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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2973lI 2 3 4 5 b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 j 30 31 ORDINANCE NO.~~K~~~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROVIDING FOR THE S[7MI~fARY ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES AND THE ASSESSING OF THE COSTS OF ABATEMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS; AND ADOPTING PORTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE RELATING THERETO. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLIAWS: SECTION lo An "urgent public nuisance" shall mean anything constituting an immediate hazard to life or property as defined in Section 3479 of the Civil Code, Section 7004 of Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code, 1967 Edition, Section One of Ordinance No. 2291 or anything defined as a public nuisance by any other ordinance of the City of San Bernardino or law of the State of California or by any court of competent jurisdiction and which should be su~narily abated. SECTION 2o Government Code Sections 38771 through 3877305 are hereby adopted and shall be operative and effective in the City of San Bernardinoo The Mayor and Common Council may order the summary abatement of, or the Street Superintendent or other authorized City officer, contractor or person may abate summarily, ~any urgent public nuisanceo SECTION 3a The expense of the abatement of said nuisance by said City shall be a personal obligation of the person or persons creating, causing, committing or maintaining it or of the owner of the property on which said nuisance exists. Said person or persons shall be indebted to the City of San Bernardino in the amount of such e~ense. Such indebtedness shall not be art exclu- sive remedy or penalty but shall supplement and be in addition to any other remedy, criminal enforcement or regulatory procedure provided by law or under which the City may pursue or proceed, SECTION 4o The Mayor and Common Council may make the cost o£ abatement of an urgent public nuisance upon a parcel of land a special assessment against that parcel. 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, 11 12 13 14', 15 16'', 17' 18 19' 20 21~'~ 221I 23I 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 The Street Superintendent or other authorized City officer, contractor or person shall submit to the Mayor and Common Council an itemized report of the cost of abatement of said nuisance on each parcel of land and shall post a copy thereof on or near the door of the Council Chamber at City Hall, San Bernardino, at least five (5) days prior to such submission. The Co~on Council shall consider the report with any objections of property owners liable to be assessed for abatement~ and shall confirm or modify the report by motion or resolution. The cost of abatement in front of or upon each parcel of land constitutes a special assessment thereon. After the assess- ment is made and confirmed, it is a lien on said parcel and shall be collected in the manner provided in Sections 39578 to 39584 of the Government Code. SECTION 5a Any person, partnership, firm or corporation whether as principaly agent, employee~ or otherwise, interfering, obstructing or preventing or causing the interference, obstruction or prevention~ of or with, the enforcement or performance of any of the provisions of this Ordinance by the Street Superintendent, the Superintendent of the Building and Safety Department or other authorized person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500<00) or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonmento SECTION 6o If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Cou~on Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby declares that it would have passed and does hereby pass this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sentences; clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutionalo 42- i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 lli ~ 12~ 13~ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 301 311 32 SECTION 7. This ordinance is an emergency and urgency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,' health or safety and shall go into effect immediately upon its adoption and approvalo The facts constituting such emergency area The incorporated area of the City of San Bernardino has experienced great and extraordinary amounts of rainfall during January and February, 1969; the area has been declared a major disaster area by the President of the United States of America and the Governor of the State of California as a consequence of the resulting injuries and damages; flooding and landslides have occurred; imminent and incipient landslides are anticipated in hillside areas due to the saturated condition of the earth; and extremely hazardous embanlanents and buildings thereon threaten public streets, persons and property and should be immediately abated as public nuisanceso I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernar- dino at of AYES: meeting thereof, held on the 69 by the following vote, to wit: NOES : ~"i,~--- U .. ~ ABSENT• ~~r_p ,~~, - ~~~~~ity er c he foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this~~day of 9" 19690 ,`O ( / Ntayor o t e ity o a ernar ino Approved as to form: F I L~ D 4 City torn y f kki 2 51yti9 T. 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