HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3812 ORDINANCE NO. 3812
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 8.17 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8.17.015 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.17.015 Flood Control/Drainne Channels-Obstructions.
(a) No person owning, leasing, occupying, having charge or control of any lot
or premises shall allow, keep or maintain any tree, bush or vegetation growing upon any
lot or premises abutting any flood control/drainage channel in such a manner that the
limbs, twigs, leaves, vines, roots or parts of such tree, bush or vegetation interfere with,
impede, redirect or obstruct the flow of water along, in or upon any flood
control/drainage channel.
SECTION 2. Section 8.17.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.17.020 Nuisances declared. Any obstruction of a public street, sidewalk, or flood
control/drainage channel in violation of Section 8.17.010 or 8.17.015 is declared to be a
nuisance.
SECTION 3. Section 8.17.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8.17.030 Removal—Notice to owner. It shall be the duty of the Director'of Public
Works to notify, in the manner hereinafter provided,the occupants and owners of any
premises in this City to comply with Section 8.17.010 or 8.17.015 within ten (10) days
from the receipt of such notice, and upon failure to do so within ten (10) days, the City
may cause the obstruction referred to in Section 8.17.010 or 8.17.015 to be removed at
the expense of said owner.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of September , 2008.
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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REV WED A A PROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City AdministraVr Director Public Works
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L. FLYNN, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of 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
meeting thereof held on August 18,2008, and was again read to said City Council at a
regular meeting thereof held on September 2, 2008, and was passed and adopted by the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Hansen, Hardy, Bohr, Cook, Coerper, Green, Carchio
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Joan L.Flynn,CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington
Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council,do hereby
certify that a synopsis of this ordinance has been
published in the Huntington Beach Fountain Valley
Independent on September 11,2008.
In accordance with the City Charter of said City
Joan L. Flynn, 01y Clerk CU Clerk and ex-officio erk
senior Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California