.150 Liquid waste disposal policy.
- 14.12.160 Permit for sewer connection.
- 14.12.170 Plan approvals and permits not transferable.
- 14.12.180 Inspection of construction.
- 14.12.195 Maintenance of house connection sewer.
- 14.12.200 Improper use of connected sewers.
- 14.12.210 Excessive sewer maintenance expense.
- IV. Prohibited Wastes
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V.
Industrial Wastewaters
- 14.12.240 Discharge permit—Requirements generally.
- 14.12.250 Discharge permit—Application procedure—Conditions for approval.
- 14.12.260 Discharge permit—Change of restrictions.
- 14.12.270 Discharge permit—Suspension—Conditions for reinstatement.
- 14.12.280 Discharge permit—Revocation.
- 14.12.290 Restrictions or refusal of service pursuant to availability of city’s facilities.
- 14.12.300 Pretreatment—Devices required.
- 14.12.310 Separation of domestic and industrial wastewaters.
- 14.12.320 Sampling, analysis and flow measurements.
- 14.12.325 Reporting requirements for industrial users.
- 14.12.330 Discrepancies between actual and reported discharge quantities.
- 14.12.340 Industry discharge classifications—Parameter establishing surcharge.
- 14.12.350 Damage caused by prohibited discharge, slug discharges, or by other causes.
- 14.12.360 Existing dischargers.
- VI. Trucker’s Discharge Permits
- VII. User Charges and Fees
- VIII. Violation—Penalty
- 14.16 Sewer Service in the Unincorporated Area—Exceptions
- 14.20 Private Sewer System Review
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14.24
Privies
- 14.24.010 Definitions.
- 14.24.020 Permit required.
- 14.24.030 Conditions under which permitted—Permit expiration.
- 14.24.040 Construction specifications.
- 14.24.050 Pits.
- 14.24.060 Location in relation to other buildings.
- 14.24.070 Existing privies.
- 14.24.080 Required at outdoor exhibitions—Separate privies for each sex.
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Title 15
Buildings and Construction
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I.
Buildings and Construction Code
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15.04
Buildings and Construction Code
- 15.04.010 Findings designated.
- 15.04.020 Duty of city clerk to notify state.
- 15.04.030 Purpose of title.
- 15.04.040 Title of Title 15.
- 15.04.050 Applicability of title.
- 15.04.060 Interpretation of title.
- 15.04.070 Definitions.
- 15.04.080 Title enforcement—Reasonable application or modification of title.
- 15.04.090 Recording of building department transactions—Disposition of fees.
- 15.04.100 Adoption of regulations and fee schedules.
- 15.04.110 Unfinished structures or projects.
- 15.04.120 Board of building appeals—Powers and duties.
- 15.04.130 Limitation on responsibility.
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15.05
California Building Code
- 15.05.010 Adoption.
- 15.05.020 Deletions.
- 15.05.030 Modifications.
- 15.05.040 Section 104—Duties and powers of building official.
- 15.05.050 Section 109—Fees.
- 15.05.060 Section 903.2 amended—Automatic sprinkler system—Where required.
- 15.05.070 Section 1612.6 added—Geological or flood hazards.
- 15.05.080 Section 1705—Required verification and inspection.
- 15.05.090 Section 1704.6 amended—Structural observations.
- 15.05.100 Section 1807 amended—Foundation walls, retaining walls and embedded posts and poles.
- 15.05.110 Section 1809 amended—Shallow foundations.
- 15.05.120 Section 1810 amended—Deep foundations.
- 15.05.130 Section 1905 amended—Modifications to ACI 318.
- 15.05.160 Section 2304 amended—General construction requirements.
- 15.05.170 Appendix J Grading.
- 15.07 California Mechanical Code
- 15.09 California Plumbing Code
- 15.11 California Electrical Code
- 15.13 California Existing Building Code
- 15.15 California Historical Building Code
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15.17
California Residential Code
- 15.17.010 Adoption.
- 15.17.020 Deletions.
- 15.17.030 Modifications.
- 15.17.040 Section R108 amended—Fees.
- 15.17.050 Section R401 amended—General—Foundations.
- 15.17.060 Section R403 amended—Footings.
- 15.17.070 Section 404 amended—Foundation and retaining walls.
- 15.17.080 Section R501 amended—Floors—General.
- 15.17.090 Section R503 amended—Floor sheathing.
- 15.17.100 Section R602 amended—Wood wall framing.
- 15.17.110 Section R606 amended—General masonry construction.
- 15.17.120 Section R803 added—Roof sheathing.
- 15.18 Landscape Water Efficiency Code
- 15.19 California Green Building Standards Code
- 15.20 Uniform Housing Code
- 15.24 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings
- 15.30 California Energy Code
- 15.36 Uniform Sign Code
- 15.38 Water Meters
- 15.40 Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Existing Unreinforced Masonry Bearing Wall Buildings
- 15.41 Seismic Safety Administration of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
- 15.42 Dwelling Unit Location Identification in Multiple Dwelling Unit Complexes
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15.44
Moved Buildings
- 15.44.010 Definitions.
