HomeMy WebLinkAbout83-33 - Weed AbatementRESOLUTION NO. 83 -33
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 PRO-
PERTY WITHIN THE CITY, DECLARING THAT SAID
WEEDS AND PUBLIC NUISANCES MUST BE ABATED,
SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEAR-
ING AT WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
PROTESTS FROM PERSONS OBJECTING TO THE PROPOS-
ED DESTRUCTION OR REMOVAL OF SUCH PUBLIC NUI-
SANCES 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 for the County of Oranges
(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 con-
ditions 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 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
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 9th
of May
1983,
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 noti_
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 hearng objections, a postcard giv=
ing notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing to con-
sider protests, to all owners of real property subject to assess-
ment for the abatement work, directed to the address of said
owners as shown on the latest County tax roll.
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