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Clty A.ttorney
SUBJEC1': EMERGENCY LITTER REHOVAL
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Introductlon
Th~s report transmlts for second read~ng and adoptlon
an ordlnance def~n~ng a dangerous accuMu1atlon of l~tter on prl-
vate property as a publlc nuisance.
Background
The Clty Counc~l requested thlS ordlnance at lts meet-
lng of January 91 1979i the ordlnance was lntroduced at the
January 23, 1979 Clty Councll neetlng.
The attached staff report dated January 23, 1979 exp1alns
the background.
Alternatlve Solutlons
The C~ty Councll could keep the current procedure as
estab1lshed In Sectlon 7800(H) of the Santa Monlca r1unlclpal Code
and effect the reMoval of hazardous Iltter through Sectlon 1200
of the Santa Monlca Munlclpal Code, WhlCh deems vlolatlons of any
of the provls~ons of the Santa ,)1onlca tiunlclpal Code to be a
publlC nUlsance.
Recommendatlons
It 15 respectfully recommended that the C~ty Councll
~ntroduce the attached ordlnance for second readlng and adopt ~ 1:)
the same. FE B 1 3 1979
Prepared By:
Rlchard L. Knlckerbockerl C~ty Attorney
Stephen Shane Stark, Asslstant Clty Attorney
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AU mmIl\JAHCE OF ?EE CITY COUiJCIL or
THI: CITY or SAIJTA :'10iJICA AD;)Il:G
SLC'1'IO~'J 7:.~ 0 or 70 'r::::I; Sj~~~r.iA :lO:aCA
l1UN ICIPAL CODI: TO ESTABLISH EIlI:RGI:I~CY
T,IITTER RLEOVAL PROCEDl:RES.
THE CITY COUl.JCIL OF 7He CI'I'Y OF SA~r.i'A HOlaCA
ORDi\IlJS AS rOLLmlS:
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Sectlon 73001 entltled "Energency l....ltter
rteroovalll 15 hereby adc'ed to Artlcle 7, Chapter 8 of b1e
Santa fIonlca MUnlCl?al Code to read as follows:
SEC7IOIJ 78001.
:C:IERGn:rCY LIT'IER REZIOVAL.
a) Nobl1t~standlnq any other provlslon of
tn1s Ch;J.pter I'll t"l reference to t::'e reI'loval 0:: 11 t ter froTi1
prlvate property, whenever the Clty flanager deter~lnes t~at
an accu:'1ulatlor: of Iltter 15 cJ.anrJt~rous to huna.n llfe and such
condltlon con3tltute5 an lFir1ec1late hazard or dan']er, and the
mJEer of the prl 'J<l te property is unal)le 1:0 De lo.::ated, :118
5:1a11 lill.ILedl3. tely an.d fon:11\1l t.11 e:.:: Get the re7'ova:'.. 0: such
Iltter Wlt~ou~ observ1ng the ~sual 2rov1s~ons for t~e removal
of Iltter set forth In 3ectlon 7D')OII hereln.
b) Wherp such ccn21tlon eXlsts, and t~e renoval
1S l:rnrnAa1.a-':pl-; rerJ.!llre<l, t:,~ Cl':Y ~lar:aqr:r 5."1a11 c0f1P1:, \\flth
the pro'llSlOn'3 0-: 5eC1::.1011 730JII (4) ,H"lV;:' rc::ers to L1e kee::nn']
oE a 2ubl1C record an~ Gect10ns 7800I~ (6),whlCh rofer3 to
charglng co::;ts of suell re7[()'.7al llOrk to t"1e P::oiJ"?rty m.mer.
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c) The D1rector of General Serv1ces Qay
enter upon prlvate property to eXaIYllne such dangerous
accumulatlon of litter and to remove or cause 1ts
reIYlova 1.
d) Nlth1n a reasonable t1ffie after the
removal of such dans-erous accurnulatlon of lltter, a publ1C
hearlng be held Defore the Dlrector of General SerVlces.
The owner of record of the affected land shall be notlIled
of the hearlng.
e) The o~'mer of the affected land I'lay shm'l
cause \\7hy he should not be assessed for the costs of reI'10V1ng
the 11tter by appearlng at the hearlng or by flllng a wrltten
stateY'ent Ult~ the Dlrector of General Services no less than
flve (5) days before the hear1ng date.
If it lS deter~ned
that the lltter was placed on the land w1thout the consent
of the land. Q';vner and that he has not subsequently acqulesced
to lts presence, t~en the C1ty shall not assess costs of
adminlstra t10n or removal of tile 11 tter against the property
'-'-pan whlch the ll-cter 'vas located or other~'lise a tteI"pt to
collect such costs fron such owner.
SECTIm~ 2. Any provlslons of the Santa non1ca
MUD1Clpal Co~e or appendlc2s thereto lnconslstent therewith,
to the extent of such lnconslstencles and no furth2r, are
hereby repealed or nodlf1ed to that extent necessary to
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affect the provls1ons of thlS ord1nance.
Sr::C':'IO:J 3.
If any sect1on, sllbsect1on, sentence,
cla~se or phrase of thlS ord1nance lS for any reason held
to be lDvalld or unconstltutional by a decislon of any
court of con?etent ]urlsdlctlon, such declslo~ shall not
affect the val1d1ty of the renaln1ng por~lons of tne ordlnance.
The Clty Councll hereby declares that lt would have passed
tblS ordlnance and each and every sectlon, subsectlon,
sentence, clause or phrase not declared lDvalld or unconstltutlonal
wlthout regard to whether any portlon of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared lnvalld or unconstltutlo~al.
SEC7ION 4. The ~ayor shall sign and the City
Clerk shall attest to the passage of thlS ordlnance. The
Clty Clerk shall cause the sane to be publlshed once In
the offlclal newspaper wlthln flfteen (IS) days after lts
adoptlon.
The ordlnance shall becoroe effectlve after thlrty
(30) days fro~ lts adoptlon.
ADOPTED and APPROVED t;us 13th day of FelJTuarv
1979.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
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OF -..Eebruary
J 1979.
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f1A YOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE}
NO,_!~15 .~ WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 23rd _DAY OF~~anuary
J 1979; THAT
THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED AT A MEETING
OF THE Cr TV (OUNC I L ON THE 13 th _DA V OF Fp.hrll ~ rv
BY THE FOllOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
J 1979
AYES:
(OUNC I U1Ei,'BERS: BaJTlbrick, Cohen, Reed , Scott,
van den Steenhoven, Swink
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COUNCILMEMBERS: ~one
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Trives
ATTEST:
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Agenda Item 8-A: Presented at this time was an ordinance for introducti09
: providing for 'emergency removal of ] i tter from private property by City I
forces, pursuant to Council direction on January 9, 1979. The public I
' hearing was opened at 8:41 P.M. by order of Mayor Swink. There being no
one present desiring to address the Council, the public hearing was closed
at &:42 P.M. by order of Mayor Swink. Councilmember Reed moved to intro-
duce an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF Sk~TA MONI~~ ADDING SECTION 78001 TO THE SANTA MONICA ~ruNICIPAL
CODE TO ESTABLISH EMERGENCY LITTER REMOVAL PROCEDUREStl, reading by title
only and waiving further reading thereof. Second by Councilmember Bmmrick
Council Vote: Unanimously approved 5-0
Absent: Counc1lmembers Trives and van den Steenhoven
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CITY COD~CIL Ml~UTES ~ January ~, - 'v