Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION OF ABATEMENT COST REPORT FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT CONDUCTED AT 19447 WEISER AVENUE (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On February 3, 3021, pursuant to Chapters 3 (Litter and Weed Control) and 7 (Property Maintenance) of Article V (Sanitation and Health) of the Carson Municipal Code (Exhibit No. 1), a City of Carson Code Enforcement Officer and City Public Works maintenance employees performed a weed and noxious growth abatement at the property located at 19447 Weiser Avenue, Carson, California, 90746. Staff is requesting Council approval of the report of the cost of that abatement pursuant to Carson Municipal Code (CMC) Sections 5712-5713. If approved, the cost of abatement would become a special assessment against the subject lot to be recovered from the property owner per CMC Section 5714.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. OPEN the hearing, hear and pass upon the evidence submitted by staff, together with any objections or protests raised by any of the persons liable to be assessed for the cost of abating the nuisance, and CLOSE the hearing.
2. APPROVE and CONFIRM the Cost of Abatement report (Exhibit No. 2).
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate that is consistent with the requirements of law.
IV. BACKGROUND
On June 2, 2019, while on routine patrol, a Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) observed, inspected and found overgrown and dead vegetation on the parkway, front and side yard areas and weeds growing on the sidewalk and driveway of the property located at 19447 Weiser Avenue, Carson, CA 90746. A warning notice of violation of CMC Sections 5321 and 5322 was issued to the Property Owner (PO).
On October 11, 2019, a third inspection from the public right-of-way revealed that slight progress was made towards compliance, but the viol...
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