HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2248 ORDINANCE N0. 2248
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS THEREOF PERTAINING
TO WEED ABATEMENT
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 8. 16. 030, 8.16. 040, 8. 16. 050,
8. 16. 060 and 8.16. 080 thereof to read as follows :
8. 16. 030 Removal--Notice to owner. It shall be the duty
of the director of public works to notify, in the manner here-
inafter provided, the occupants and owners of any premises in
this city to eradicate and remove, within ten (10) days from the
receipt of such notice, all weeds whose seeds are of a winged or
downy nature and are spread by the winds, from the property they
own or occupy in this city, and that upon failure to do so within
ten (10) days , this city will cause the weeds to be removed at
the expense of said owner.
8. 16. 040 Notice--Form--Service. The notice to remove
weeds shall be conspicuously posted on or in front of the prop-
erty on which the nuisance exists . Notice shall be posted on
each separately owned parcel of property of not over fifty (50)
feet frontage; not more than two (2) notices to any such parcel
of one hundred (100) feet frontage or less ; notices at not more
than one hundred (100) feet apart if the frontage of such a
parcel is greater than one hundred (100) feet .
8. 16. 050 Delinquency--Estimate given to council. The
notice s shall be posted at least ten 10) days prior to the
time for hearing objections by the city council. The director of
public works shall transmit to the city council an estimate of
the probable cost of doing the work.
8.16. 060 Ordering of work by city. The council may order
the director of public works to do the same work, at the expense
of the owner of said property, and provide for temporary payment
of the same with city funds .
8. 16. 080 Abatement--Costs . All costs shall constitute a
charge and special assessment upon such parcel of land incurred
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by the city and/or county. If such costs are not paid within a
period specifically set by the city and/or county, there shall
then be declared a special assessment against that parcel as
provided in Government Code Sections 25845, 38773 and 38773. 5 .
Such special assessment shall be collected at the same time and
in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and
shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedures
and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county
taxes. The city shall retain the additional and independent
right to recover its costs by way of civil action against the
owner and person in possession or control, jointly or severally.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of December 1977
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ty Administrator City Attor e
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
Director 6ePublic Works
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Ord. No. 2248
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
adjourned meeting thereof held on the 12th day of December
1977 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 19th day of December 1977 and
was 'passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Coen, Gibbs, Shenkman, Pattinson
NOES: Councilmen:
Siebert
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Wieder
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
i .Alicla PO V n--'Af1rt' ^;ry CLERK of the City of
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In acc-,,rua .ha City ha,er of said pity.
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