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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DECLARING WEEDS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND INITIATING ABATEMENT PROCEEDINGS Section 1. The City Council elects to proceed under Government Code Sections 39501 and 39502, and Section 39560 et seq., to declare a public nuisance and abate all weeds growing upon streets, sidewalks, and private property in the City. In this resolution and in all subsequent proceedings, the term "weeds" means that, when mature, bear wingy or downy seeds that will attain such a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or that are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and includes sagebrush, chaparral, poison oak and poison ivy, when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health, dry grass, stubble, brush, litter and all other flammable material that endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard. Section 2. The City Council declares as a public nuisance all weeds growing upon the streets, sidewalks, and private property in the City. Section 3. The streets referred in Section 2 are described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made part hereof by this reference. Section 4. The properties upon which, or in front of which, the nuisance declared in Section 2 exist are described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made part hereof by this reference. The City Council finds and declares that weeds on or in front of parcels specified in Exhibit "A" are seasonal and recurrent in nature. In accordance with Governmental Code Section 39562.1, the seasonal and recurrent nuisances shall be abated under Government Code Sections 39510 through and including 39588, and upon the second and subsequent occurrence in same calendar year, no further hearings will be held and notice shall be by mailing a post card as provided in Government Code Section 39562.1. Section 5. The Fire Chief, or his authorized designee, is the person designated to perform the duties imposed by Government Code Sections 39560 through 39588 upon the Fire Marshal, and all references in these proceedings to Fire Marshal means that person. Section 6. February 4, 2025, at 6:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as the matter maybe heard, at 35 Cajon St., Redlands, California, is fixed as the time and place for hearing all objections to the proposed removal of weeds. Section 7. The Fire Marshal shall prepare notices as follows: The heading of the notice shall be "Notice to destroy weeds" in letters not less than one inch in height. The notice shall be substantially in the following form: 1 L•\Resolutions\Res 8600-8699\8654_Declaring_Weeds_a_Public_Nuisance.doex-jm