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RESOLUTION NO.
32-91
A RESOLUTION of the city Council of the
City of Port Angeles, Washington,
declaring the existence of a public
nuisance and requiring the elimination
of such nuisance.
WHEREAS, Chapter 8. 04 PAMC provides that it is unlawful
for the owner or occupant of any property in the City to allow
weeds or other growth (1) to obstruct or interfere with streets
or sidewalks; (2) to constitute a menace to the public health,
safety or welfare, including but not limited to a fire hazard; or
(3) to cause the degradation of the character of the neighbor-
hood, for which weeds or other growth the general rule of thumb
is an average length of 12" or more; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.04 PAMC provides that it is unlawful
for the owner or occupant of any property in the City to allow
the existence upon the premises of any junk, litter, or refuse
when written complaint from two or more city residents who are
impacted by the present or potential effect of the condition on
them or their property, has been received by the city, unless
such materials are kept or stored in an orderly and sightly
manner and so as not to create a fire, safety, health, or
sanitary hazard; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to PAMe 8.04.050, the City's enforce-
ment officer has notified the responsible person(s), as defined
in PAMC 8.04.02 OH and as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference, that a public nuisance
exists on the premises and has requested the responsible
person(s) to abate the condition within a designated reasonable
period; and
WHEREAS, the responsible person(s) have failed to abate
the public nuisance within the designated reasonable period; and
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WHEREAS, the city's enforcement officer has given at
least five (5) days' written notice to the responsible person(s)
identified in Exhibit 1IA" that the city Council will conduct a
public meeting to consider initiating formal abatement proceed-
ings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has provided the opportunity
for public comment on the issues of the existence of a public
nuisance and the initiation of formal abatement proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the public
comment and the facts presented by the enforcement officer;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby declared that the condition of
the premises described in the attached Exhibit "A" constitutes a
pUblic nuisance.
section 2. It is hereby required that the responsible
person(s) shall correct such condition by removing, destroying,
changing or controlling such weeds, vegetable or horticultural
growth, by removing such junk, litter, or refuse, or by taking
such other and further steps as may be necessary to eliminate
such nuisance.
Section 3. In the event of the failure of the respon-
sible person(s) to correct such condition within ten (10) days of
the date of this Resolution, the same will be corrected by the
City at the expense of such responsible person(s), and the cost
thereof shall become a charge collectible by any legally
available means and, in the event that the responsible person, or
one of the responsible persons is the owner, shall be and remain
a lien upon such premises until paid.
Section 4. The enforcement officer shall forthwith
cause to be mailed a copy of this Resolution by United States
Mail, addressed to the responsible person(s} at his last known
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post office address.
Section 5.
If the responsible person, or one of the
responsible persons, is the owner, notice of a lien against the
property shall be filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30)
days after the completion of the abatement work and the city
Attorney is authorized to file an action to enforce the lien in
Clallam County Superior Court within four (4) months of the
filing of the lien.
PASSED by the city council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of
August, 1991.
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ATTEST:
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Becky J. pto city lerk
APP~ AS TO FORM:
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Craig D.)Knutson, city Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A' ---REVISED C82091-REVISEIl
FILE ADDRESS LEGri. OWNER CAHI611RY OF REPEAT
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TPA 1233 E 1ST
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FIRE AAlAAD: TALL DRY
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