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SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE
<br />"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the owner, manager, occupant or persons having charge or control
<br />of the property located at (describe property, e.g., address, assessor's parcel number, physical
<br />description) that the condition(s) of (describe violation(s)) exists upon the property which is/are
<br />in violation of Article III, Chapter 16 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, which provides for the elimination
<br />of rubbish, garbage, noxious or dangerous growths, growing upon or accumulated upon or in front of
<br />property, obstructing the use of sidewalks, parkways or streets or dangerous or injurious to neighboring
<br />property or the health and welfare of residents in the vicinity.
<br />"The said condition(s) must be abated on or before 19_. If not abated on or before said
<br />date, the City of Santa Ana may abate the condition or cause it to be abated and the costs thereof will be
<br />assessed against the land and become a lien thereon.
<br />"Any person objecting to the abatement work specified in this notice may appeal by filing a written
<br />statement of such objection, specifying the address or description of the property concerned, the reasons
<br />for objection, and the name, address, phone number (if any) and status (owner, manager, tenant, lessee,
<br />or other) of the person making the objection. All such statements must be filed with the Clerk of the
<br />Council, City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, not later than the date for abatement set
<br />forth hereinabove."
<br />(Code 1952, § 3842.2; Ord. No. NS-880, § 1, 6-6-67; Ord. No. NS-1085, § 2, 10-18-71; Ord. No.
<br />NS-1235, § 40, 12-9-74; Ord. No. NS-1476, § 2, 3-12-79)
<br />Sec. 16-51. - Hearing.
<br />If the clerk of the council receives any appeals from the notice specified in section 16-50, the clerk
<br />shall set such appeals for public hearing by the city council and shall send written notices of such public
<br />hearing to all persons filing such appeals. At the time and place stated in the notices, the city council shall
<br />hear and consider all objections to the proposed abatement work. At the conclusion of the hearing, the
<br />council shall allow or overrule any objections.
<br />(Ord. No. NS-2300, § 3, 9-3-96)
<br />Editor's note— Prior to the reenactment of § 16-51 by Ord. No. NS-2300, Ord. No. NS-1235, §
<br />41, enacted Dec. 9, 1974, had repealed § 16-51, which had pertained to hearings and had derived
<br />from Code 1952, § 3842.3 and Ord. No. NS-880, § 1, adopted June 5, 1967.
<br />Sec. 16-52. - Abatement order —From council.
<br />At the conclusion of said hearing, the council may order the city public works director to abate said
<br />nuisance by entering upon private property to abate and remove the same.
<br />(Code 1952, § 3842.4; Ord. No. NS-880, § 1, 6-5-67; Ord. No. NS-1235, § 42, 12-9-74; Ord. No.
<br />NS-2300, § 4, 9-3-96)
<br />Sec. 16-53. - Same —Service.
<br />The city public works director shall serve by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
<br />postage prepaid, a copy of said abatement order forthwith upon those persons who have filed written
<br />statements of objections. The abatement order shall specify that unless the nuisance is removed and
<br />abated within seven (7) days from the date of mailing, said officer will abate the same and will, if
<br />necessary, enter upon or into the private property of said person without further notice or liability therefor
<br />in order to abate said nuisance.
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