- 15.44.020 Permit—Required.
- 15.44.030 Permit—Plan submittal for approval.
- 15.44.040 Permit—Refusal—Appeal.
- 15.44.050 Compliance with Building Code—Exterior protection—Doors and windows.
- 15.44.060 Condition of buildings.
- 15.44.070 Inspection of buildings moved from outside to inside the city or from one place to another within the city.
- 15.44.075 Mobile homes in R-1 zones.
- 15.44.080 Termite inspection.
- 15.44.090 Condition of materials.
- 15.44.100 Foundations.
- 15.44.110 Performance bond required.
- 15.50 Pay Toilets
- 15.52 House Numbers
- 15.54 Handicapped Access Appeals Board
- 15.56 Permitting Small Residential Rooftop Solar Systems
- 15.58 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Expedited Building Permit Process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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15.04
Buildings and Construction Code
-
II.
Miscellaneous Regulations
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15.65
California Fire Code
- 1. Adoption
-
2.
Deletions, Additions and Modifications
- 15.65.020 Section 101.1 Title—Amended.
- 15.65.030 Section 102.2.1 Operational Authority—Added.
- 15.65.040 Section 103 Code Compliance Agency—Amended.
- 15.65.045 Section 103.1 Creation of Agency—Amended.
- 15.65.050 Section 104.11 Fire Investigations—Amended.
- 15.65.060 Section 104.13 Fire Zones—Added.
- 15.65.070 Section 104.11.1 Firearms—Added.
- 15.65.080 Section 105.5 Required Operational Permits—Amended—Portions deleted.
- 15.65.090 Section 105.6.1 Automatic fire-extinguishing systems—Amended.
- 15.65.095 Section 507.5.1.1 Fire Protection Water Supplies—Amended.
- 15.65.100 Section 105.6.6 Fire Alarm and Detection Systems and Related Equipment—Amended.
- 15.65.110 Section 907.1.5 Fire Alarm Use—Amended.
- 15.65.120 Section 112.3.3 Prosecution of violations—Amended.
- 15.65.125 Section 112.3.3.1 Administrative hearings—Amended.
- 15.65.130 Section 112.4 Violation penalties—Amended.
- 15.65.140 Section 113.4 Failure to comply—Amended.
- 15.65.150 Section 115 Pipeline setbacks—Added.
- 15.65.160 Section 116—Added.
- 15.65.165 Section 3313 Access for firefighting—Added.
- 15.65.170 Appendix D, Section D103.2 Grade—Amended.
- 15.65.180 Appendix D, Section D103.3 Turning Radius—Amended.
- 15.65.190 Appendix D, Section D103.5 Fire Apparatus Access Road Gates—Amended.
- 15.65.193 Appendix C, Section C102.1, Minimum Number of Fire Hydrants for a Building—Amended.
- 3. Geographic Limits on Flammable Storage
- 15.66 Drilling for and Production of Petroleum
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15.68
Mobile Home Parks
- 15.68.010 Conformity to state law.
- 15.68.020 Definitions.
- 15.68.030 Permit to locate—Required— Application—Hearing—Issuance.
- 15.68.040 Permit to locate—Revocation.
- 15.68.050 Disposition of moneys collected.
- 15.68.060 Tents and prefabricated awnings of combustible materials.
- 15.68.070 Dogs, cats, pets and livestock.
- 15.68.080 Use of mobile home outside licensed park or approved subdivision.
- 15.68.090 Temporary use of mobile home outside licensed park.
- 15.68.100 Park design.
- 15.68.110 Park maintenance—Public address systems.
- 15.68.120 Fire protection.
- 15.68.130 Responsibilities of owners, operators and tenants.
- 15.68.140 Ordering correction of violation—Notice to owner.
- 15.68.150 Violation—Penalty.
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15.70
School Facilities
- 15.70.010 Purpose.
- 15.70.020 Definitions.
- 15.70.030 Adoption of findings of overcrowding by governing board.
- 15.70.040 Hearing, notice, findings and fee setting.
- 15.70.050 Conditions for approval of residential development in overcrowded attendance areas.
- 15.70.060 Dedication of land in lieu of payment of fees procedure.
- 15.70.070 Use of fees or land for interim facilities.
- 15.70.080 Provision of interim facilities in lieu of fees.
- 15.70.090 Report by school district.
- 15.70.100 Amendments to fee schedules.
- 15.70.110 Agreement between overlapping school districts.
- 15.70.120 Termination of dedication or fee requirements.
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15.72
Historical Preservation
- 15.72.010 Purpose.
- 15.72.020 Definitions.
- 15.72.030 Historic preservation commission—Established—Membership.
- 15.72.040 Historic preservation commission—Powers and duties.
- 15.72.050 Cultural resource historic district and area of historic interest designation—Criteria.
- 15.72.060 Cultural resource designation—Initiation.
- 15.72.070 Historic district designation—Initiation.
- 15.72.080 Area of historic interest designation—Initiation.
- 15.72.090 Hearing procedure for designation of cultural resources, historic districts and areas of historic interest.
