For properties on which are located accumulations of weeds and debris identified as public nuisances in the resolution, the general manager shall notify the property owners of their obligations to remove or destroy the weeds and debris.
A. Notice to the affected property owners shall be prepared on district letterhead and entitled, "NOTICE TO REMOVE OR DESTROY WEEDS AND DEBRIS" in words not less than one inch (1") in height, and the notice shall read substantially as follows:
NOTICE TO REMOVE OR DESTROY
WEEDS AND DEBRIS
Notice is hereby given that on the day of , 20, the Board of Directors of the Bear Valley Community Services District adopted Resolution No. , a resolution declaring that noxious or dangerous weeds and/or debris were accumulating on property on or nearest to [Name of street] in the District, which property is more particularly described in the resolution, and that the weeds and/or debris constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by removal or destruction of the weeds and/or debris. Resolution No. further provides that if the weeds and/or debris are not so abated, they will be removed or destroyed by the District, in which case the cost of removal or destruction shall be assessed upon the property on which the weeds and/or debris are located, and such cost will constitute a lien upon the property until paid. For further details, please refer to Resolution No. , copies of which are available during regular business hours from the District office at the address listed above.
All property owners having objections to the proposed removal or destruction of the weeds and/or debris described above are hereby notified to attend a Public Hearing of the Board of Directors of the Bear Valley Community Services District, to be held at p.m. on , 20, at 28999 S. Lower Valley Road, Tehachapi, California, at which time any objections will be heard and considered.
Dated this day of , 20.
[Name of General Manager]
General Manager
Bear Valley Community Services District
B. At least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing described in the notice, the general manager shall post the notice conspicuously in front of the properties on which the declared public nuisances are located, or on the portions of the properties nearest to the street most likely to give actual notice to the properties' owners. The notices shall be posted not more than one hundred feet (100') apart, but at least one notice shall be posted on each property identified in the resolution.
C. The general manager shall cause the notice to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing described in the notice.
D. As an alternative to posting and publishing the notice pursuant to subsections B and C of this section, the general manager may mail the notice to the owners of the properties identified in the resolution, as the owners' names and addresses appear on Kern County's latest equalized assessment roll, at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the hearing described in the notice. (Ord. 09-230, 1-8-2009)