HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-22 - Weed AbatementRESOLUTION NO. 89 -22
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1. The City Council hereby determines and
declares that the weeds and other conditions described above which
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
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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.
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 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 24th day
of April, 1989, 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 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:
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 10th day of April, 1989.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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