- 15.72.100 Permit moratorium after notice to owner.
- 15.72.110 Commission action for a cultural resource historic district and area of historic interest designation.
- 15.72.120 Council action.
- 15.72.130 Notice of designation.
- 15.72.140 Amendment or rescission of designation.
- 15.72.150 Nomination for State or National Register of Historic Places.
- 15.72.160 Alteration, demolition or relocation of a designated cultural resource or property within a historic district—Hearing required—Appeal.
- 15.72.170 Alteration of a designated cultural resource or of property within a historic district—Criteria for approval.
- 15.72.180 Demolition or relocation of a designated cultural resource or property within a historic district—Criteria for approval.
- 15.72.190 Alteration, construction or relocation of a structure within an area of historic interest.
- 15.72.200 Proof of unreasonable economic hardship.
- 15.72.210 Enforcement.
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15.74
Flood Damage Prevention
- I. Statutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Purpose, and Methods
- II. Definitions
- III. General Provisions
- IV. Administration
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V.
Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction
- 15.74.120 Standards of construction.
- 15.74.130 Standards for storage of materials and equipment.
- 15.74.140 Standards for utilities.
- 15.74.150 Standards for subdivisions.
- 15.74.160 Standards for mobile homes, mobile home parks and manufactured homes.
- 15.74.165 Standards for recreational vehicles.
- 15.74.170 Floodways.
- VI. Exemption and Appeal Procedures
- 15.76 Improved Access To Property
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15.78
Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan (MBHCP) Mitigation Program
- 15.78.010 Definitions.
- 15.78.020 Designation of MBHCP Section 10(a)(l)(B) and Section 2081 permit area.
- 15.78.030 Implementation of fee.
- 15.78.040 Fee setting and adjustment.
- 15.78.050 Disposition of fees.
- 15.78.060 In lieu of payment.
- 15.78.070 Salvage.
- 15.78.080 Adoption of regulations.
- 15.78.090 Violation/penalty.
- 15.79 Density Bonuses
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15.80
Dedication of Land, Payment of Fees, or Both for the Purposes of Parks and Recreation Land
- 15.80.010 Purpose.
- 15.80.020 Definitions.
- 15.80.030 Park land reservation and dedication authority.
- 15.80.040 Requirements.
- 15.80.050 General standard.
- 15.80.060 Requirements for dedication.
- 15.80.070 Formula for dedication of land.
- 15.80.080 Formula for fees in lieu of land dedication.
- 15.80.090 Criteria for requiring both dedication and fee.
- 15.80.100 Determination of fair market value.
- 15.80.110 Determination of land and/or fee.
- 15.80.120 Credit for private park and/or recreation facility.
- 15.80.125 Park land dedication in-lieu fee credit for multiple-service medical and recovery care facility.
- 15.80.130 Time for dedication and/or fee.
- 15.80.140 Disposition of fees.
- 15.80.150 Subdivider improvements.
- 15.80.160 Access.
- 15.80.170 Sale of dedicated land.
- 15.80.180 North of the River Recreation and Park District.
- 15.80.190 Exemptions.
- 15.80.200 Appeal.
- 15.82 Fee for Park Development and Improvement
- 15.84 Transportation Impact Fee
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15.65
California Fire Code
-
I.
Buildings and Construction Code
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Title 16
Subdivisions
- 16.04 General Provisions
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16.08
Definitions
- 16.08.010 Generally.
- 16.08.020 Advisory agency.
- 16.08.030 Certificate of compliance.
- 16.08.050 Design.
- 16.08.060 Final tract map.
- 16.08.070 Improvements.
- 16.08.080 Map Act.
- 16.08.090 Original parcel.
- 16.08.100 Parcel created.
- 16.08.110 Final parcel map.
- 16.08.120 Record of survey map.
- 16.08.130 Subdivider.
- 16.08.140 Subdivision.
- 16.08.150 Tentative map.
- 16.08.155 Timely filing of a final tract map or final parcel map.
- 16.08.160 Vesting tentative map.
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16.12
General Requirements
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I.
Generally
- 16.12.010 Tentative and final tract maps required—Exception.
- 16.12.020 Tentative and final parcel maps required.
- 16.12.030 Waiver of requirement of parcel map and lot line adjustments.
- 16.12.035 Certificate of compliance.
- 16.12.040 Advisory agency and staff responsibility.
- 16.12.050 Limitation as to minor land division.
- 16.12.060 Exceptions to filing requirements.
- 16.12.070 Fees.
- 16.12.075 Approval of maps conditioned on indemnification of city.
- II. Enforcement
-
I.
Generally
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16.16
Tentative Maps
- 16.16.010 Filing.
- 16.16.020 Form.
- 16.16.030 Information shown.
- 16.16.050 Transmittal of maps to public agencies and utilities.
- 16.16.060 Public hearing.
- 16.16.070 Findings by advisory agency.
- 16.16.080 Expiration of map approval—Extension.
- 16.16.090 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation for map approval.
- 16.16.100 Map approval conditioned on compliance with grading and erosion control.
