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RESOLUTION N0. 4470
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA ORDERING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO PROCEED
WITH THE ABATEMENT OF AN UNSAFE BUILDING. (Taussig)
The City Council of the City of Azusa does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine
and declare:
(a) That immediately prior to September 14, 1962, the
Building Official examined the building or structure located on the South
50 feet of Lot 6 and the South 60 feet of Lot 5 in Block A of the Azusa
Heights Tract and known as 1038 North Sunset Avenue, Azusa, California,
and found the same to be an unsafe building as defined in Section 203 of
the "Los Angeles County Building Laws, 1958 Edition", as adopted and
amended by Chapter 1 of Article VIII of the Azusa Municipal Code;
(b) That immediately thereafter and at least ten days
before October 1, 1962, the Building Official gave to the owner of record
of said building or structure written notice in the manner set forth in
said Section 203, as amended, and published in the official newspaper of
the City a copy of such notice, stating the defects in said building or
structure and giving notice that a public hearing would be held before
the City Council on October 1, 1962, at 8:00 o'clock P.M. in the Council
Chambers of said Council, at which time the City Council would hear the
owner and any other person interested and determine whether or not said
building or structure is an unsafe building as defined in said section
and whether the same should be abated, all as set forth in said section;
(c) That on October 1, 1962s at said time and place, the
City Council did conduct a public hearing on said matter and did afford
the owner and all persons interested an opportunity to be heard; that
said hearing was continued to November 5, 1962, and to December 3, 1962;
(d) That at the close of said public hearing on December 3,
1962, the City Council duly adopted its Resolution No. 4418 determining
and declaring that said building or structure is an unsafe building and
a public nuisance for the reasons therein expressed, and ordering that
said building or structure be abated by the repair, rehabilitation,
demolition or removal thereof;
(e) That the Building Official did then serve upon the owner
of such building or structure a copy of said resolution and written notice
of such determination by the City Council requiring the owner or person in
charge thereof within 48 hours to commence either the required repairs
or improvements or the demolition or removal of said building or structure
and stipulating that said work be completed within 90 days from the date
of such notice, all in conformity with said Section 203, as amended;
(f) That said period of 90 days and all extensions thereof
has expired; that none of said repairs or rehabilitation or improvements
has been made and that said building or structure has not been demolished
or removed; the same still is an unsafe building and a public nuisance;
and that the owner thereof has failed, neglected or refused to comply
with said notice.
SECTION 2. By reason of the foregoing, the Building Official
is hereby authorized and ordered to proceed to abate said nuisance by
the demolition of said building or structure and to transmit to the City
Council a statement of the cost of such work. The Building Official shall
obtain at least two bids or quotations from private contractors for the
doing of said work and is hereby authorized thereafter to proceed to do
said work either by contract pursuant to such bid or quotation or by
using City personnel as shall appear to him to be most practicable in
the premises.
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SECTION 3. At least five days before commencing the said
work of demolition, the Building Official shall mail to the record owner
of said building or structure at the address shown by the last equalized
assessment roll a copy of this resolution together with a notice of the
approximate date when he intends to enter upon said premises to commence
the said work of demolition, and he shall permit the said owner, or any
person authorized by said owner, to enter upon said premises and demolish
or remove said building or structure or repair or rehabilitate the same
at any time before said work of demolition is commenced by the Building
Official.
SECTION 4. Authority is hereby granted to pay the costs of
such demolition by the Building Official out of the general funds of the
City in the City Treasury, and such costs shall be charged to the owner
of said premises as a special assessment on the land on which said build-
ing or structure is located and shall be collected in the manner provided
for the collection of special assessments.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution.
Adopted and approved this 15th day of April , 1963.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 15th day of April , 1963, by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Memmesheimer, Cooney, Jackson, McLees, Ortuno
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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