Resolution 828
RESOLUTION NO. 828
RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DECLARING CERTAIN
WEEDS GROWING IN THE CITY OF GILROY TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE,
DESCRIBING WEEDS WHICH CONSTITUTE SUCH NUISANCE, AND PROVID-
ING FOR GIVING NOTICE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY
PUBLICATION THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy did heretofore adopt Ordinance
No. 635 providing that the Council may declare certain weeds growing upon the
streets or sidewalks or upon or in front of private property within the City
which bear seeds of the wingy or downy nature or attain such a large growth as
to become a fire menace when dry or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, to
be a publ ic nuisance and providing for the abatement of such nuisance, and,
WHEREAS, the said Council has determined that there are growing in the
City of Gilroy upon streets and sidewalks and upon and in front of private pro-
perty within the City, weeds of the above type consisting of those known as IIwild
oats, fox-tail, rip-gut, dog fennel, puncture vine, thistl~1 and other weeds of a
similar kind or type which, if allowed to attain a growth of four (4) inches or
more in height may become a fire menace when dry and are otherwise noxious and
dangerous and should be declared to be a publ ic nuisance and abated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Gilroy
has determined and does hereby determine again that weeds of the description above
set forth when and if permitted to attain a growth in height of four (4) inches or
more constitute a public nuisance for the reasons above set forth and shall be
abated and unless OWners or occupants of property upon which said weeds are grow-
ing or in front of whose property said weeds grow, abate said nuisance and destroy
and remove said weeds, that the City of Gilroy will destroy the weeds under the
provisions of said Ordinance No. 635 at the expense of the property owner;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that notice shall be given by the City Clerk of
the adoption of this resolution by publ ication thereof for at least two (2) suc-
cessive days in the Gilroy Evening Dispatch and that thereafter such proceedings
be taken as are required by said Ordinance No. 635 to remove any weeds which
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constitute said nuisance and abate the nuisance caused thereby.
ADOPTED and PASSED the 1st day of June, 1964, by the following votes:
AYES:
NO ES:
ABS ENT:
ATTEST;
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City
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Duffin,Eckard,Goodrich,Jordan,Quartiroli,
Wentworth, and Petersen.
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
APPROVED: /
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Mayor
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SUSANNE E. PAYNE
, City Clerk of the City of
Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 828
is an original resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the
City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
1st
day of
June
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a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 3rd day
of
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