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16.20
Final Tract Maps
- 16.20.010 Preparation.
- 16.20.020 Filing.
- 16.20.030 Improvements completed or completion of agreement.
- 16.20.040 Form and contents.
- 16.20.050 Statements and acknowledgments.
- 16.20.060 Statement of parties having record title interest.
- 16.20.070 Dedications.
- 16.20.080 Clerk’s statement.
- 16.20.090 Engineer’s or surveyor’s statement.
- 16.20.100 Statement of city surveyor.
- 16.20.110 Statement of planning director.
- 16.20.120 Filing certificates, security and making payments prior to filing map.
- 16.20.130 Approval procedure—Subdivision guarantee.
- 16.20.140 Transmittal of maps.
- 16.20.150 Correction and amendment of final maps.
- 16.20.160 Multiple final maps.
- 16.22 Final Parcel Map
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16.24
Vesting Tentative Maps
- 16.24.010 Citation and authority.
- 16.24.020 Purpose and intent.
- 16.24.030 Consistency.
- 16.24.050 Application.
- 16.24.060 Filing and processing.
- 16.24.070 Fees.
- 16.24.080 Expiration.
- 16.24.090 Vesting on approval of vesting tentative map.
- 16.24.100 Development inconsistent with zoning—Conditional approval.
- 16.24.110 Applications inconsistent with current policies.
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16.28
Design Standards
- 16.28.010 Generally.
- 16.28.020 Streets and highways.
- 16.28.030 Arterials and collectors—Widths and alignments.
- 16.28.040 Local streets.
- 16.28.050 Dead-end streets—Turnarounds.
- 16.28.060 Boundary line streets—Widths.
- 16.28.070 Private streets—Approval—Map—Posting.
- 16.28.080 Intersection angle and block cutoff.
- 16.28.090 Curve radius.
- 16.28.100 Grades of streets.
- 16.28.110 Alleys—Width—Intersections.
- 16.28.120 Street and alley arrangement.
- 16.28.130 Street names.
- 16.28.140 Easements.
- 16.28.150 Removal of obstructions—Drainage.
- 16.28.160 Blocks—Length and width.
- 16.28.170 Lots.
- 16.28.180 Reserve strips for controlling access.
- 16.28.190 Approved access required.
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16.32
Improvements
- 16.32.010 Completion at subdivider’s expense or by improvement agreement.
- 16.32.020 Security—Required.
- 16.32.030 Security—Form of bonds.
- 16.32.040 Improvement security—Amount.
- 16.32.050 Acceptance of improvements.
- 16.32.060 Tract map improvements—In subdivisions for which final tract map is required.
- 16.32.070 Plans and specifications—Filing.
- 16.32.080 Improvements—In subdivisions for which parcel map is required.
- 16.32.090 Record drawings.
- 16.32.100 Survey requirements—Monuments.
- 16.36 Optional Design and Improvement Standards
- 16.38 Merger of Parcels
- 16.40 Dedications
- 16.41 Reservations
- 16.44 Soil and Grading Reports
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16.48
Reversion to Acreage
- 16.48.010 Generally.
- 16.48.020 Initiation of proceedings by owners.
- 16.48.030 Initiation of proceedings by city council.
- 16.48.040 Data required to be filed.
- 16.48.050 Fees.
- 16.48.060 Proceedings before city council—Conditions of approval.
- 16.48.070 Release of securities.
- 16.48.080 Delivery of final map.
- 16.48.090 Effect of filing reversion map with county recorder.
- 16.48.100 Parcel map authorized.
- 16.52 Appeals
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Title 17
Zoning
- 17.02 General Provisions
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17.04
Definitions
- 17.04.010 Generally.
- 17.04.020 Accessory building.
- 17.04.022 Accessory parking facility.
- 17.04.030 Accessory use.
- 17.04.035 Airspace diagonal.
- 17.04.040 Alley.
- 17.04.045 Antenna.
- 17.04.050 Apartment hotel.
- 17.04.060 Apartment house.
- 17.04.065 Approving authority.
- 17.04.070 Architectural feature or projection.
- 17.04.075 Awning or canopy.
- 17.04.077 Brewery or distillery, large.
- 17.04.078 Brewery or distillery, small.
- 17.04.080 Building.
- 17.04.085 Building façade.
- 17.04.090 Building height.
- 17.04.100 Building site.
- 17.04.120 Business or commerce.
- 17.04.128 Camouflage.
- 17.04.129 Cannabis.
- 17.04.130 Carport.
- 17.04.132 Central district.
- 17.04.140 Church.
- 17.04.150 Club.
- 17.04.154 Commercial cannabis activity.
- 17.04.155 Conditional uses.
- 17.04.160 Day care home, small family.
- 17.04.165 Day care center.
- 17.04.168 Driveway.
- 17.04.170 Dwelling.
- 17.04.180 Dwelling group.
- 17.04.190 Dwelling, multiple-family.
- 17.04.200 Dwelling, one-family.
- 17.04.210 Dwelling, two-family.
