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RESOLUTION NO. 158
A RESOLUTI()N OF ORDERING THE STREET
SUPERINTENDENT TO ABATE THE PUBLIC
NUISANCE HERETOFORE DECLARED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, TO EXIST IN THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, TO-WIT: WEEDS WHICH BEAR
SEEDS OF A WINGY OR DOWNY NATURE
AND ATTAIN SUCH A LARGE GROWTH AS
TO BECOME A FIRE MENACE WHEN DRY
AND WHICH ARE NOXIOUS AND DANGER-
OUS, GROWING UPON CERTAIN STREETS,
SIDEWALKS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY IN
THE CITY OF TUSTIN, BY HAVING THE
WEEDS REFERRED TO REMOVED.
The City Council of the City of Tustin resolves a~s
SECTION I. Pursuant to the provisions of.an Act of the
Legislature of the State of California, entitled, "An Act
Authorizing ~unicipalities to Declare No×ious or Dangerous
?~eeds Growing upon the Streets or Side W~ll<s or Private Property
within Municipalities to.be a Public Nuisance, Crea, ting a Lien
,
upon the Property fronting upon such streets or sidew~lks or
upon which such Nuisance Exists for Zhe cost of Abating the
Same", approved May 26, 1915, and amendments thereto, the City
Council of the City of Tustin havin~ acquired Jurisdiction so
to do, hereby orders the Street Superintendent of said City
.
to abate the public nuisance heretofore declarec~.to exist in
~he said City of Tustin, to-wit:
Weeds which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature and
attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when
dry and which are noxious and dangerous, growing upon the streets
or sidewalks in front of or upon private property described as
fol 1 oWs, to-wi t:
SECTION 2. Any property owner shall have the right to
have any of said weeds removed at his own expense, providing the
sa~e is done prior to the arrival of the Street Superintendent
or his representatives to do the same.
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SECTION 3. The Street Superintendent shall keep an
account of the cost of ab:ating said nuisance in front of or on
each separate lot or parcel of land where the. work is done by him
or his deputies, and shall render an itemized report, in
writing, to the City Council of the City of Tustin showing
the cost of removing such weeds on each separate lot, or in
front thereof, or both, provided that before said report is
submitted to said City Council, a copy of the same shall be
posted for at least three days prior thereto, or on near the
Chamber Door of sa, id City Council, together with a notice of
the time when said report shall be submitted to the City
Council for confirms~tion. At the time fixed for receiving and
considering sa. id report, the City Council shall hear the same,
together with any objections which may be raised by any of the
property owners liable to be assessed for. the work of abating
said nuisance and thereupon make such nodifications in the
report as they deem necessary, after which said report shall
be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for aba. ting .such
nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land
memtioned in said report shall constitute special assessments
against the respective parcels of l~nd~, and, as thus made and
confirmed shall constitute a lein on said. property for the
amount of such assessment, respectively, and thereafter said
amounts shall be collected a,t the same time and in the same
manner a,~ ord. inary municipal taxes are collected and shall be
subject to the same oenalties and the ss~me procedure under
forclosure and sale in ca. se of delinquenty as provided for
ordinary municipal taxes.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
adopted by the City Council of the City of Tustin, at a regular
~eeting thereOf h.eld on the 7th day of May, 1945, by
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen:
NOES: Uouncilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
ATTEST:
'~l-erk of 'the bit'~ Of
Tustin.
APPROVED: