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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 98-C0419 0 RESOLUTION NO. 98—C41 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DECLARING PUBLIC NUISANCE WHEREAS, hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation where growing upon or in front of real property often attain such growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to said or adjacent improved parcels or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous: and WHEREAS, the presence of hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation upon or in front of real property are conditions which endanger the public safety and constitute a public nuisance and therefore should be abated; and WHEREAS, such hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation are a seasonal and recurrent nuisance on or in front of real property located within the City of Azusa (the "City"); and WHEREAS, the City has a duty of protect the public safety and to take any and all actions necessary to abate a public nuisance; and WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles Fire Department conducts annual inspections to verify existing hazards and public nuisances where such hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include ornamental and native vegetation on the hereinafter described real property; and 0 0 and where any and all owners of Real Property having any objections to the aforementioned proposed removal of hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation following inspection and further notice by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department may appear before the weed abatement referee and the brush clearance referee and show cause why said hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation including native and ornamental vegetation should not be removed in accordance with this Resolution, and said objections will then and there be heard and given due consideration. SECTION 4. Recovery of Inspection Costs. (a) The Chief and the Commissioner are hereby authorized and directed to recover its abatement enforcement costs in a manner consistent with prior action of the Board adopting an Administrative Penalty, Abatement Enforcement Cost, and inspection fee on all Real Properties failing to comply with the second official notice to abate hazards on public property identified during physical inspection by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department. The recovery of these costs is vital to the ongoing operation governing the identification and abatement of those properties that constitute a public nuisance and endanger the public safety. (b) The owners of the Real Property, upon which, or in front of which the nuisance exists, shall be presented, both in writing and at the above referenced hearing, with information regarding the cost of inspection, abatement enforcement, and non-compliance penalties. The foregoing resolution was adopted on the second day of March , 1998, by the City Coun3�0 of the City of Azusa. By Citv lerk of City of Azusa 0 0 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 1998. i MAYOR I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 98-C41, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 2nd day of March, 1998, by the following vote of the Council. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: CITY CLERK HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID NONE NONE