HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7368RESOLUTION NO. 7368
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DECLARING WEEDS TO BE A NUISANCE AND SETTING A
HEARING
WHEREAS, weeds, as defined in.Section 8.08.010(b) of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code, are growing in the City of Palo Alto upon
various streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private property
within said municipality, such weeds which bear seeds of a wingy
and downy nature, or may attain such large growth as to become a
fire menace when dry, or are otherwise 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
hereby RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Such weeds do now constitute, and will
continue to constitute, a public nuisance. Such nuisance exists
upon all of thestreets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private
property within said City as shown, described, and delineated on
the several maps of the properties in said City which are recorded
in the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara,
reference in each instance for the description of any particular.
street, alley, or parcel of private property being hereby made to
the several maps aforesaid, and, in the event of there being
several subdivision maps on which the same lots are shown,
reference is hereby made to the latest subdivision map.
SECTION 2. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the said public
nuisance be abated in the manner provided by Chapter 8.08 of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Monday, the 5th day of
December, 1994, at the hour of 7:00 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 Fire Chief of the City of
Palo Alto 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 Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Unless such nuisance is abated without dele.y
by the destruction or removal of such weeds, the work of abating
such nuisance will be done by the County of Santa Clara Fire
Marshal's Office for the City of Palo Alto, and the expenses
thereof assessed upon the lots and lands from which, and/or in the
front and rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or
removed.
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SECTION 4. The City Council hereby finds that this
project will have no significant effect on the environment.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: November 7, 1994
ANTS: ANDERSEN, FAZZINO, HUIBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER, SIMITIAN,
WHEELER
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTI S:
ATTEST- /] APPROVED:
Cit Clerk
APPROVED AS
Senior Asst. City Attorney
TO FORM:
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