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In addition to matters specified elsewhere in this article, the acts authorized under this article include the following:
(a) The formation of districts.
(b) The planning, maintaining, improving, protecting, limiting the future use of or otherwise conserving open spaces and areas within the City and the reduction of the hazards of fire, erosion, and flooding in such areas by:
(1) Clearing and removing or ordering the clearing and removal of dry grass, stubble, brush, rubbish, litter, or other inflammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard and which is not provided for by the regular controls exercised by the City Fire Department and the Board of Public Works:
(2) Acquiring, constructing and maintaining works, not otherwise regularly provided by the City which are necessary or convenient for the prevention and extinguishing of fires;
(3) Destroying and removing noxious, dangerous or unsightly weeds;
(4) Planting and maintaining trees, shrubs, lawns and other vegetation;
(5) Making such regulations as are necessary or desirable to limit the future use of the areas in order to maintain or enhance the conservation of their natural or scenic resources and to protect the public health and safety; and
(6) Constructing and maintaining such other improvements as may be necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purposes of this article.
(c) The doing of all acts and things necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purposes of this article.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 129,015.
Proceedings for the formation of an Open Space Maintenance District may be initiated by petition signed by the owners of assessable land in the proposed District, as shown by the last Equalized Assessment Roll of the county or as their names appear upon the real property ownership records of the City Engineer’s office owning lands of an assessed value of not less than fifty-one per cent (51%) of the total assessed value of all assessable land in the District, as shown by the last equalized County Assessment Roll, which lands also constitute more than one-half of the area of all assessable land in the proposed District. The petition shall contain a general description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed District, a general description of the open spaces to be maintained or improved, a general description of the work or improvement to be done on the Open Spaces, and a statement that the petition is filed pursuant to this article. The petition shall be filed with the City Engineer, who shall check or cause it to be checked. If it is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers, the City Engineer shall make the City Engineer’s certificate to that effect and shall present the petition and certificate to the Council.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 129,015.
Amended by: Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
Before the Council adopts an Ordinance of Intention to form the District, the Board of Public Works shall make and file with the City Clerk a report which shall contain the following information:
(a) A general description of the Open Areas proposed to be maintained, all of which must lie wholly within the boundaries of the District;
(b) A general description of the proposed work or improvement;
(c) An estimate of the annual costs and expenses of maintenance or improvement of the Open Areas which benefit property within the proposed District;
(d) A diagram or map showing:
(1) The boundaries of the District proposed to be assessed and the public streets, alleys, ways or other public places situated therein;
(2) Each parcel of land benefited by such work or improvement, by giving each a separate number or designation upon the diagram. Said diagram, as approved by the Council, shall govern for all details as to the lands determined to be benefited by said work or improvement and to thereafter be assessed.
Prior to the filing of the Preliminary Report with the City Clerk, the Board of Public Works shall refer the report to the City Planning Commission for its recommendation upon the formation of such District. The City Planning Commission shall report its findings to the Board of Public Works. If the City Planning Commission recommends disapproval of the proposed formation of the District, such recommendation may be overruled by the Council. Failure of the City Planning Commission to act within thirty (30) days after the referral of the Preliminary Report to it shall be deemed to be an approval of the Report. The Board of Public Works shall transmit the recommendation of the City Planning Commission to the City Clerk along with the Preliminary Report.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 129,015.
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