HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-07 - Weeds - Posting Notices to DestroyRESOLUTION N0. 68-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
DETERMINING AND DECLARING THAT WEEDS WHICH BEAR SEEDS OF
DOWNY OR WINGY NATURE AND WEEDS WHICH ATTAIN SUCH A LARGE
GROWTH AS TO BECOME A FIRE NUISANCE WHEN DRY AND WEEDS
WHICH ARE OTHERWISE NOXIOUS OR DANGEROUS ARE GROWING UPON
CERTAIN STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PARKWAYS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AND THAT THE SAME ARE A PUBLIC
NUISANCE; DIRECTING THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT TO POST NOTICES
TO DESTROY SAID WEEDS AS REQUIRED BY LAW, FIXING THE TIME
FOR HEARING ALL OBJECTIONS OR PROTESTS AND DIRECTING THE
ABATEMENT THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER V
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA.
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa that certain weeds more particularly described below are growing upon
certain streets, sidewalks, parkways, and private property in the City of Costa
Mesa, and that the same are a public nuisance; and
WHEREAS, it appears to the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa that
said weeds should be abated as a public nuisance in accordance with the pro-
visions of Article 3 of Chapter V of the Municipal Code of the City of Costa
Mesa;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter V of the
Municipal Code of the City of Costa Mesa, the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa hereby determines and declares that weeds which bear seeds of a downy or
wingy nature, and weeds which attain such large growth as to become a fire
nuisance when dry, and weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, are
growing upon certain streets, sidewalks, parkways, and private property in said
City as more particularly described hereinafter, and that the same are hereby
declared to be a public nuisance, and that the names of such streets as they
are commonly known are hereinafter set forth, and that the property fronting
upon said streets, sidewalks, or parkways, or in front of which such nuisance
exists, are hereinafter described in accordance with the map used in describing
the property for taxation purposes.
SECTION 2. The Street Superintendent of the City of Costa Mesa, who, for
the purposes of said Article 3 of Chapter V of the Municipal Code, is the City
Manager of the City of Costa Mesa, is hereby designated as the person to give
notice to destroy such weeds, said notice to be in accordance with the terms
of Sections 5308 and 5309 of said Municipal Code; said City Manager, acting as
Street Superintendent, is hereby instructed and designated to prepare and post
notices to destroy said weeds as required by law. Said notices shall be con-
spicuously posted on or in front of the property on which or in front of which
the nuisance exists, or, if the property has not frontage upon any street,
highway or road, then upon the portion of the property next to a street, high-
way or road most likely to give actual notice to the owner.
Said notices shall be posted one notice to each piece or parcel of property
in separate ownership of not over fifty (50) feet frontage, or not more than two
notices to any such parcel of property in separate ownership with a frontage of
one hundred (100) feet or less. If the frontage of any piece or parcel of property
in separate ownership is greater than one hundred (100) feet, said notices shall
be posted at not more than one hundred (100) feet in distance apart. Said
notices shall be posted at least five (5) days prior to the time for hearing J
of objections, and postcard notices of the hearing shall be mailed by the City
Manager, acting as Street Superintendent, to such owners as have filed with
the City Clerk a written request for such postcard notices within one year
prior to the date of mailing.
SECTION 3• The City Council does hereby fix the 19th day of February,
1968, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock p.m., as the time, and the Council Chamber
in the City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, California, as the place for
hearing objections and protests to the proposed removal of such weeds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of January, 1968.
Mayor of the it p Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
Ci
ty Clerk the City of Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 68-7 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 15th day of January, 1968.
IN WITN"rSS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of January, 1968.68/�
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa