ORD-50-83 CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ORANGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR WEED AND RUBBISH CONTROLORDINANCE NO, 50-
83 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTIONS 8,
36.030, 8.36.040, 8.36.050, AND 8.36.060
OF CHAPTER 8.36 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE CONCERNING RESPONSIBILITY OF ORANGE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR WEED AND RUBBISH
CONTROL.WHEREAS, the responsibility for weed and rubbish control
has been transferred from the Department of Public Works to the
Orange Fire Department;'
and WHEREAS, the Fire Marshal is the official designated to
enforce weed and rubbish control requirements;'
and WHEREAS, the purpose of this ordinance is to amend the
appli-cable sections of Chapter 8.36 to indicate the aforementioned
trans-fer of
responsibility.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:SECTION
I:Sections 8.36.030, 8.36.040, 8.36.050, and 8.36.060 of
Chapter 8.36 of the Orange Municipal Code are hereby amended to read
as
follows:8.36.030 Nuisance--Posting of Notice. The
Fire Marshal may abate the nuisance using provisions of the
currently adopted Uniform Fire Code or cause notices to be conspicuously posted
on or in front of the property or in front of which the
nuisance exists,
as follows:A, One notice to each separately owned parcel
of pro-perty of not over fifty (50)
feet frontage;B. Not more than two notices to any such
parcel of one hundred (100) frontage
or less;C. Notices at not more than one hundred (100) feet
apart if the frontage of such parcel is greater than one hundred (
100) feet.8.
36.
040 substantially not
less than Nuisance--Form of Notice. The
notices shall be In the following form and the heading to
be in letters one inch in height to
read as follows:NOTICE TO DESTROY
WEEDS AND REMOVE RUBBISH,
REFUSE AND DIRT Notice is hereby given that
noxious or dan-gerous weeds are growing upon or
in front of the property on this street, in
the City of Orange, and that they
constitute a public nuisance which must be abated
by the removal of the weeds, rubbish, refuse
and dirt. Other-wise, they will be removed
abated by the City and the cost of the removal
assessed upon the land from or in front of
which the weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt are
removed and will constitute a lien upon such
land until paid. If, after fifteen (15) days
from the date below, the weeds, rubbish, refuse
and dirt are not abated, the Fire Marshal shall
do so and the cost thereof shall be charged against
the owner of this said property and the cost shall
constitute a lien upon and against said property.
Dated this day of 1984.
Fire Marshal
City of Orange"
8.36.050 Nuisance--Failure to Abate--Lien A
ainst Property.If, after the exp~rat~on 0 f~fteen 1 days after the post~
ng of notice, in accordance with Section 8.36.030 such person
fails to abate the nuisance, the Fire Marshal shall do so, and the
cost there-of shall be charged against such person and the cost
shall constitute a lien upon and against
said property.8.36.060 Nuisance--Failure to
Abate--Foreclosure of Lien.The lien may be foreclosed by an action brought
by the Fire Marshal or the City Attorney in the name of the City
in a court having jurisdiction thereof, or the cost thereof may be
deemed a debt due the City and collected by an action at law in
any court of competent jurisdiction, and the City may use in the collection
of the same such provisional remedies as are provided
for by California Govern-ment Code
Sections 39577
et seq.SECTION II:A summary of this Ordinance shall be
published and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall
be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days
prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to
be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published
once within fifteen (15)days after this Ordinance's passage in the
Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published
and circulated in the City of Orange. The City Clerk shall post in
the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full
text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of
those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance
in accordance with Govern-ment Code Section 36933. This Ordinance
shall take effect thirty 30) days from and after the date
of its final passage.ADOPTED this
70th
day of December
ATTEST:J ri-, ~AP~City Clerk ~ t
C' Y of Orange 2 -
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 13th day of De<;ember , 19>> and
thereafter at a regular meet~ng of said C~ty Council duly
held on the 20th day of December , 19a1.., was
duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: SMITH, BARRERA, MAYOR BEAM, PEREZ, BEYER
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE
WITNESS my hand and seal this 21st day of December
199.
JL.J 0 Q4V//~)Mar~lyn Jt' JerHfen?"
City Clerk of the City of Orange
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