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RESOLUTION NO. 2564 A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE STREET SUPERINTENDenT TO ABATE THE PUBLIC NUISAECE HERETOFORE DECLARED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ~A TO EXIST IN THE CITY OF SANTA A~A, T0-WIT: WEEDS WHICH BEAR SEEDS OF A WINGY OR DOWNY NATURE AND ATTAIE SUCH A LARGE GROWTH AS TO BECOME A FIRE NE~ACE WHEN DRY AND WHICH ARE NOXIOUS A~D DA~GEROUS, GROWING UPON CERTAIN STREETS, SIDE- WALKS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SANTA ALIA, BY HAVING THE WEEDS REFERRED TO RENOVED. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AEA DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l: Pursuant to provisions of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled "An Act Authorizing ~[unicipalities to Declare Noxiou. or Dangerous Weeds Growing upon the Streets or Sidewalks or Private Property within Nunicipalities 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 Nay 26, 1915, 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 in said City of Santa Ana, to-wit: Weeds which bear seeds of a wtngy or downy nature and attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry and which are noxious and dangerous, growing upon the streets or sidewalks in front of or upon all that private property described in Resolution No. 2561 of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana passed and adopted on the 28th day of Narch, 1938, to which Resolution reference is hereby made for further particular description of said private property. SECTIO~ 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 Superintendent shall keep an account of the cost of abating said nuisance in front of or on each separate lot or parcel of land where the work is Cone by him or his deputies, and shal~ 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, pro- vided, that before said report is submitted to said City Council, a copy of the same shall 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 modifications in the report as they deem necessary, after 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 against the respective parcels of land, and, as is made and confirmed, shall constitute a lien on said property for the amount of suc~ assessments, respectively, and 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 s. ame procedure under foreclosure and