- 17.04.220 Dwelling unit.
- 17.04.230 Educational institution, college or university.
- 17.04.240 Family.
- 17.04.242 Farmers market.
- 17.04.245 Food vending vehicle.
- 17.04.250 Flood, intermediate regional.
- 17.04.260 Floodplain.
- 17.04.270 Floodplain primary.
- 17.04.280 Floodplain secondary.
- 17.04.281 Floor area, conditioned or net.
- 17.04.281.5 Floor area, gross.
- 17.04.282 Floor area ratio.
- 17.04.285 Food and/or shelter service agency.
- 17.04.287 Freeway.
- 17.04.288 Front foot of building occupancy.
- 17.04.290 Garage, private.
- 17.04.300 Garage, public or commercial.
- 17.04.305 Garage or yard sale.
- 17.04.310 Grade.
- 17.04.320 Guesthouse.
- 17.04.322 Height.
- 17.04.330 Home occupation.
- 17.04.340 Hospital, sanitarium.
- 17.04.350 Hotel.
- 17.04.358 Hydrozone.
- 17.04.360 Junkyard.
- 17.04.365 Kennel, dog.
- 17.04.367 Retail development.
- 17.04.370 Lot.
- 17.04.380 Lot area.
- 17.04.390 Lot, corner.
- 17.04.395 Lot, flag.
- 17.04.400 Lot, interior.
- 17.04.410 Lot, key.
- 17.04.420 Lot line, front.
- 17.04.430 Lot line, rear.
- 17.04.440 Lot line, side.
- 17.04.450 Lot, reversed corner.
- 17.04.460 Lot, through.
- 17.04.461 Marquee.
- 17.04.462 Masonry.
- 17.04.463 Medical marijuana dispensary.
- 17.04.464 Metal storage container.
- 17.04.465 Mined land.
- 17.04.466 Mobile home.
- 17.04.467 Mobile home park.
- 17.04.468 Motel.
- 17.04.470 Nonconforming, illegal.
- 17.04.472 Nonconforming lot, legal.
- 17.04.474 Nonconforming structure, legal.
- 17.04.476 Nonconforming use, legal.
- 17.04.485 Nonprofit organization.
- 17.04.490 Nursery school.
- 17.04.491 Overburden.
- 17.04.492 Parcel of property.
- 17.04.493 Parking garage.
- 17.04.493.5 Parking lot.
- 17.04.494 Permitted use.
- 17.04.495 Reclamation.
- 17.04.496 Recreational vehicle.
- 17.04.498 Residential facility.
- 17.04.500 Rest home or convalescent home.
- 17.04.502 Retail establishment.
- 17.04.508 Roofline.
- 17.04.510 Roominghouse.
- 17.04.515 Sanctuary.
- 17.04.520 School, elementary.
- 17.04.530 School, high.
- 17.04.535 School, junior high.
- 17.04.537 School, Sunday.
- 17.04.539 Accessory dwelling unit.
- 17.04.540 Service station.
- 17.04.545 Setback.
- 17.04.546 Shopping/business center.
- 17.04.547 Sign.
- 17.04.550 Stables, commercial.
- 17.04.560 Stables, private.
- 17.04.570 Story.
- 17.04.580 Story, half.
- 17.04.590 Streambed.
- 17.04.594 Street.
- 17.04.595 Street frontage.
- 17.04.600 Structure.
- 17.04.602 Supportive housing.
- 17.04.604 Surface mining operation.
- 17.04.606 Tandem parking space.
- 17.04.608 Target population.
- 17.04.610 Temporary promotional activity.
- 17.04.618 Tower.
- 17.04.620 Trailer court or trailer park.
- 17.04.624 Transit facility.
- 17.04.626 Transitional housing.
- 17.04.630 Travel trailer.
- 17.04.640 Use.
- 17.04.650 Use, change of.
- 17.04.653 Winery.
- 17.04.656 Winery, boutique.
- 17.04.660 Yard.
- 17.04.670 Yard, front.
- 17.04.680 Yard, rear.
- 17.04.690 Yard, side.
- 17.04.700 Zone.
- 17.06 Zones Established—Zoning Map Boundaries
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17.08
General Regulations Including Site Plan Review
- 17.08.010 Applicability.
- 17.08.020 Conflicting regulations.
- 17.08.030 Less restrictive uses prohibited.
- 17.08.040 Determination of use.
- 17.08.050 Prohibited uses.
- 17.08.060 Site plan approval required.
- 17.08.070 Exemptions from site plan review.
- 17.08.080 Site plan approval process.
- 17.08.090 Overlooks into residential rear yards.
- 17.08.100 Dwellings to face access other than alley.
- 17.08.110 Height of buildings—Roof structures, chimneys and towers.
- 17.08.120 Yard requirements when portion of other use is used as dwelling.
- 17.08.125 Street setback exceptions—Front and side yard.
- 17.08.130 Accessory buildings.
- 17.08.140 Design standards for retail developments.
- 17.08.150 Special dwelling setbacks.
- 17.08.160 Through lots—Designation of front lot line.
