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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1381
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING
ARTICLE IV, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 17-60, 17-61,
AND 17-62, TO CHAPTER 17 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNI-
CIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR URGENCY ABATEMENT OF
PUBLIC NUISANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Article IV, consisting of Sections
17-60, 17-61, and 17-62, is hereby added to Chapter 17 of the Santa
Ana Municipal Code, to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV. URGENCY ABATEMENT
Sec. 17-60. Scope.
A public nuisance may be abated pursuant to this Arti-
cle if it must be abated immediately in order to avoid an imminent
detriment to the public health, safety, or welfare.
Sec. 17-61. Abatement.
Every person, within twenty-four (24) hours after being
notified by the director of public works, sanitation inspector,
health officer, chief of police, fire chief, or their designated
representatives, to do so, shall abate any public nuisance existing
on any premises owned or occupied by the~, and in case of refusal or
neglect to do so, such official may cause such nuisance to be
abated by the City and the cost of such abatement may be recovered
from the owner of the premises pursuant to Section 17-62.
Sec. 17-62.
Upon abatement by the City, the official causing such
abatement may initiate assessment proceedings pursuant to Article
III of this Chapter. The assessment report shall include a des-
cription of the location, nature, and extent of the public nui-
sance and the reasons for urgency abatement under this Article.
The hearing on the assessment shall extend to and include the ques-
tion of whether the conditions abated did in fact constitute a
public nuisance. No assessment report shall be confirmed except
upon a finding that the conditions abated did in fact constitute a
public nuisance.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or por-
tions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED, this 19th day of September , 1977,
by the following vote:
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1381
PAGE TWO
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCiLM_EN:Bricken, Ortiz,
Ward
COUNCILMEN:None
Yamamoto,
ATTEST:
i~BSENT:
COUNCIL~IEN: Evans, Brandt
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Garthe,