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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMC-280U . ;c- ~. . 1 1 ORDINANCE NO. HC-280 2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 8.18.082 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR SUMMARY ABATEMENT WITHOUT NOTICE OF NUISANCES PER SE AS DECLARED IN COMMON OR STATUTE LAW, AND FOR RECOVERY AGAINST THE PROPERTY OF THE COSTS OF ABATEMENT, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. 3 4 5 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 6 7 SECTION 1. Section 8.18.082 is added to the San Bernardino 8 Municipal Code to read: 9 "8.18.082 Summary abatement of nuisance per se without 10 notice. 11 In cases where the Fire Chief of the City finds the existence 12 of a public emergency or threatening public calamity or where 13 immediate action is essential, he may order the abatement of any 14 or all matter referred to in Section 8.18.010 without notice or 15 hearing, and the expense of such abatement shall be a lien on the 16 lot. 17 The matter referred to in Section 8.18.010 which may be 18 abated pursuant to this section shall be those things which are by 19 the common or statute law declared to be nuisances per se, or 20 which are in their very nature palpably and indisputably such. 21 The procedures to be followed with respect to the assessment 22 of the expense of abatement shall be the same as those set forth 23 in Section 8.18.060 and Chapter 3.68." 24 SECTION 2. This ordinance is an urgency measure, which shall 25 take effect and become operative upon its adoption and approval. 26 The facts constituting such urgency are that the City is 27 presently subject to climatic conditions which give rise to fire 28 emergencies, and there are numerous untended, dilapidated -MC-.:l86 ~~ - . - - . 1 properties within the City, estimated to be as many as one 2 thousand parcels of land, where conditions of an urgent nuisance 3 might develop. 4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 5 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 6 Bernardino at a regular 7 20th day of June the 8 to wit: meeting thereof, held on , 1983, by the following vote, 9 AYES: Council Members castaneda, Reilly, Harks, Quiel, 10 11 NAYS: Frazier, Strickler Council Member ~ernandez 12 ABSENT: None 13 14 ""ffY$//';j1./ ~;W ~ City Clerk 15 The foregoing ordinance is hereby day 16 of (1-//'lfrJ/ /l {/ , 1983. 17 18 19 Approved as to form: c&t:!e~~~/ 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-