PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE for 7:00 PM, Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The City encourages your participation in public hearings. As a courtesy, below are the current notices for upcoming land use, code amendments, and other items pending before the City Council.

Public Hearing Notice  

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO DESTROY WEEDS AND BRUSH AND REMOVE DIRT, RUBBISH AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 20, 2022, pursuant to the provisions of the Monte Sereno City Municipal Code Section 8.02.05, the City Council passed a resolution declaring that all weeds, dirt, rubbish and other hazardous material growing, located or existing upon any private property or in any street, sidewalk or alley constitute public nuisance, which nuisance must be abated by the destruction or removal thereof, otherwise they will be removed and the nuisance abated by the City and the cost of the removal shall be assessed upon the lots and lands from which, or from the front or rear of which, such weeds, dirt, rubbish or other hazardous material shall have been removed and such cost will constitute a lien upon such land until paid.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that property owners  shall,   within  thirty  (30) days after the adoption of such resolution, or within the time specified in a written  agreement   with the City Manager or his representatives , whichever time shall be later, destroy or remove all such weeds, brush, dirt, rubbish and other hazardous material from  their  property,   the abutting  sidewalks,  and the abutting half of the street in front and alleys, if any, behind such property, and   between the lot lines thereof as extended, or such weeds, brush, dirt, rubbish and other hazardous material will be destroyed or removed and such nuisance abated by the City of Monte Sereno. Should the City be required to abate the nuisance, the cost of such   destruction  or  removal   will  be assessed  upon the lots and lands from which, or from the front or rear of which, such weeds,   brush, dirt,  rubbish  or other hazardous material shall have been destroyed or removed; and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid, and will be collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municipal taxes are collected .

All property owners having any objections to the proposed destruction or removal of such weeds, dirt, rubbish or other hazardous material are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the City Council of the City of Monte Sereno at 18041 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd., Monte Sereno, California, to be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, when their objections will be heard and given due consideration.

Date: February 6, 2023

Monte Sereno City Council

Gloisy Gonzalez-Langarica, City Clerk