§ 7.25. Public nuisance abatement; form of notice.  


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  • In order to abate a public nuisance pursuant to this chapter, notice shall be given in substantially the following form:
    NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS AND REMOVE RUBBISH, GARBAGE AND ACCUMULATED DIRT
    Notice is hereby given that:
    Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Vernon City Code, all weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated dirt, as defined in Section 7.20 of the Vernon City Code, growing, located or existing on private property, or in the area between the property line and the curbline of a public street, or upon a public street abutting such private property, constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by the destruction or removal thereof.
    All persons owning, managing, or having control or charge or occupancy of the private property located at _______________________________ in the City of Vernon, shall, without delay, destroy or remove all such weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated dirt, or they will be destroyed or removed and such public nuisance abated by the City of Vernon or its contractor. In such case the cost of destruction or removal thereof, including any incidental expenses, will be assessed upon said private property, and such costs will constitute a lien upon said private property until paid and will be collected on the next tax roll upon which municipal taxes are collected.
    Any property owner having objections to the proposed removal of weeds, rubbish, garbage, and accumulated dirt must notify the City Clerk in writing within ten (10) days after the posting or mailing of this notice, or such objections shall be deemed to be waived and the nuisance will be abated forthwith.
    Any property owner who files such written objections in the office of the City Clerk within such ten (10) day period is hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Vernon in the city council chambers of the Vernon City Hall, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, California, on Wednesday,_________________, 20____, at 5:00 o'clock p.m., at which time and place all objections will be heard and given due consideration. Any such all objections will be heard and given due consideration. Any such objecting property owner may attend and speak at such hearing.
    Dated:______________________, 20_____.
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    (Ord. No. 1085, § 3, Ex. A.)