HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 97-088 04/07/1997 1 Resolution No. 97.88 N.C.S.
2 of the City of Petaluma, California
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4 RESOLUTION ORDERING ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES
5 CONSISTING OF WEEDS GROWING UPON PUBLIC AND
6 PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND
7 ORDERING THE FIRE CHIEF TO REMOVE SAID WEEDS,
8 BY CONTRACT OR BY HIS OWN FORCES
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I 1 WHEREAS, on the 17th day of March 1997, the Council of the City o£Petaluma adopted
12 Resolution No. 97- 62 N.C.S., declaring weeds growing upon public and private property
13 referred to and described in said Resolution, constituted and were a public nuisance and fixed the
14 7th day of April 1997, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as can be heard, in the
15 Council Chambers of the City Hall, 11 English Street, Petaluma, California, as the time and place
16 of hearing protests and objections to said abatement proceedings; and,
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18 WHEREAS, the City Council has held its hearing and considered all objections or protests
19 to the proposed removal of weeds and has followed or overruled any or all objections, as
20 hereinafter set forth, and the City Council has now acquired jurisdiction to proceed and perform
21 the work of removal of said weeds;
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23 NOW i HIREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby order the
24 Fire Department of the City, through a contractor employed by this Council or its own forces, to
25 abate said nuisances by removing said weeds by means of mowing, disking or blading using
26 whichever means it deems to be the most appropriate after considering the location and the terrain
27 of said parcels of public and private property referred to and described in said Resolution
28 No. 97- 62 N.C.S. Said mowing, disking and blading shall be accomplished as many times as
29 the Fire Department may deem necessary to provide the best possible control of weeds.
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I BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Fire Department shall keep an account of the
2 cost of this abatement of said nuisances on public and private property where the work is done,
3 and thereafter submit to this Council for confirmation, an itemized written report showing such
4 cost as required by Section 39547 of the Government Code, and thereafter such proceedings shall
5 be had for special assessments against the respective parcels of land to pay for the cost of said
6 work, in the manner provided by Chapter 13, Part 2, Division 3, of Title 4 of the Government
7 Code.
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Under the power and authority conferred upon this Ceuncil by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (~d~a[tate~XX~Rrec1~1 meeting fO~
on the .--~-7-t~------..... day of ..........ApPll 19..9.7.., by the
following vote: l~-
City Attorney
AYES: Read, Keller, Stompe, Torliatt, N4aguire, Vice Mayor Hamilton, Nlayor Hilligoss
NOES: None
ABSENT: None / -
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