HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2356_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2356
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
AMENDING CHAPTER 8.40 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO ABATEMENT OF WEEDS AND RUBBISH
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS does ordain as follows:
SECTION ONE: That Chapter 8.40.080 of the Redlands Municipal Code be amended
to read as follows:.
"$.40.0$0 Abatement procedure.
If the owner fails or neglects to remove the nuisance as herein defined
within the time specified in this chapter, the Chief of the Fire Department or his
authorized representative shall cause such nuisance to be abated. The abatement
work may be done by City crews or by private contractor. The Fire
Department shall send a demand for payment of the cost shown in the statement
and paid by the City, in addition to an administrative fee established by
resolution of the City Council of the City, to the owner of the property by
posting in the United States mail, and may cause a statement of lien in the
amount of the cost and service charge to be filed with the Recorder of San
Bernardino County on each separate affected property. Liens shall thereafter be
released immediately upon full payment to the City, or upon direction by the
City Council of the City.
A. A report of the proceedings and an account of the unreimbursed cost
of abating the nuisance on each separate property shall be filed with the City
Clerk on or before the tenth day of July following the abatement of the
nuisance. The City Clerk shall thereupon set the report and accounts for
hearing before the City Council at the second regular or an adjourned or a
special meeting in the month of July following the abatement of the nuisance;
said report shall be available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office.
B. The City Council shall consider the reports and accounts at the time
set for hearing, together with any objections or protests by interested parties.
Any owner of land or person interested therein may present a written or oral
protest or objections to the report and account. At the conclusion of the
hearing, the City Council shall approve, correct, or modify the reports and
accounts. The City Council shall adopt a resolution providing for the collection
of such amounts along with the takes upon the respective parcels of land as they
are shown on the last available tax roll. If within five (5) days after the hearing
before the City Council, payment is made by the property owner of the amount
due for the abatement of the nuisance, the amount shall not be collected with the
taxes and all Bens shall be released.
C. Not less than five (5) days after the hearing before the City Council,
but not after August Ist following the abatement of the nuisance, the City Clerk
shall cause to be prepared and filed with the Auditor of San Bernardino County
a certified copy of the resolution of the City Council.
D. The provisions of Section 39580 to 39584, inclusive, of the
Government Code are incorporated by reference and made a part of this
chapter. The County Auditor shall enter each assessment in the County tax roll
opposite the parcel of land. The amount of the assessment shall be collected at
the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes; and if delinquent the
amount is subject to the same penalties and procedure of foreclosure and sale as
is provided for ordinary municipal taxes."
SECTION TWO: This ordinance shall be in force and take effect as provided by law.
SECTION THREE: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and
shall cause it to be published once in the Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Redlands.
Mayor of the City of Redlands
ATTEST:
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I, Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was duly adapted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th
day August- i997, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Gilbreath, Cunningham, Gil, Banda;
Mayor Larson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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