HomeMy WebLinkAbout2409ORDINANCE NO. o?40t7
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
designating debris that is a fire
hazard or a menace to the public health,
safety or welfare as a public nuisance,
and amending Sections 1 and 3 of Ordinance
1225, Section 1 of Ordinance 1856, and
Sections 8.16.020 and .040 of the Port
Angles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 1225 and PAMC
8.16.020 are hereby amended to read as follows:
8.16.020 Prohibited Under Certain Conditions. It is
unlawful for the owner or occupant of any property in the City to
grow, maintain, permit or allow any weed, vegetable or horticul-
tural growth which overhangs, encroaches upon, obstructs or in
any manner interferes with the full and free use by the public of
any street, sidewalk or sidewalk area upon which such property so
owned or occupied abuts, or to permit any such weed, vegetable or
horticultural growth which has grown and died, or any debris,
upon any premises owned or occupied by them within the City and
which constitutes a menace to the public health, safety or wel-
fare, including but not limited to a fire hazard, to remain upon
such street, sidewalk, sidewalk area or premises after notice
from the City to correct such situation as provided in this
Chapter.
Section 2. Section 1 of Ordinance 1856, that portion
of Section of Ordinance 1225 codified under PAMC 8.16.040, and
PAMC 8.16.040 are hereby amended to read as follows:
8.16.040 Nuisance - Resolution. If, at the time fixed
in the notice provided for in Section 8.16.030 or thereafter, the
City Council determines that the condition complained of should
be corrected, it shall adopt a resolution declaring such condi-
tion to be a public nuisance, which resolution shall require the
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owner or occupant of such premises to correct such condition, by
removing, destroying, changing or controlling such weeds, vege-
table or horticultural growth, or debris, or by taking such other
and further steps as may be necessary to eliminate such nuisance,
and shall provide that in the event of the failure of the owner
or occupant of such premises to correct such condition within ten
days from the date of such resolution, the same shall be correcte
by the City at the expense of such owner or occupant, and that
the cost thereof shall be and remain a lien upon such premises
until paid. Such resolution shall describe the premises involved
by either street address or legal description and briefly
describe the condition found to be a nuisance.
Section 3 Severability. If any provision of this
Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or the application
of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not
affected, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4 Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the d day of
, 1986.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Sherri L. Anderson, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Craig D. `ICnu` on, City Attorney
PUBLISHEDoeplem(X.( `I � I9
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