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RESOLUTION NO. 7960
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DECLARING THAT WEEDS
AND OTHER PUBLIC NUISANCES EXIST UPON
STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, PARKWAYS, AND
PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, DECLARING
THAT SAID WEEDS AND PUBLIC NUISANCES MUST BE
ABATED, SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER PROTESTS FROM PERSONS OBJECTING TO
THE PROPOSED DESTRUCTION OR REMOVAL OF SUCH
PUBLIC NUISANCES BY THE CITY, AND DIRECTING
THE FIRE CHIEF TO GIVE NOTICE OF THE PASSAGE
OF THIS RESOLUTION AND OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City
Council that the following conditions exist upon streets, alleys,
sidewalks, parkways and private property within the City as
shown, described and delineated on the several maps of the
properties in the City which are recorded in the office of the
County Recorder of the County of Orange;
(a) Weed--sare growing which when mature bear wingy or
downy seeds, which will attain such a large growth as to become
a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dan-
gerous;
(b) Dry grass, stubble, brush, garden refuse, litter,
or other flammable material which constitutes a fire hazard or
which, when dry, will in reasonable probability constitute a
fire hazard;
(c) Poison oak and poison ivy which constitute a
menace to the public health;
(d) Rubbish, refuse and dirt upon parkways and side-
walks, and rubbish and refuse upon private property; and
WHEREAS, in the judgment of the City Council said condi-
tions constitute a public nuisance and should be abated as such
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10.48 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
SECTION 1, The City Council hereby determines and
declares that the weeds and other conditions described above
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which exist upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parkways and
private property within the City are a public nuisance.
SECTION 2. Said public nuisances must be abated by the
destruction or removal thereof, and all owners of property on
which such public nuisances exist or which abuts public streets
or sidewalks on which such public nuisances exist shall without
delay destroy or remove all such public nuisances or such work
will be done by the City, in which case the cost of such work
will be assessed upon the lands from which, and /or in the front
and rear of which, said nuisances shall have been destroyed or
removed.
SECTION 3. The City Council does hereby set the 23rd
day of April, 1973, at 7:30 P.M. as the time, and the Council
Chambers in the City Hall of the City of Newport Beach as the
place, for hearing objections and protests to the proposed abate-
ment of such nuisances.
SECTION 4. The Fire Chief is hereby directed to give
notice of the passage of this resolution, of the Council's
direction that such public nuisances must be abated by the
destruction or removal thereof, and of the time and place set
for the public hearing to consider protests, in the following
manner:
By mailing, at least ten (10) days prior to
the time fixed by the City Council for hearing objections, a post-
card giving notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing
to consider protests, to all owners of real property subject to
assessment for the abatement work, directed to the address of
said owners as shown on the latest County tax roll.
ADOPTED this 9th
day of APril , 1973.
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