(A) Within 30 days after the passage of the resolution provided for in § 8.52.170, the City Clerk shall cause to be conspicuously posted on the premises, where the heritage tree(s) is located, a certified copy of the resolution of the City Council declaring the same to be a public nuisance; the resolution shall declare the intention of the City Council to commence abatement proceedings, as herein provided, it shall refer to the street and number under which it is officially or commonly known to describe the premises upon which the nuisances exist by giving the legal description of the land, and shall be substantially in the following form:
NOTICE OF HEARING TO ABATE NUISANCE |
Notice is hereby given that on the day of , , the City Council of the City of Tulare passed a resolution declaring that certain heritage tree(s) located or standing upon that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situated in the City of Tulare, State of California, known and designated as , in the city, and more particularly described as Lot No. , Tract No. in the city, constitutes a public nuisance and must be abated by the rehabilitation of such premiss by the watering, pruning, trimming or other methods; otherwise the nuisance will be abated by the municipal authorities of the city, in which case the cost of the rehabilitation, watering, pruning or trimming will be assessed upon the land on which the heritage tree(s) is or are located and the cost will constitute a lien upon the land until paid. (Reference is hereby made to the resolution for further particulars.) |
(B) The City Clerk shall cause to be served upon the owner of each of the heritage tree(s) declared to be a public nuisance and sought to be rehabilitated by watering, pruning or trimming one copy of the notice and a certified copy of the resolution of the City Council, in accordance with these provisions. The notices and resolutions must be posted and served as aforesaid, at least 30 days before the time fixed for the hearing before the City Council and proof of posting and service of the notices and resolutions shall be made by affidavit which shall be filed with the City Council.
(1995 Code, § 8.52.180)