- 17.08.170 Yard encroachments.
- 17.08.175 Clear sight view.
- 17.08.180 Fence, walls and hedges—Regulations.
- 17.08.190 Conditional zoning.
- 17.08.200 Drilling for and production of petroleum.
- 17.08.210 Approval of development entitlement conditioned on indemnification of city.
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17.10
R-1 One-Family Dwelling Zone
- 17.10.010 Generally.
- 17.10.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.10.025 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.10.030 Building height.
- 17.10.040 Front yard.
- 17.10.050 Side yards.
- 17.10.060 Rear yard.
- 17.10.070 Minimum lot area.
- 17.10.072 R-1-4.5 zone (small lot one-family dwelling).
- 17.10.075 E (Estate one-family dwelling) zone.
- 17.10.080 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.12
Residential Suburban Zones
- 17.12.010 R-S (residential suburban) zone.
- 17.12.015 Minimum lot area.
- 17.12.016 Minimum lot frontage.
- 17.12.020 R-S-1A (residential suburban one-acre minimum lot size) zone.
- 17.12.030 R-S-2.5A (residential suburban two-and-one-half-acre minimum lot size) zone.
- 17.12.040 R-S-5A (residential suburban five-acre minimum lot size) zone.
- 17.12.050 R-S-10A (residential suburban ten-acre minimum lot size) zone.
- 17.12.060 Temporary animal permits.
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17.14
R-2 Limited Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone
- 17.14.010 Generally.
- 17.14.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.14.025 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.14.026 Additional requirements.
- 17.14.030 Building height.
- 17.14.040 Front yard.
- 17.14.050 Side yards.
- 17.14.060 Rear yard.
- 17.14.070 Minimum lot area.
- 17.14.080 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.16
R-3 Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone
- 17.16.010 Generally.
- 17.16.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.16.025 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.16.026 Additional requirements.
- 17.16.030 Building height.
- 17.16.040 Front yard.
- 17.16.050 Side yards.
- 17.16.060 Rear yard.
- 17.16.070 Minimum lot area.
- 17.16.080 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.18
R-4 High Density Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone
- 17.18.010 Generally.
- 17.18.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.18.025 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.18.026 Additional requirements.
- 17.18.030 Building height.
- 17.18.040 Front yard.
- 17.18.050 Side yards.
- 17.18.060 Rear yard.
- 17.18.070 Minimum lot area.
- 17.18.080 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
- 17.19 RH (Residential Holding) Zone
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17.20
C-O Professional and Administrative Office Zone
- 17.20.010 Generally.
- 17.20.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.20.030 Uses subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.20.040 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.20.050 Additional requirements.
- 17.20.060 Building height.
- 17.20.070 Front yard.
- 17.20.080 Side yards.
- 17.20.090 Rear yard.
- 17.20.100 Minimum lot area.
- 17.20.110 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.22
C-1 Neighborhood Commercial Zone
- 17.22.010 Generally.
- 17.22.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.22.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.22.040 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.22.050 Additional requirements.
- 17.22.060 Building height.
- 17.22.070 Front yard.
- 17.22.080 Side yards.
- 17.22.090 Rear yard.
- 17.22.100 Minimum lot area.
- 17.22.110 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.24
C-2 Regional Commercial Zone
- 17.24.010 Generally.
- 17.24.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.24.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.24.040 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.24.050 Additional requirements.
- 17.24.060 Building height.
- 17.24.070 Front yard.
- 17.24.080 Side yards.
- 17.24.090 Rear yard.
- 17.24.100 Minimum lot area.
- 17.24.110 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.25
C-B Central Business Zone
- 17.25.010 Generally.
- 17.25.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.25.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.25.040 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.25.050 Additional requirements.
- 17.25.060 Building height.
- 17.25.070 Front, side and rear yards.
- 17.25.090 Public benefit features.
- 17.25.100 Minimum lot area.
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17.26
C-C Commercial Center Zone
- 17.26.010 Generally.
- 17.26.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.26.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.26.040 Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit.
- 17.26.050 Additional requirements.
- 17.26.060 Building height.
- 17.26.070 Front, rear and side yards.
- 17.26.090 Public benefit features.
- 17.26.100 Minimum lot area.
- 17.26.110 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
- 17.28 M-1 Light Manufacturing Zone
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17.30
M-2 General Manufacturing Zone
- 17.30.010 Generally.
- 17.30.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.30.030 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.30.035 Additional requirements.
- 17.30.040 Building height.
- 17.30.050 Front yard.
- 17.30.060 Side yards.
- 17.30.070 Rear yard.
- 17.30.080 Minimum lot area.
- 17.30.090 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.31
M-3 (Heavy Industrial) Zone
- 17.31.010 Generally.
- 17.31.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.31.030 Uses permitted only by conditional use permit.
- 17.31.040 Additional requirements.
- 17.31.050 Building height.
- 17.31.060 Front yard.
- 17.31.070 Side yards.
- 17.31.080 Rear yard.
- 17.31.090 Minimum lot area.
- 17.31.100 Distance between buildings on the same lot.
