HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9303Resolution No. 9303
Resolution of Intention of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting January 7, 2013 for a
Public Hearing for Objections to Proposed Weed Abatement
RECITALS
A. Weeds, as defined in Section B.OB.OIO(b) ofthe Palo Alto Municipal Code, are
anticipated to develop during calendar year 2013 upon streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of
private property within the City of Palo Alto sufficient to constitute a public nuisance as a fire
menace when dry or are otherwise combustible, or otherwise to constitute a menace to the
public health as noxious or dangerous.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Weeds, as defined in Section B.OB.OIO(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code,which are anticipated to develop during calendar year 2013 upon streets, alleys,
sidewalks, and parcels of private property within the City of Palo Alto, are hereby found and
determined to constitute a public nuisance. Such nuisance is anticipated to exist upon some of
the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private property within the City, which are 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 B.OB ofthe Palo Alto Municipal Code:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a public hearing shall be held on Monday, the i h day
of January, 2013, at the hour of 7:00pm, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at
the Council Chambers ofthe Civic Center of said City, at which the Council shall hear objections
to the proposed weed abatement of such weeds and give any objections due consideration;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Fire Chief of the City of Palo Alto is directed to
give notice of the public hearing in the time, manner and form provided in Chapter B.OB of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Unless the nuisance is abated without delay by the destruction and
removal of such weeds, the work of abating such nuisance will be done by the County of Santa
Clara Department of Agriculture and Resource Management Office on behalf of the City of Palo
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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 and removed.
SECTION 4. The Santa Clara County, County Counsel has determined the Weed
Abatement Program to be categorically exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: DECEMBER 10, 2012
AYES: BURT, ESPINOSA, HOLMAN, KLEIN, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD, YEH
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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