HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 15-074 Reso Declaring Hazardous Vegetation to Be a Public NuisanceRESOLUTION 15-074
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
DECLARING HAZARDOUS VEGETATION (WEEDS) TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE
AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO CONSIDER
DECLARATION AS TO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES ON JANUARY 20, 2016
WHEREAS, hazardous vegetation, including weeds and brush, is growing in the City of
Saratoga upon certain streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, and private property; and
WHEREAS, the weeds, brush, and rubbish create a fire hazard and/or health; and
WHEREAS, said weeds, brush, and rubbish constitute a public nuisance;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves that the
following:
1. That weeds, brush, and/or rubbish that create a fire hazard and/or health hazard are a
public nuisance;
2. That the nuisance exists or recurs upon the streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, and
private property, noted by common name or by reference to the tract, block, lot, code
area, and parcel number, on a report prepared by and on file in the Office of the County
Fire Marshal and/or the County Agricultural Commissioner;
3. That notice of the Public Hearing, described in paragraph 4 below at which the City
Council will consider declaring a public nuisance as to specific properties, is herby
ordered to be given to the owners of those specific properties identified in the report
noted in paragraph 2 above;
4. That it is ordered that Wednesday, the 20th day of January 2016, during a Public Hearing
at the regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council that will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the
Saratoga Civic Theater located at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue in Saratoga, is hereby fixed as
the time and place where objections to the proposed Declaration of Nuisance as to
Specific Properties requiring destruction and removal of hazardous vegetation (weeds)
shall be heard and given due consideration;
5. That the County Fire Marshal and/or the County Agricultural Commissioner is hereby
designated as the person to cause notice to be given in the manner and form provided in
Article 15, Chapter 7 of the Saratoga City Code, and as the person to hereafter cause
abatement of the seasonal and recurring hazardous vegetation (weed) nuisance described
above.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 16th day of December 2015 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Vice Mayor Emily Lo, Council Member Mary -Lynne
Bernald, Howard A. Miller, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
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E. Manny Cappello, Mayor
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