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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 16851 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE No. 1685 ORDINANCE OF TAE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.40.038 TO ALLOW USE OF LEAFBLOWERS IN CITY FACILITIES FROM 8 A.M. TO 9 A.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND 8 A.M. TO 12 NOON ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. In order to meet the needs of the community in using the City's park facilities, City crews must clean parks and other City facilities before citizens arrive. Leafblowers are an important part of maintaining the parks and other public facilities while efficiently using the personnel available to the City. Therefore, allowing authorized City employees to use leafblowers at a shortly earlier time than elsewhere in the residential area is an important element of keeping the parks and facilities usable. Section 2. Anew subsection 10.40.038(d) is added as follows: (d) Notwithstanding other provisions in this section and in addifion to the hours of operation permitt ed in this chapter, authorized City employees may operate leafblowers within city parks and city facilities between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. and 12 noon on Sundays and holidays, so long as the leafblowers comply with the noise levels established by subsections (a) and (c) above. Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law. Mayor I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of May, 2002, an d adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of June, 2002, by the following vote: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'MAHONY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None S:\Ordinances\ord1685.ord.wpd City Clerk 2