HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 10-005RESOLUTION NO. 10 -005
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
DECLARING ABATEMENT OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS TO SPECIFIED
PROPERTIES CONTAINING HAZARDOUS VEGETATION
WHEREAS, the Saratoga City Council has declared hazardous vegetation to be a public
nuisance by Resolution No. 09 -068 adopted December 16, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the County Agricultural Commissioner subsequently gave
notice to all property owners of specific properties he had identified as containing hazardous
vegetation (weeds) described by common name or by reference to the tract, block, lot, code area
and parcel number on the report prepared by and on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and of
the County Agricultural Commissioner; and
WHEREAS, said notice informed the owners of the properties specified in Exhibit A
attached hereto that the City Council would hold a public hearing on January 20, 2010 to
consider any protests or objections to the declaration of a nuisance on pre - specified properties so
as to require the owners of these properties to remove the hazardous vegetation or be subject to a
subsequent order for abatement authorizing the County Agricultural Commissioner to perform
the abatement;
WHEREAS, a public hearing on said notice was held on January 20, 2010; and
WHEREAS, final action on any protests or objections to the proposed removal of weeds
has been made by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the hazardous vegetation (weeds) on
the specified properties listed on Exhibit A attached hereto is declared to be a nuisance and the
County Agricultural Commissioner is hereby designated as the person to cause notice to be given
in the manner and form provided in Saratoga City Code Section 7- 15.060, and as the person to
thereafter cause abatement of the seasonal and recurring hazardous vegetation (weed) nuisance
as determined in general by resolution dated December 16, 2009, and as to specified properties
as determined by this resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the notice specified in the
preceding paragraph shall require that owners of the properties identified in Exhibit A to abate
the hazardous vegetative nuisance or demonstrate at a public hearing before the City Council on
March 17, 2010 why the City Council should not order the County to abate such hazardous
vegetation nuisance thereafter at the property owner's expense.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Saratoga City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 20 day of January 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Chuck Page, Howard Miller, Vice Mayor Jill Hunter,
Mayor Kathleen King
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Susie Nagpal
ATTEST:
Ann Sul ivan City Clerk
a thleen M. King, Moor
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