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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING THE 2025 WEED
ABATEMENT PROGRAM COMMENCEMENT REPORT
COMPILED BY THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA,
CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM; DECLARING
THAT THOSE CERTAIN NOXIOUS OR DANGEROUS
SEASONAL AND RECURRENT WEEDS, GROWING OR
LIKELY TO BE GROWING, AND REFUSE TO BE A
PUBLIC NUISANCE; AND DIRECTING NOTICES OF A
PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 11, 2025,
AT 1:30 P.M. (OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER) BE SENT TO
AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement (“Director”) has caused the County of Santa Clara’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, Weed Abatement Program, to prepare a Weed Abatement Program Commencement Report for the year 2025 describing that noxious and/or dangerous seasonal and/or recurrent weeds, as defined in Chapter 9.12 of the San José Municipal Code, are growing or are likely to grow upon certain streets, parkways, sidewalks or private properties and that refuse, as defined in Chapter 9.12 of the San José Municipal Code, is situated or likely to be situated upon certain streets, parkways, sidewalks or private properties; and
WHEREAS, the existence of these weeds and/or refuse is considered dangerous or injurious to neighboring property and/or to the health, safety and welfare of the community at large;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
1. The Council hereby accepts and confirms the 2025 Weed Abatement Program Commencement Report (“Report”) compiled by the County of Santa Clara’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency - Weed Abatement Program; and
2. The Council hereby declares that those certain noxious or dangerous seasonal and recurrent weeds, growing or likely to be growing, and refuse, situated or likely to be situated, on those properties identified in the Report are a public nuisance which must be abated by removal of the weeds and refuse in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City of San José (“City”) in the vicinity of those properties; and
3. The Council hereby confirms that the streets, parkways, sidewalks, and private properties upon which a nuisance exists are as shown on the Report for the year 2025, which was made available to this Council for inspection by the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement. A full and complete copy of the Report is available upon request from the Code Enforcement Division of the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement; and
4. The Council hereby directs the County of Santa Clara’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, Weed Abatement Program, to mail a Notice of Public Hearing to be held on February 11, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. (or shortly thereafter) before the City Council to property owners of affected real properties on the Report pursuant to Chapter 9.12 of Title 9 of the San José Municipal Code and the Weed Abatement Agreement between the City of San José and the County of Santa Clara.
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ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk