1982-039-Declaring Weeds A Public Nuisance And Providing For Their AbatementRESOLUTION NO. 1982 -39
A RESOLUTION DECLARING WEEDS A PUBLIC
NUISANCE AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ABATEMENT
VTHEREAS, Section 39501 and Section 39502 of the Government
Code of the State of California authorize the Town of Los Gatos
to prescribe a procedure for comnelling the owner, lessee or
occupant of buildings, grounds, or lots to remove weeds from
such buildings or grounds and adjacent sidewalks, and, upon
his failure to do so, to remove such weeds at his ex_nense, mak-
ing the cost thereof a lien upon such property; and
WFEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos, by ordinance, has adopted
such a procedure, and such procedure is contained in Article 2,
Chapter 14, Sections 14 -13 through 14 -20 of the Los Gatos Town
Code.
RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos,
County of Santa Clara, State of California, that the Town Council
hereby finds that "weeds ", as that term is defined in Section 14-
13 of the Los Gatos Town Code, are crowing upon and adjacent to
private property within the Town of Los Gatos, and declares that
all weeds arowing upon any private property or properties, and
in any sidewalk street, or alley within the Town of Los Gatos are
a public nuisance and should be abated.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that unless such nuisance be abated within
thirty (30) days after the adoption of this resolution, or within
the time specified in a written agreement with the Director of
Public Works, or his representative, whichever time shall be later,
by the destruction or removal of such weeds as provided in Article 2,
Chapter 14, of the Los Gatos Town Code, the Town of Los Gatos shall
cause such nuisances to be abated, and the expense thereof assessed
upon the lots and lands from which, or in the front and rear of
which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed, such expense
constituting a lien upon such lots or lands until_ raid, and to be
collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municinal taxes
are collected.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Director of Public Works of
the Town of Los Gatos shall execute a "Notice to Destroy Weeds"
in the same form as that notice annexed hereto, and shall cause
same to be published and posted in the manner prescribed b_y
Section 14 -15 of the Los Gatos Town Code.
FINALLY RESOLVED, that on the 1 st.day of March, 1982, at
at a meeting of the Town Council beginning at 7:30 P.M. in the
Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E. Main Street, Los
Gatos, California, a public hearing will be held during which
all property owners in the Town of Los Gatos having any objec-
tions to the proposed destruction or removal of such weeds will
be heard and given due consideration.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council
of the Town of Los Gatos held on the 1st day of Febrnary
1982, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Rnt�� Caimon, inomas J. Ferrito,
MarLvn J. Rasmussen, hrent N. Venvira aid Peter iemens
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS N�,ne
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS.Lorie
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SIGNED:
qAY F - -- E TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK JOF THE TOWN OF LO ATOS
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