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38.63-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA'AMENDING
ARTICLE II OF THE SARATOGA CITY CODE RELATING
TO WEED AND RUBB~-SH ABATEMENT BY ADMENDING
SECTIONS 6-7~ 6-10 and 6-11 THEREOF
The City Council of the qity of Saratoga doesh~reby ordain aS
follows:
Section 1
Section 6-7 of Article II of the Saratoga city Code is hereby amended
by amending the form of the.notice to abate therein set forth to read as
follows:
"Pursuant to Article II of Chapter 6 of the Saratoga City Code,
weeds~ rubbish, refuse, obstructions or other dangerous materials, as here-
after described, existing upon your property or upon the adjacent street,
etc~, have heretofore been declared to be a public nuisance, and you are
hereby notified that you shall within ten days from dateof mailing of this
.notice, remove and destroy all such weeds or rubbish or other materials from
your property, and the abutting one-half of the street or streets adjacent
to your property, between the lot lines extended thereqn, or the same will
be destroyed or removed and the nuisance abated by the City, and you will
be billed for a~ll the .costs thereof, including a minimum $50.00 toward the
administration costs. Upon your failure to pay any such bill Within fifteen
days from date of its mailing, the cost to the City of such abatement, plus
twenty-five percent thereof for costs of collection, together with all actual
administration costs, will be assessed upon your lands, and will constitute
a lien thereon untie paid, and will be collected upon the next tax roll
Upon which general municipal taxes are collected.
If you have any objections to the proposed nuisance abatement,'you
may ~ppeal from this notice directly to the City Council by filing a notice
of appeal in writing with the Clerk of the City within five days from the
date 0'f the mailing of this notice, which appeal will automatically be
heard at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting held after receipt'
by the City of your notice ofappeal, without further notice to you.
If you should appeal, it'will automatically extend your time within
which to abate the nuisance to the expiration of five days ~fter the hearing
on appeal."
section 2
sections 6-10 and 6-11 of Article II, of the Saratoga City Code are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6-10. Same--Account of costsa~d billin~
The Director shall .keep an ~ccount of the costs of abating such n~i-
sance upon each separate. lot or parcel of land, and shall send a bill for
the same, including all costs of administration ($50.00 minimum), to the
property owner by registered or certified mail, to the address or addresses
to which the original notice of abatement had previously been sent, which
bill shall specif~ on the face thereof that in the event of the failure
the full payment of the same within'fifteen days from date 6f mailing, then
and in that~-eve~t'z[~e amounts set forth in such bill, plus twenty-five per-
cent thereof'for costs of collection together with administration costs, will
become a lien against the land and shall constitute a special assessment and
be~ollected at the same time and in the same mannerlas general municipal
t~es of the City, and that a hearing on such a~se~sment and any objections
~hereto will be held at the last regular City Council ~eeting to be held the
~ollowingJuly, and that no Other or further notice Will be given of such
assessment and hearing other than as set forth on the face of such billing.
Sec. 6-11.I Same--Assessment re~0rt and he~r£ng' :,
Annua. lly, at the last regular City CoUncil meeting held in July of
each year, the DirectOr shall submit a report to the Council, consisting
of all unpaid bills for-weed abatement expenses, a proposed assessment list,
and the parcels against which such expenses, plus twentyTfive perdent thereof
for costs of collection eDgethor with adminiatration costs, are to be assessed,
at which meeting any property owner may appear and object to any matter con-
tained in such report. No o~her notice need be given of such hearing other
than the notice contained in the billing previously ~ent to the property
owner. At the meeting, the Council shall hear the report and any objections'
thereto, and make such modifications in the proposed assessments as it may
deem necessary or proper, after which the Council shall confirm the report
and assessment by order or r~sblution.
Section 3
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this or-
dinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid,'such decision shail not affect the validity of the remaining por-
tions of this ordinance. The, City Council Of the City of Saratoga hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub-
section, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that
anyone or more sections, subsections~ sentences, clauses or phrases be
held invalid or uncO~'§~itutional~
Section 4
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after the date of its passage and adoptlon.
The above and foregoing ~rdinance was regularly introduced and after
the waiting time required by law was thereafter passed and adopted this
]7th .day of March , 197~ , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmea Bridge. s~ Brigham, Krau~ Cerr & Mat~eeai
NOES: None
ABSENT: N~me v~,//7~y~,~~ ·
~ ~j~ ~ The above and fore Din is true and correct
"C~ ~ <e,~ ~:-' Deputy City Clerk ,_