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Resolution No. 10268
Resolution of Intention of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting February 9, 2026 for a
Public Hearing for Objections to Proposed Weed Abatement
R E C I T A L S
A. Weeds, as defined in Section 8.08.010(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, are
anticipated to develop during calendar year 2026 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 8.08.010(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code,
which are anticipated to develop during calendar year 2026 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 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code:
i.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a public hearing shall be held on the 9th day of
February 2026, at the hour of 5:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be
heard, at the Council Chambers of the 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;
ii.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 8.08
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 Alto,
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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 City Council of Palo Alto adopts the determination of Santa Clara
County, as the lead agency, that the Weed Abatement Program is categorically exempt from
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines section 15308.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: DECEMBER 8, 2025
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City Clerk Mayor
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Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Fire Chief
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Director of Administrative Services
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Subject: RESO 10268 - Declaring Weeds a Public Nuisance, Setting 2/9/26 for a Public Hearing
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