HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2016-037 N.C.S. 03/21/2016Resolution No. 2016-037 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
DECLARING THAT WEEDS GROWING UPON PARCELS
OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, REFERRED TO AND
DESCRIBED IN THIS RESOLUTION, CONSTITUTE AND ARE
A PUBLIC NUISANCE REQUIRING ABATEMENT, AND SETTING
PUBLIC HEARINGS AT WHICH OBJECTIONS MAY BE HEARD
WHEREAS, brush and weed abatement reduces fuel loads in areas of Petaluma known
for being susceptible to grass and brush fires and is regarded as a proactive fire prevention
measure designed to (1) prevent ignition by the reduction or removal of fuel; (2) slows, stops, or
confines the spread of a fire in areas with excessive grassibrush; (3) allows time for fire
suppression personnel to respond and extinguish a threatening fire; and (4) reduces the fire threat
from properties that adjoin the City limits; and
WHEREAS, the Petaluma Fire Prevention Bureau has developed an aggressive brush
and weed abatement program which has served to protect the public health, safety and welfare of
the citizenry of the City of Petaluma by reducing fire danger and the effects of excessive brush
and weed fires for the past thirty years; and
WHEREAS, Government Code sections 39560 et seq. provide a procedure for weed
abatement by municipal entities, pursuant to which the City of Petaluma may adopt a resolution
declaring certain weeds a nuisance and thereby allow the Fire Department to proceed with
abatement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma
as follows:
1. All of the weeds now growing upon public and private parcels within the City of Petaluma
referred to and described in the list prepared by the Fire Marshal, pages on file in the office
of the Fire Marshal, are weeds which bear seeds of winged or downy nature, or attain such a
large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, and/or are otherwise noxious and
dangerous, and all such weeds growing upon such public and private property are a public
nuisance, pursuant to Government Code Section 39561, which the City proposes to abate;
and,
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2. That the City Council hereby sets the time for a public hearing at 7:00 p.m., or as soon
thereafter as the matter can be heard, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 11 English
Street, Petaluma, California, on May 16, 2016 and, if required, again on July 18, 2016, at
which time the City Council will hear and consider all objections to the proposed removal of
weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt; and,
3. That pursuant to Government Code Section 39567.1, the City Clerk shall cause written notice
of the proposed abatement to be mailed to each person to whom such described property is
assessed in the last equalized assessment roll available on the date this resolution is adopted.
The City Clerk may delegate this duty to the Fire Marshal. Said notice shall be substantially
in the form provided by Government Code Section 39566.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE:
I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Aproved as to
``§form:
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 21St day of March,
2016, by the following vote:
City �'ttorney�
AYES:
Barrett, Mayor Glass, Healy, Kearney, Vice Mayor King, Miller
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Albertson
ABSTAIN:
None
ATTEST:
Pay
City Clerk
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