HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-48 - Weed AbatementRESOLUTION NO. 87 -48
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
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 a
Council that the following conditions exist
sidewalks, parkways and private property
shown, described and delineated on the
properties in the City which are recorded
County Recorder for the County of Orange:
ttention of the City
upon streets, alleys,
within the City as
several maps of the
in the office of the
(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
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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 de-
clares 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
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 26th
day of May, 1987, 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 to 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:
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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 11th day
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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