Title 8
HEALTH AND SAFETY*
HEALTH AND SAFETY*
* For statutory provisions requiring cities to take such measures as may be necessary to preserve and protect the public health, see Health and Safety Code § 500.
Chapters:
8.04 Noxious Weeds
8.08 Solid Waste
8.10 Organics Reductions and Recycling
8.12 Storage of Gunpowder
8.16 Abandonment of Wells
8.20 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control
8.24 Community Preservation
8.25 Administrative Citations and Penalties
8.26 Emergency Nuisance Abatement Procedure
8.28 Prohibiting the Use of Body-Gripping Devices
8.30 Residential Health and Safety Rental Inspection Program
8.32 Massage Services
8.33 Marijuana Cultivation Prohibited
8.34 Marijuana Delivery Prohibited
8.35 Noise
8.36 Balcony Inspection for Real Property Sales
8.37 Polystyrene Products
8.38 Single-Use Plastic Foodware and Bag Reduction
* For statutory provisions on the abatement of weeds and rubbish by cities, see Gov. Code § 39501 et. seq.
Sections:
8.04.010 Definitions.
8.04.020 Declaration of nuisance.
8.04.030 Removal – Burning.
8.04.040 Failure to remove – Notice to owner.
8.04.050 Removal by city.
8.04.060 Account of removal cost.
8.04.070 Assessment against owner – Notice.
8.04.080 Assessment against owner – Hearing.
8.04.090 Assessment against owner – Payment.
8.04.100 Violation – Penalty.
As used in this chapter:
A. WEEDS. Weeds which, when mature, bear wingy or downy seeds, or which because of having attained such a large growth and being dry shall have become a fire menace, or which are otherwise noxious and dangerous to health.
B. RUBBISH. Waste matter, litter, trash, refuse, debris, tree leaves and limbs, and dirt which is, or when dry may become, a fire hazard, or which is or may become a menace to health, or which is offensive to the senses.
C. PERSONS. Individuals, firms, partnerships and corporations.
D. CITY. The city of Pinole.
E. STREETS. Alleys, parkways, driveways, sidewalks and areas between sidewalks and curbs.
F. SUPERINTENDENT. The street superintendent, his or her assistants and deputies, or another public officer designated by the legislative body to perform the duties imposed by this article upon the superintendent. (Ord. 116 § 1, 1959).
It is unlawful for any person owning, occupying, renting, managing or controlling any real property in the city to cause or permit any weeds, or to place, cause or permit any rubbish, to be or remain on any real property in the city or on portions of streets adjoining such real property to the centerline of such streets. it shall be the duty of every such person to remove or destroy such weeds and/or rubbish. Destruction by burning within the city is unlawful unless the written permission of the chief of the fire department is first obtained. (Ord. 116 § 3, 1959).
If the person or persons owning, occupying, renting, managing or controlling any real property in the city fails to remove therefrom and from the portions of streets adjoining the property all weeds and rubbish in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of streets to notify such person or persons to remove the same. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be deposited in the United States post office at Pinole, California, with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to such owner at his or her last known place of address shown on the assessment roll of the city, and, if no such address is there shown or is known, then to General Delivery, Pinole. If such real property is occupied and the mailing address thereof is different from that of the owner as shown on the assessment roll, then an additional copy shall be similarly mailed to the occupant of such property at the mailing address thereof. Such notice shall contain a description of the property, which description may be the number of the lot and block and the name of the map, tract or subdivision in which the real property lies, or may be the street and number thereof, or may be any other description by which the property may be reasonably and readily identified. One or more lots or blocks of land may be described in one and the same statement or notice. (Ord. 116 § 4, 1959).
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