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RESOLUTION NO. 2333 A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT TO ABATE THE PUBLIC NUISANCE HERETOFORE DECLARED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, TO EXIST IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, TO-WIT: WEEDS WHICH BEAR SEHDS OF A WINGY OR DOWNY NATURE AND ATTAIN SUCH A ~iRGE GRO~VTH AS TO BECOME A FIRE MENACE WHEN DRY AND WHIOH ARE NOXIOUS AND DANGEROUS, GROWING UPON CERTAIN STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, BY HAVING THE WEEDS REFERRED TO REMOVED. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana resolves as follows: Section 1. Puralxant to provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled "An Act Authorizing Municipalities to Declare Noxiou~ or Dangerous Weeds Growing upon the Streets or Sidewalks or Private Property with- in Municipalities to be a Public Nuisance, creating a Lien upon the Property Fronting upon such Streets or Sidewalks or upon which such Nuisance Exists for the Cost of Abating the same", approved May 26, 191§, and amendments thereto, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, having acquired Jurisdiction so to do, hereby orders the Street Superintendent of said City to abate the public nuisance heretofore declared to exist i~ said City of Santa Aha, to-wit: Weeds which bea~ seeds of a wingy or downy nature and attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry and which are nOXious a~d dangerous, growing upon the streets or sidewalks in front or upon private property, described as follows, to-wit: (See Weed File for Description of Properties) ~ Section 2. Any property owner shall have the right to have any of said weeds removed at his own expense, providing the same is done prior to the arrival ~of the Street Superintendent or his representatives to do the same. Section 3. The Street ~uperintendent shall keep an account of the cost of abating such nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is done by him or his deputies, and shall render an itemized report in writing, to the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, showing the cost of removing such weeds on each separate lot, or in front thereof, or both; provided that before said report is submitted to said City Council, a copy of the same shal be posted for at least three days prior thereto, on or near the Chamber Door of said City Council, together with a notice of the time when said report shall be submitted to the City Council for confirmation. At the time fixed for receiving and considering said report, the City Council shall hear the same, together with any objections which may be raised by any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abating said nuisance, and thereupon make such modificati. in the report as they deem necessary, afSer which said report shall be confirmed. The amounts of the cost for abating such nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of land mentioned in said report shall constitute special assessments agai~ the respective parcels of land, and as this report made and confirmed shall constitute a lien on said property for the amount of such assessments respectively, thereafter said amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. lS ~t