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RESOLUTION NO. 6207 ----RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCII. OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DECLARING WEEDS TO BE A NUISANCE AND SETTING A
HEARING
WHEREAS, weeds, as defined in Sectiori 8.08.0lO(b) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, are growing ir. the City of Palo Alto upon
various streets, alleys, sidewalks and parcels of private proper-
ty within said municipality, such as weeds which bear seeds of a
wingy and downy nature, Ot' may attain such large growth as to
become a fire menace when dry, or are otheI"wise combustible, a
menace of the public health, noxious, or dangerous; and
WHEREAS, said weeds constitute a public nuisance;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Such weeds do now constitute, and will continue
to constitute, a public nuisance. Said nuisance ex is ts upon a 11
of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private propeI"ty
within said city as shown, described, and delineated on the sev-
eral maps of the properties in said city which are recorded in the
Off ice of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, I"efer-
ence in each instance for the description of any particular
st~eet, alley, or parcel of private property being hereby made to
the several maps aforesaid, and, in the event of their being sev-
eral ~ubdivision maps on which the same lots are shown, reference
is hereby made to the latest subdivision map.
SECTION 2. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDEP -~D that the said public
nuisance be abated in the manner provided by Chapter 8.08 of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code;
lT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Monday, lhe 16th day of Jan~ary
1984, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. of said day, or as soon thereafter
as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers of the Civic
Center of said city, be and the same is hereby fixed as the time
and place when objections to the proposed destruction or removal
of such weeds shall be heard and given due consideration:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Director of Public Works is
directed to cause notice of said hearing to be given in the time,
manner and form provided in Chapter 8.08 of said Palo Alto Munici-
pal Code.
SECTION 3. Unless such nuisance is abated without delay by
the destruction or removal of such weeds, the work of abating such
nuisance will be do~e by the County of Santa Clara Building Offi-
cial for the City of Palo Alto, and the expenses th~Leof assessed
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upon the lots and lands from which, and/or in the front and rear
of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that none of the provisions of
this resolution will have a significant adverse environmental im-
pact.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: Dec~mber 12, 1983
A YES: Bechtel , Cobb , Eyer 1 y , K 1 e i n , Levy , Renze l , W i the rs po on
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Fazzino, Fletcher
Cl ty Attorney
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