Ordinance 1983-02ORDINANCE NO. 83-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROYAMENDING
S~CTIONS 19.96, 19.111 and 19.112 OF THE GILROY
CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE TREATMENT OF WASTE
WATER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Sections 19.96, 19.111 and 19.112 of the
Gilroy City Code are amended to read as follows:
Se.q. 19.96 - Right of entry for inspection.
Whenever the director of public works, health officer
or any authorized representative of the city shall have cause
to suspect that a nuisance or violation of this chapter exists
in any house, cellar, enclosure or building, within the city
limits or discharging into the sewerage system, or for
the purpose of inspecting and monitoring industrial waste
discharges, he may demand entry therein in the daytime, and
if the owner or occupant shall refuse or delay to open the
same and admit a free examination, such refusal or delay
shall constitute a misdemeanor.
Sec. 19.111 - Notice to abate violations of charter;
procedure for "~nforCement.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this
chapter, except section 19.113, shall be served by the city
with written notice stating the nature of the violation and
providing a reasonable time limit for the sari§factory correc-
tion thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. Ail
services for water, sewer or garbage may be discontinued for
failure to correct the violation'within the time ltmited~
It is hereby expressly provided that failure to cease such
violations within the period of time stated in the notice shall
constitute a public nuisance, and the city attorney is hereby
authorized, in addition to any other remedies provided by law,
to institute abatement proceedings against the violator.
Sec. 19.112. Summary abatement of certain nuisances.
Whenever the director of public works, or any duly author-
ized representative of the city, finds that a nuisance exists
which is an actual menace to public health and safety, he may
abate the same forthwith, or he may immediately discontinue all
services for water, sewer and garbage until the nuisance is abated.
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SECTION II. Ail other ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force thirty (30) days from and after its adoption
and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of February, 1983,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ALBERT, GAGE, HUGHAN, LINK,
TAYLOR, VALDEZ and GOODRICH
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
/ z CitY Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 83-2
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I, SUSANNE Eo STEIN~TZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Ordinance NO o~' 83-2' is an
original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of
Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 22nd
day of February ., 19 83 , at which meeting a quorum was
pres ent o
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy, this 24th ~ day of
-~ February .
, 19 83