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17.32
A Agriculture Zone
- 17.32.010 Generally.
- 17.32.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.32.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
- 17.32.040 Building height, yards and distance between buildings on same lot.
- 17.32.050 A-20A (agricultural twenty-acre minimum lot size) zone.
- 17.32.060 A-WR (agricultural – water recharge combining) zone.
- 17.34 P Automobile Parking Zone
- 17.35 RE (Recreation) Zone
- 17.36 Church (CH) Combining Zone
- 17.37 OS (Open Space) Zone
- 17.38 Hospital (HOSP) Zoning
- 17.41 AD (Architectural Design) Zone
- 17.42 FP-P Floodplain Primary Zone
- 17.44 FP-S Floodplain Secondary Zone
- 17.45 AA (Airport Approach) Zone
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17.46
Drilling Island (DI) District
- 17.46.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.46.020 Permitted uses.
- 17.46.030 Reserved.
- 17.46.040 Reserved.
- 17.46.050 Minimum lot size.
- 17.46.060 Reserved.
- 17.46.070 Reserved.
- 17.46.080 Reserved.
- 17.46.090 Reserved.
- 17.46.100 Reserved.
- 17.46.110 Reserved.
- 17.46.120 Special review procedures and development standards.
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17.47
(PE) Petroleum Extraction Combining District
- 17.47.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.47.020 Permitted uses.
- 17.47.030 Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
- 17.47.040 Reserved.
- 17.47.050 Minimum lot size.
- 17.47.060 Minimum lot area per dwelling unit.
- 17.47.070 Yards and setbacks.
- 17.47.080 Height limits.
- 17.47.090 Minimum distance between structures.
- 17.47.100 Reserved.
- 17.47.110 Reserved.
- 17.47.120 Reserved.
- 17.47.130 Special review procedures and development standards.
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17.48
TT Travel Trailer Park Zone
- 17.48.010 Generally.
- 17.48.020 Definitions.
- 17.48.030 Conformity to state law.
- 17.48.040 Uses permitted.
- 17.48.050 Permit to locate travel trailer park—Application—Hearing—Issuance.
- 17.48.060 Disposition of moneys collected.
- 17.48.070 Minimum requirements.
- 17.48.080 Fire protection.
- 17.48.090 Setback requirements.
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17.50
MH Mobile Home Zone
- 17.50.010 Generally.
- 17.50.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.50.040 Approval of plan for mobile home park.
- 17.50.050 Appeal of planning commission action on mobile home park proposal.
- 17.50.060 Mobile home subdivision—Intent.
- 17.50.070 Mobile home subdivision—Requirements in MH Zone.
- 17.50.080 Mobile home park and subdivision—Development standards.
- 17.50.090 Mobile home park and subdivision—Application of state law.
- 17.50.100 Mobile home subdivision—Maintenance of common areas and nondedicated improvements.
- 17.50.110 Land previously classified.
- 17.51 SC (Senior Citizen) Zone
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17.52
PUD Planned Unit Development Zone
- 17.52.010 Intent and purpose.
- 17.52.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.52.030 Application.
- 17.52.040 Rezoning procedure.
- 17.52.050 Final development plan.
- 17.52.060 Latitude of regulations.
- 17.52.070 Required findings.
- 17.52.080 Expiration of zone or plans.
- 17.52.090 Minimum site area.
- 17.52.100 Residential density.
- 17.52.110 Modifications to approved preliminary and final development plans.
- 17.52.120 Maintenance of common areas and non-dedicated improvements and facilities.
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17.54
PCD Planned Commercial Development Zone
- 17.54.010 Intent and purpose.
- 17.54.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.54.030 Application.
- 17.54.040 Rezoning procedure.
- 17.54.050 Final development plan.
- 17.54.060 Latitude of regulations.
- 17.54.070 Required findings.
- 17.54.080 Expiration of zone or plans.
- 17.54.090 Minimum site area.
- 17.54.100 Modifications to approved preliminary and final development plans.
- 17.54.110 Maintenance of common areas and non-dedicated improvements and facilities.
- 17.55 Specific Plan Lines for Streets and Highways
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17.56
Fallout Shelters
- 17.56.010 Definitions.
- 17.56.020 Permit required.
- 17.56.030 Zoning.
- 17.56.040 Waiver of restrictions.
- 17.56.050 Shelters within front and side yard areas.
- 17.56.060 Appeal.
- 17.56.070 Structural standards.
- 17.56.080 Time limit for construction pursuant to waiver of restrictions.
- 17.56.090 Use restricted.
- 17.56.100 Covenant to remove.
- 17.57 Metal Storage Containers
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17.58
Parking and Loading Standards
- 17.58.010 Purpose.
- 17.58.020 Facilities required.
- 17.58.030 Minimum dimensions for required parking and freight loading spaces.
- 17.58.040 Rules for calculating required parking and freight loading areas.
- 17.58.050 General standards as to location and arrangement of parking.
- 17.58.055 Transit credit.
- 17.58.060 Parking lots.
- 17.58.070 Required parking on the same lot as the structure or use served—Exceptions.
