1978-014-Declaring Weeds A Public Nuisance And Providing For Their AbatmentRESOLUTION NO. 1978 -14
A RESOLUTION DECLARING WEEDS A PUBi,IC NUISANCE AND
PROVIDING FOR THEIR ABATEMENT
WHEREAS, 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 compelling 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 expense, making the cost thereof a lien upon such property; and
WHEREAS, 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND IT IS HEREBY 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 growing
upon and adjacent to private property within the Town of Los Gatos, and
declares that all weeds growing 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that unless such nuisance be abated within
thirty 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 paid, and to be collected upon the next tax roll upon which
general municipal taxes are collected;
BE IT 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 by Section 14 -15 of the Los Gatos
Town Code;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that on the 6th day of March, 1978, at the
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 objections 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 6th day of February , 1978, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Mark B. DiDuca, Mardi
Gualtieri, John B. Lochner and Albert B. Smith
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS
None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
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YOR OF TIB YOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF ri TOWN F LOS GAATOS
NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 6, 1978, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 14 -15 of the Town Code of the Town of Los Gatos,
the Town Council of said.Town adopted a resolution declaring that all
weeds growing upon any private property or in any street, sidewalk or
alley, as defined in Section 14 -31 of such Code, constitute a public
nuisance, which nuisance must be abated by the destruction or removal
thereof.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that property owners shall, within thr-_ty
days after adoption of such resolution, or within the time specified
in a written agreement with the Director of Public Works of the Town of
Los Gatos, or his representative, whichever time shall be later, remove
all such weeds from their property, the abutting sidewalks, and the
abutting half of the street in front and alleys, if any, behind such
property, and between the lot lines thereof as extended, or such weeds
will be destroyed or removed and such nuisance abated by the Town of
Los Gatos, in which case the cost of such destruction or removal will
be assessed upon the lots and lands from which, or from the front or
rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed, and
such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or land until paid, and
will be collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municipal
taxes are collected. All property owners having any objections to the
Proposed destruction or removal of such weeds are hereby notified to
attend a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos beginning
at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 110 E.
Main Street, Los Gatos, California, when and where their objections
will be heard and given due consideration.
Dated this day of 1978.
R. L. Warnick, Director of Public Works