HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0074ORDINANCE N0. 74
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE R MIOVAL FROM
PROPERTY, LANDS AND LOTS IN THE CITY OF.
LYNWOOD OF DRY AND DRYING WEEDS RUBBISH
AND OTHER PriATERIALS WHICH MAY ENDANGER OR
INJURE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OR THE HEALTH
OR WELFARE OF RESIDENTS OF THE VICINITY,
AND MAKING THE COSTS THEREOF A LIEN AND
CHARGE UPON SUCH PROPERTY, LANDS OR LOTS:
DECLARING SUCH PROVISION FOR THE ENFORCE-
MENT OF SUCH LIENS BY 'TILE' SALE OF SUCH
PROPERTY, LANDS OR LOTS.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood does ordain as
follows: -
Section 1. The said Board of Trustees does hereby determine
that the existence in the City of Lynwood of dry and drying weeds,
rubbish and waste material on property, lands or lots are dangerous
and injurious to property neighboring to such property, lands or
lots and detrimental to the welfare of residents of the vicinity;
and such weeds, rubbish and waste material are hereby declared to
be public nuisances.
Section 2. The public nuisances defined in Section 1 of this
Ordinance shall be abated as follows:
'It is hereby declared to be the duty of the Chief of Fire-
Department of the City of Lynwood, whenever requested so to do by
the Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood, to make .a careful
examination of all property, lands or lots in the City of Lynwood
to ascertain and he shall ascertain whether there exists on any .
of such property, lands or lots, in the City of Lynwood, and dry
or drying weeds, rubbish or other waste materials which may en-
danger or injure the property.neighboring on such property, lands
or lots; by causing or spreading fires and said Chief of the Fire
Department shall, without delay, make a written report to the
Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood of his findings in the
premises, and said Chief shall set down in his said written report
the description of any such property, lands or lots by number and
tract upon which he finds to exist any such weeds, rubbish or
other waste materials, designating such property, lands or lots
by the appropriate number and tract of the same, and also desig-
nating therein the nature of such nuisance whether there exists
on property, lands or lots, dry or drying weeds, rubbish or other
waste materials or all of the same, which may be dangerous as
aforesaid stating the condition of each lot or other land separately.
On the receipt of such written report the Board of Trustees of said
City shall pass and adopt a resolution requiring all owners or
occupants of the lots or lands described in such report to show
cause before said Board on a day and hour to be fixed in said
resolution, (which day shall be not less than ten days from the
passage of said Resolution" why such weeds, rubbish or other waste
materials so existing on such property, lands or lots as described
in such written report should not be at once abated and removed
,as a public nuisance, a description of each lot on which such
weeds, rubbish or other materials may exist, as shown in said
written report of the Chief of Fire Department, shall be inserted
in said resolution; and the name of the owner or occupant of such
property, land or lot need not be stated either in such written
report .or in said resolution but in this'behalf; the' said Reso-
' lution shall merely '.require,.generally,.that any and all owners
or. occupants of the designated property, land or lot shall shove
cause as aforesaid., but a£ter'the number of each lot, land or
other•property as the same appears ' in such Resolution shall be
written the words "Vleed.s " , "Rubbis", or "Waste Materials ". The
Board of Trustees shall cause the said Resolution to be published
by one insertion in a newspaper of General circulation, printed,'
" published and circulated in said City of Lynwood. Tvo.other or
further notice need be given of -the said Resolution or'other'.time
of the hear the order to show cause contained therein.
Section 3�. No written appearance at the time' designated as
,the., time in 'said, Resolution need be.mad:e'by:any'.owner . or occupant
of any property; land or lot designated.in'said Resolution; but '
any owner, occupant or other person interested may appear before
r_said Board and make any statement he or she may desire, in regard
to any of the property, land or lot .described,in said Resolution.
After a' hearing of the matters involved in said Resolution the
Board of Trustees shall have.the power and it shall be its duty
to declare a nuisance. to :`exist on any of the said land, property
or lots to order the removal of the, weeds, rubbish or other waste
materials,'if any, found to exist on the several lots described
'in the said. Resolution or on any of them at the expense.of, the
owner or occupant of the said several.aots;,and shall at once
..proceed to cause the abatement of the'said several nuisances,
—either -by advancing the , necessary .money- -so to do -out of� the -•t G
General Fund of'the City or.by Petting a contract so to do; such
advance to be returned to the City from the'payment of the costs
of such by the. owner or occupant,.,of property, lands or
lots from which such : nuisance has been abated or upon the sale
of the,property, land or lot, in case a.sale becomes necessary.
