HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-32 - Weed AbatementRESOLUTION NO. 85 -32
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 for 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 sidewalks,
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;
the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parkways and private property
within the City are a public nuisance.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
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SECTION 1. The City
Council hereby determines and declares
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 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 28th day
of May 1985, 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 nuisances.
SECTION 4. The Fire Chief is hereby directed to give notice
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
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 13th day of May , 1985.
Mayor Pro Vm
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