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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 97-154RESOLUTION NO. 97-154 RESOLUTION OF 1'HL CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DECLARING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1835 AND 1837 "A" AVENUE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND DENYING THE APPEAL OF ALEX MCLINTOCK, WITH PROVISIONS FOR ABATEMENT WHEREAS, Mr. Alex McLintock is the owner of record of property identified as 1835 and 1837 A Avenue, National City, California; and WHEREAS, there is an incomplete building existing at 1835 A Avenue, and an incomplete building existing at 1837 A Avenue; and WHEREAS, pursuant to National City Municipal Code Section 15.08.015 which provides that structures or portions thereof in incomplete condition inherently constitute a hazard, are substandard, dangerous, and unsafe and are a public nuisance by reason of unprotected trenches and excavations, projecting structural elements, open piping systems, exposed electrical conductors and/or other conditions characteristic of construction projects; and WHEREAS, construction materials are being stored at 1835 and 1837 A Avenue in violation of National City Municipal Code Section 18.94.010, and two shipping containers used as storage are existing on the properties in violation of National City Municipal Code Section 18.94.070; and WHEREAS, on November 19, 1997, the Building & Safety Department issued a Notice to Abate Public Nuisance declaring 1835 and 1837 A Avenue to be a public nuisance and ordering the removal of all buildings, construction materials and shipping containers existing on the properties; and WHEREAS, the Notice to Abate Public Nuisance was dutifully served pursuant to law on Mr. McLintock by Certified Mail -Return Receipt Requested, and by posting a copy of the Notice at the entry to each property on November 19, 1997; and WHEREAS, in a letter dated November 24, 1997, Mr. McLintock appealed the Notice to Abate Public Nuisance to the City Council; and WHEREAS, during a Public Hearing on December 2, 1997, the City Council heard testimony from Mr. McLintock and the Building & Safety Director regarding conditions existing on the properties, took evidence and determined that the conditions described constituted a public nuisance. Resolution No. 97-154 Page Two NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the appeal of Mr. Alex McLintock of the Building & Safety Department's Notice to Abate Public Nuisance is hereby denied. BE TT FUTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that Mr. McLintock shall abate the public nuisance conditions existing at 1835 and 1837 A Avenue by immediately removing the structures, buildings, construction materials and shipping containers, or, in the alternative, taking the following actions: 1. Mr. McLintock is to renew expired Building Permit No. 1094 and pay full new permit fees in the amount of $1,634.80 within 30 days of the date of this Resolution, and 2. In conjunction with the renewal of Building Permit No. 1094, Mr. McLintock is ordered to post a security (e.g. bond or cash) with the City of National City in the amount of $50,000 to guarantee the completion of construction at 1835 and 1837 A Avenue, and 3. Upon renewal of Building Permit No. 1094, Mr. McLintock is ordered to expeditiously complete all construction at 1835 and 1837 A Avenue within 180 days of the date of this Resolution, and no extension will be authorized, and 4. Mr. McLintock is ordered to remove all construction materials, shipping containers, and sunshade storage structures existing at 1835 and 1837 A Avenue within 180 days of the date of this Resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should Mr. McLintock then fail to abate the, public nuisance conditions as ordered herein, the Building & Safety Department is directed to summarily abate the conditions, or initiate proceeding to cause the surety to complete all improvements at 1835 and 1837 Avenue or remove all structures and nuisance conditions at the option of the surety. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6, Mr. McLintock has ninety (90) days from the date of service of this Resolution to commence legal proceedings to appeal or set aside the determination of public nuisance and conditions set forth herein, or be forever barred from contesting this determination and the conditions specified. Resolution No. 97-154 Page Three BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City clerk shall serve a copy of this resolution upon Alex McLintock by mailing it by first-class mail, postage prepaid, together with a certificate of mailing attached, to Mr. McLintock. PASSED and ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 1997. Al 1'E ST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney By: Rudolf Hradec Senior Assistant City Attorney George Fr/Waters, Mayor