The contract f.or,the doing of such work shall be let to. the lowest'
responsible bidder therefor, after two weeks publication, as by
4. law,required. The •term' "bleeds" shall be deemed. to include grass,
but not planted crops.- The hearing above provided for..shall be the
only hearing given'to,the owners ` of such'propert.y
on which such public, nuisances may exist,, When all of the several.
nuisances described in said Resolution shall. be abated the -Board ,
..of Trustees shall by Resolution so declare,;'and in this behalf
shall.pass and adopt.a.Resolution.declaring, the fact of abate-
ment of_the said. several nuisances',:and` setting forth therein the
cost or charge against each of the properties, lands or lots
upon which said. nuisances have been abated, separately; and said
Board in said Resolution shall declare each of the sums of ex-
pense to be a lien on each of the' 'Properties •lands or lots from
which such nuisances have'been abated. The.saia Board shall with
out delay pass said last mentioned resolution; and shall in said
•last.named resolution fix a day and hour and place for the sale
at`public auction of the property, lands'or lots which are.de -'
linquent in not having paid the expenses of the aforesaid abatement
of the' said nuisance which date of sale shall not be less .than
thirty days or more than forty days from the passage of the last'
named resolution. The.Board shall,cause said last named resolution
to be.published twice in newspaper of'general:circulation, `
printed and, published in the City of Lynwood; and-shall cause a
certified copy of said last named resolution to be.recorded in the
Recorder's office of Los Angeles County, To the several items
of expense or costs for the abatement of such nuisances shall
be added to each sum so charged to each of said lands or.lots
the sum of fifty cents to defray the expenses of . the publi-
cations provided in this Ordinance and shall constitute a
portion of each lien.
Said last named resolution shall designate a'person or
officer of said City to conduct such sale, and such person or
officer shall at the time and hour sell at public sale-such land
or lot upon which such several liens exist, or so much thereof as
may be sufficient to realize the full amount of each lien, in-
,eluding therein the expense for;. and the City of Lynwood. may bid
in'any of such land or,lots,`in case no other bidder bids at .
such sale. The person or officer.conducting such,sales shall
issue a certificate of "such sale to the purchaser thereof, and.
all other proceeding in the premises'so far as the redemption'
of the property sold shall be the same as the redemption of de-
linquent taxes by the,dounty of Los Angeles, which prodeedings
including the time when redemption can be made and the amounts
of interest and penalties to be'paid are hereby expressly adopted
for such purpose.
All moneys, either paid by the owners or occupants to
liquidate the expenses of the abatement of the nuisances herein
provided.or to redeem land sold shall be paid into the Treasury
of.th'e City of Lynwood, and placed in a separate fund to be known
as the "Abatement of Nuisances Fund" and may be withdravin there -
from on the order of the Board of Trustees.
The certificate of sale above provided for shall recite
the.fact that, -the particular lot.sold was sold on':the date of
such sale'to the purchaser, naming him or her with the post
office address of such purchaser and shall describe briefly,
the land or lot sold and: the sum for which it was sold, and shall
state that such sale was had under the order of-sale under the
prodisions of the Resolution (giving the number thereof), and
shall refer to said Resolution for further particulars.
Section 4, This Ordinance -shall take effect immediately .
upon its final passage and approval by the President `of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood.
Section 5. The reason why this ordinance is made to take
effect as in the preceeding section provided is because the .
present existence of weeds, rubbish and other waste materials is
in the judgment of the Board. of Trustees of the City of Lynwood,
a grave danger to buildings and homes in Lynwood, arising out
of such weeds, rubbish and waste material, from fire throughout
-- tb,e�City of Lynwood and therefore,.an is hereby de
clared nd'this ordinance is hereby taken out'of the provisions
of the Referendum,
APPROVED:
C, E. Greenamyer
President of the Board of Trustees
ATTEST: of the City of Lynwood,
C. L. Stoddard
City Clerk of Lynwood.
Dated: October 13, 1926,
CFRTIFICATE
I, C. L. Stoddard, Clerk of the City of L,y"nwood, hereby
certify that'the foregoing ordinance was, after being introduced,
read three times and finally passed and adopted by the Board of
Trustees of the City o£ Lynwood at a regular meeting of said
Board held on'the 13th day of October, 1926 by the following vote:
APES: Trustees Tweedy, Skelton, Rice, Murray and Greenamyer.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
C. L. Stoddard
City Clerk,,Cityoof Lynwood.