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.RESOLUTION NO. 5485
RESOLUTION O~ THE COUNCIL -OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DECLARING WEEDS TO BE A NUISA.~CE AND SETTING A_HEARING
--t.JHE~S, weeds, as defined in Sectio~ 8.08.0lO(b) of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code, are growing in the City of Palo Alto
upon various street;s, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private
property within said municipality, such as weeds which bear
seeds of a wingy or dO\<l•r.y nature, or ni.ay attain fJ\.l~h large
growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or are otherwis~ _ _ __
combustible, a n1enace to the public health, noxious, or dangerous;
and
WHEREAS, said weeds corsstit.ut.e a public nuisance;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo 'lt0 does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Said weeds do r.0W constitute, and will continue
to constitute-;-a-public nuisance. Said nuisance exists upcn all
of th~ streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private pro-
perty 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, ref-
erence 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 e.oe of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code;
AND IT IS FURTHJ::R ORDERED that Monday, the 9th day of
January, 1978 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 ~a.me is fixed as the time
and place when objections. __ to the proposed destruction or removal
of such weeds shall be hearJ and given due consideration; .
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Services hereby 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 delay
by the destruction or remoyal of such weeds, the work of abating
such nuisance will be done by the city authorities, and the
expense 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.
. . . .
-SECTION 4. The r.o~ncil of the City of Palo Alto find•
that none of the provisions of this resolution will have a sig&1i-
ficant adverse environmental impact.
IN'!'RODUCED AND PASSED: Decellber 5 • 1977
AYES: Brenner~ Carey, Clay, Eyerly, Fazzino, Pletcher,, Henderson, Sher, Witherspoon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
APPROVED:
?~---l>SL Qifayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED:
(E.;i.G~
Director of PUblic Workil
·Er.~ine~ ll~J::H~ ~rasiob of Inspectional
Services
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