Parks Prohibited Acts Ordinance

At a glance

• What: an amendment to Municipal Code Section 12.56.050 on prohibited acts in parks, taken up together with re-enacted claims procedures (Chapter 3.12) and updated water use regulations (Chapter 14.02).
• Where it stands: first reading August 26 with a change allowing bikes and unicycles in parks; adoption (ORD 5230) on the September 16 consent calendar.

Sources

• Minutes of 2026-08-26: https://docs.bakersfieldcity.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2000876&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS (read from a scanned document)
• Minutes of 2026-09-16: https://docs.bakersfieldcity.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2001808&dbid=0&repo=CITYRECORDS (read from a scanned document)

Log

2026-09-16 - City Council

Ordinances 5229 (claims), 5230 (parks) and 5231 (water use regulations) were on the consent calendar; the minutes list them as ordinance amendments. Numbers read from a scanned page.

2026-08-26 - City Council

The three ordinances were pulled for separate consideration. Smith moved to adopt on first reading with the allowance of bikes and unicycles in parks. Arias asked that parks be made explicit in the smoke-free zone. Approved with Councilmember Weir voting no and Vice Mayor Kaur absent.