HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-55 - Public NuisancesRESOLUTION NO. 95 -55
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 winged 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 menace to
the public health;
(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
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 10th day
of July, 1995, at 7:00 p.m., as the item 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 12th day of
ATTEST: �o
City Clerl
June , 1995.
,UAJ
Mayor