CHAPTER 7: WEED AND RUBBISH ABATEMENT
Section
Article 1: Title and Purpose
   4-7.101   Title
   4-7.102   Purpose
Article 2: Definitions
   4-7.201   Definitions
Article 3: Specification of Nuisances
   4-7.301   Declaration of nuisances
Article 4: Abatement Required
   4-7.401   Violations unlawful
Article 5: Abatement by City
   4-7.501   Failure to abate
   4-7.502   Procedures for imposition and collection of special assessment liens
   4-7.503   Costs as special assessment lien
ARTICLE 1: TITLE AND PURPOSE
§ 4-7.101 TITLE.
   This chapter shall he known as the “Weed and Rubbish Abatement Regulations of the City.”
('66 Code, § 4-7.101) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71)
§ 4-7.102 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter is to declare certain public nuisances and to provide for the abatement of such nuisances and for the payment of the costs of abatement.
('66 Code, § 4-7.102) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71)
ARTICLE 2: DEFINITIONS
§ 4-7.201 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CITY. The City of Antioch.
   PERSONS. Individuals, firms, partnerships, and corporations.
   RUBBISH. Waste matter, litter, trash, refuse, debris, and dirt which is, or when dry may become, a fire hazard, or which is or may became a menace to health, or which is offensive to the senses.
   STREETS. Alleys, parkways, driveways, sidewalks, and areas between sidewalks and curbs.
   SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS or SUPER-INTENDENT. The Superintendent of Streets of the city, acting either directly or through properly authorized agents, such agents acting within the scope of the particular duties entrusted to them.
   WEEDS. Any of the following:
      (1)   Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature;
      (2)   Sagebrush, chaparral, and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth is to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property;
      (3)   Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous;
      (4)   Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health; and
      (5)   Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard.
('66 Code, § 4-7.201) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71)
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