- 17.58.080 Shared use of required parking.
- 17.58.090 Reduction of parking where area requirements are satisfied.
- 17.58.100 On-street parking credit.
- 17.58.110 Parking space requirements by land use.
- 17.58.120 Parking space requirements within the “central district,” “Old Town Kern,” and other mixed-use areas.
- 17.58.130 Freight loading space requirements.
- 17.59 Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Not in the Public Right-of-Way
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17.60
Signs
- 17.60.010 Purpose.
- 17.60.020 Permits.
- 17.60.030 Comprehensive sign plans.
- 17.60.040 Sign area computations.
- 17.60.050 Sign location restrictions.
- 17.60.060 Sign development standards.
- 17.60.070 Specialized signs.
- 17.60.080 Exempt signs.
- 17.60.090 Prohibited signs.
- 17.60.100 Nonconforming signs.
- 17.60.110 Violation and abandonment.
- 17.60.120 Interpretation and enforcement.
- 17.61 Landscape Standards
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17.62
Surface Mining and Reclamation
- 17.62.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.62.020 Incorporation by reference of state regulations.
- 17.62.030 Applicability.
- 17.62.040 Vested rights.
- 17.62.050 Permit review procedure.
- 17.62.060 Reclamation plan.
- 17.62.070 Financial assurance.
- 17.62.080 Idle operations—Interim management plan.
- 17.62.090 Annual report.
- 17.62.100 Violations.
- 17.62.110 Fees.
- 17.63 Home Occupations
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17.64
Modifications, Conditional Use Permits, Amendments and Appeals
- 17.64.010 Scope.
- 17.64.020 Authority of planning director.
- 17.64.030 Authority of planning commission.
- 17.64.040 Initiation.
- 17.64.042 Fees.
- 17.64.050 Hearings—Notices.
- 17.64.060 Director review and approval permits and conditional use permits—Hearing—Decision and findings.
- 17.64.070 Zone changes—Hearing—Decision.
- 17.64.080 Title 17 text amendments—Hearing—Decision.
- 17.64.090 Appeals—Conditional use permits and zone changes.
- 17.64.100 Zone changes—Council action when planning commission decision not appealed.
- 17.64.110 Conditions for reapplication.
- 17.65 Accessory Dwelling Unit
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17.66
HD (Hillside Development) Combining Zone
- 17.66.010 Purpose and intent.
- 17.66.020 Applicability.
- 17.66.030 Maximum grade of access.
- 17.66.040 Development plan requirements.
- 17.66.060 Key box requirements.
- 17.66.070 Driveway requirements.
- 17.66.080 Fire apparatus access roads.
- 17.66.090 Emergency secondary access.
- 17.66.100 Bridges.
- 17.66.110 Address markers.
- 17.66.120 Building construction.
- 17.66.130 Roof repair or replacement.
- 17.66.135 Fencing.
- 17.66.140 Fire scape plant selections.
- 17.66.150 Defensible space.
- 17.66.155 Landscaping.
- 17.66.160 Drainage.
- 17.66.170 Grading.
- 17.66.180 Appeals.
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17.68
Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- 17.68.010 Purpose.
- 17.68.020 Legal nonconforming structures.
- 17.68.030 Legal nonconforming uses.
- 17.68.040 Changes or expansion to legal nonconforming uses.
- 17.68.050 Legal nonconforming lots.
- 17.68.060 Structures/uses under construction.
- 17.68.070 Effect of annexation.
- 17.68.080 Determination of nonconforming status—Burden of proof.
- 17.68.090 Illegal nonconforming structures and uses.
- 17.68.100 Nonconforming signs, parking and landscaping.
- 17.69 Adult Entertainment Businesses
- 17.70 Certificate of Occupancy
- 17.71 Outdoor Lighting
- 17.72 Enforcement
- 17.73 Reasonable Accommodation
- Title 18 (Reserved)
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Title 19
Airports
- 19.01 Authority
- 19.02 Definitions
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19.03
General Provisions
- 19.03.010 Hours of operation.
- 19.03.020 General compliance.
- 19.03.030 Use of property.
- 19.03.040 Access restrictions.
- 19.03.050 Distributing, posting or displaying printed material.
- 19.03.060 Fund soliciting.
- 19.03.070 Preservation of property.
- 19.03.080 Sanitation.
- 19.03.090 Disorderly conduct.
- 19.03.100 Driveways.
- 19.03.110 Children.
- 19.03.120 Animals.
- 19.03.130 Firearms.
- 19.03.140 Damaged property.
- 19.03.150 Accident reports.
- 19.03.160 Safeguarding public.
- 19.03.170 Liability.
- 19.03.180 Commercial activity.
- 19.03.190 Insurance.
- 19.04 Vehicles
- 19.05 Aircraft
- 19.06 Aircraft Operations—Ground
- 19.07 Aircraft Operations—Flight
- 19.08 Fuel
- 19.09 Fire Protection
- 19.10 Hangars and Tie-Downs
- 19.11 Maintenance
- 19.12 Finance
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