HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-0999 - Adds material concerning sight-obstructing vegetation (12.36)CIT Y 0 F MAR Y S V ILL E
MarysvIlle,Washlngton
ORDINANCE NO.99~
An Ordlanance of the Clty of Marysville addlng
a new Section to Chapter 12.08 of the Marysvllle
Munlclpal Code relatlng to vegetatlon obstructlng
rlght-of-way VISlblllty.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
Sectlon 1.Vegetatlon Obstructlng Rlght-of-Way
Vlslbility -Publlc NUlsance.
All vegetatlon WhiCh IS permltted to grow wlthln
twenty (20)feet of the rlght-of-way llne of any publlC street
or alley wlthln the Clty of Marysvllle,shall be deemed to be a
publiC nUlsance If It IS determlned by the Chlef of Pollce to
be a safety hazard because It obstructs VIS1blllty on the travelled
portlon of the rlght-or-way,or because It obstructs VIS1blllty
of trafflc control slgns located thereon.
Sectlon 2.Abatement Order.
Upon determlnatlon by the Chlef of Pollce that
vegetatlon constitutes a publlC nUisance pursuant to Section 1
above,the Chief of Pollce shall cause an Abatement Order to
be malled to the owner of the sUbJect property,as shown on the
current tax rolls of the Snohomlsh County Tredsurer Further,
the Chief of Police shall cause a copy of sald Abatement Order
to be served upon the occupant of the subJect property,or 1f
there be no occupant,then sald Abatement Order shall be posted
on the subject property.The Abatement Order shall define the
pub11c nUlsance and shall requlre the abatement thereof 1n not
less than thirty (30)days from the date of saId order It shall
state that fallure to comply wlth sald order will result In
abatement of the publiC nUisance by the City,and llabllity for
the costs of such abatement,plus a ten percent (10%)surcharge,
shall be borne by the owner of the subject property.
Sectlon 3.Abatement by the City.
If a publlc nUlsance IS not abated In compllance
wlth an Abatement Order,as provided In Sectlon 2.above,the
Chlef of Police may cause such nUisance to be removed or abated,
and the owner of the subject property shall become Indebted to the
Clty for the costs Incurred by the Clty In the removal of such
nUIsance,plus a ten percent (10%)surcharge.Further,the City
may flle a llen against the subject property In the amount of
such costs and surcharge.
(1)
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PASSED by the Clty Councl1 and APPROVED by the Mayor
t h i s 'LB'T!!day of AL1fjl.l.s+,1978.
ATTEST THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE
BY~w;;L,
1 er
APPROVED AS TO FORM
(2)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
No _
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County of Snohomish,
ss
on oath deposes and says that he IS the __~eQ.~eJarY _
of THE MARYSVILLE GLOBE,a weekly newspaper
That said newspaper IS a legal newspaper which has been ap-
proved by order of the Superior COUl t in Snohomish County
June 18,1962 m compliance with Chaptei 213 of Washington
Laws of 1941,and It IS now and has been for more than SIX
months III 101 to the date of the publication hereinafter re-
ferred to,published in the English language continually as a
weekly newspaper?in Marysville,Snohomish County,Wash-
mgton,and It IS now and durtrig all of said time was printed
In an office mamtarned at the aforesaid place of pubhcatron
of said newspaper That the annexed 1<;a true copy of a
----------_..Q.:r~t1IHlnJHtJ~9_e__9_'t9 as It was
published In regular Issues (and not In supplement form)of
"aid new-paper once each w eek tor a period of __Q!1~con-
secutive weeks commencing on the __.3PJ~h-day of _~~_~_~
197B -,and endmz on the _lQ~?._day of ~~_~lJ.~_~,19_~~_,
both dates mclusrva,and that such newspaper was regularly
distnbuted to Its subscllbers dui mc all of said period That
the full amount of the fee ch.n gl'I for the foregoing publi-
catron IS tha sum of $_Ul!.$~,which amount has been
paid In full
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Subver tbed and sworn to before me this j£~_
day of u~:.X.~,;:/v6
Notary Publie In and for the State ot Washington
Reqdmg at MarysvIlle