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RESOLUTION NO. gSSr,_
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 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) Weeds are 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 dangerous;
(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
conditions 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,
, BE IT RESOLVED;
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby determines and
declares that the weeds and other conditions described above which
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exist upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parkways and private
property within the City are a public nuisance.
SECTION 2. Said public nuisance 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, such nuisances shall have been destroyed or
removed.
SECTION 3. The City Council does hereby set the
22nd day of September, 1975, 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
abatement of such nuisance.
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 postcard
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 8 day of September, 1975.
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DATE
SEP 1 0-1975
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9/5/75