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Home My WebLink AboutResolution No. UB- 02-C0170 0 RESOLUTION NO. 02-C17 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 to 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 WHEREAS, Division 12, Part 5 of the California Health and Safety Code (Sections 14875 through 14922, inclusive), authorizes the City Council, by resolution, to declare a public nuisance and to authorize the abatement thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Council Finds. The City Council of the City of Azusa hereby (finds that hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation in and upon and in front of the real property hereinafter described in Exhibit 1 (the 'Real Property"), when verified by inspection by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department are hereby declared to be a seasonal recurrent public nuisance which should be abated. SECTION 2. Notice. (a) The County of Los Angeles Fire Department (the "Department") is hereby designated, authorized and directed to give notice to destroy said hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation to include native and ornamental vegetation from the Real Property. (b) Not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, the Department shall cause notice to be given to each owner of Real Property by mail as their names and residential addresses and a description of the property in question appear from the last equalized assessment roll, or as they are known to the clerk, and said notice shall be substantially in the form as provided in Exhibit 2 of this resolution. SECTION 3. Hearing. In conjunction with the Department, on Tuesday, the 19th of February 2002, at the hour of 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the City, located at 213 East Foothill Boulevard, Azusa is fixed by the City as the time and place when 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 Department may appear before 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. 0 0 EXHIBIT I DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES In accordance with Chapter 2, Part 5, Division 12 of the California Health and Safety Code (commencing with Section 14880), the Real Property, upon which, or in front of which the nuisance exists, are hereby described in the attached Declaration List of Properties. 0 0 SECTION 4. Recovery of Inspection Costs. (a) The Department and the Agricultural Commissioner are hereby authorized and directed to recover their 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 property identified during physical inspection by the 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 2002, by the C Council of the City of Azusa. By � Ciry Clerk of the Ciry of Azusa 4th Christina Cruz- Madrid Mayor day of February m day of February, 2002. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, CHAGNON, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE L EXHIBIT 2 E NOTICE TO DESTROY IIALARDOUS BRUSH, DRY GRASS, WEEDS, COMBUSTIBLE GROWTH OR FLAMMABLE VEGETATION TO INCLUDE NATIVES AND ORNAMENTALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON the 4th of February, 2002 the City Council of Azusa passed or will pass a resolution declaring that hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation, to include native and ornamental vegetation, where growing upon or in front of said improved property as specifically described by parcel number in the resolution, to be a potential fire hazard or nuisance which, upon inspection by the County of Los Angeles Fire Department is verified to be an existing hazard or nuisance and violation of the County Fire Code pertaining to clearance of brush and vegetative grov,lh, must be removed and the nuisance abated by County authorities and the cost of removal assessed upon the land. In addition, the Board of Supervisors authorized and directed the County of Los Angeles Fire Department and the Agricultural Commissioner to recover their costs related to the enforcement of the fire code. All property owners having objection to the removal of brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation including native and ornamental vegetation are hereby notified that they may attend a meeting of the City Council of the City of Azusa to be held in the Council Chamber of said City at 7:30 p.m. on February 19, 2002, when their objections will be heard and given due consideration. If the property owner does not want to present objections to the proposed removal of hazardous brush, dry grass, weeds, combustible growth or flammable vegetation, or the recovery of enforcement and abatement costs, he/she need not appear at the above-mentioned meeting(s). 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