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Ordinance No. 1085r t 1 OPM INANCE NO. 1085 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 VERNON AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, 1959, RELATING TO WEED AND 4 RUBBISH ABATEMENT AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH 5 6 WHEREAS, Chapter 12, "Garbage, Rubbish, and Weeds," of the 7 Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, had provided for 8 procedures in reference to control of garbage and rubbish and to the 9 abatement thereof; and 10 WHEREAS, Chapter 12 had been revised and the provisions for 11 garbage and rubbish abatement eliminated; and 12 WHEREAS, such procedures are needed to ensure the public 13 health and safety; and 14 WHEREAS, the Director of Community Services has recommended 15 that Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon be amended as set 16 forth herein to include provisions regarding weed and rubbish 17 abatement. 18 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: 19 SECTION 1: The City Council of the'City of Vernon hereby 20 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 21 and correct. 22 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 23 amends Section 7.3 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon as 24 follows: 25 Sec. 7.3. Enforcement by Director of Community Services. 26 The City Administrator may assign to the Director of 27 Community Services all or part of the responsibility for enforcing (i) 28 Uniform Fire Code sections pertaining to building construction, j L • 1 equipment installation and facilities installation including but not 2 limited to access roads, address identification, street signs, key 3 boxes, fire extinguishing systems, alarm systems, industrial 4 facilities, gas and cryogenic systems, refrigeration, and storage, and 5 (ii) weed and rubbish abatement. Any such assignment shall be in 6 writing and shall specify the Uniform Fire Code sections or portion 7 thereof so assigned, or the weed and rubbish abatement provisions so 8 assigned. 9 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 10 amends the Code of the City of Vernon by adding Article III to Chapter 11 7 as follows: 12 A. Sections 7.20 through 7.35 are hereby reconstituted 13 as Article III, Weed and Rubbish Abatement, of Chapter 7, Fire 14 Regulations, as set forth in Exhibit "A" which is attached hereto and 15 made a part hereof by reference. 16 SECTION 4: The renumbering of any article or section of the 17 Code of the City of Vernon shall not constitute a change in its intent 18 or purpose, and it shall have the same effect and enforceability as if 19 it had never been renumbered. Any code section numbers not used shall 20 be reserved for future use. 21 SECTION 5: Any ordinance, part of an ordinance, or code 22 section in conflict with this Ordinance is hereby repealed. 23 SECTION 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, 24 phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be void or 25 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the 26 remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being the intention of the 27 City Council of the City of Vernon to pass and adopt this Ordinance 28 and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof - 2 - 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. 9 10 11 Era 0911 W! 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24' 25' 26 27 28 irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be declared to be invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 7: There being no newspaper printed, published or circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post the same, or cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (15) days after its .passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, in three (3) of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe. Avenue, the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California. SECTION 8: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage of the same. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9kday of May, 2002. 'ATTES BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk LEONIS C. MALB RG, Mayor - 3 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12i 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1085, was duly and regularly introduced at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Wednesday, May 8, 2002, and thereafter finally adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of said City Council held on Wednesday, May , 2002, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon, by the following vote: (SEAL) AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT: Councilmen: BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Cler - 4 - 1 EXHIBIT "A" 2 CHAPTER 7. FIRE REGULATIONS 3 ARTICLE III. Weed and Rubbish Abatement 4 5 Sec. 7.20. Definitions. 6 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall 7 apply: 8 (a) Accumulated dirt means any artificial accumulation of earth 9 of a size, shape, or composition to constitute a harborage or a hazard 10 to public health or safety. 11 (b) Building, unless it is apparent from the context that 12 another meaning is intended, means a "structure," and the words 13 "building" and "structure" shall mean any construction, the 14 arrangement of which may affect the health, safety, or general welfare 15 of man. 16 (c) Combustible rubbish means paper, rags, packing materials, 17 cartons, boxes, sawdust, wood shavings, scrap lumber, scrap trimmings, 18 and other waste materials of combustible nature. 19 (d) Garbage means all animal and vegetable waste matter 20 resulting from the preparation, consumption, storing, processing, 21 manufacturing or distribution of food, animal feed, or other animal or 22 vegetable matter. 23 (e) Incidental expenses means administrative overhead, the cost 24 of printing, advertising, and/or posting provided for in this chapter, 25 the compensation of the person appointed by the city to take charge of 26 and supervise any of the work authorized under this chapter, the 27 expenses of preparing and typing the resolutions, notices and other 28 papers, and hearings and other proceedings for such work and any other A - 1 1 expenses incidental to the completion and inspection of the work.' 2 (f) Noncombustible rubbish means broken crockery, glass, ashes, 3 cinders, bottles, cans, wire and other discarded objects of metal and 4 glass, and other waste materials of a noncombustible and 5 nonputrescible nature. 6 (g) Possess means control, own, lease, occupy, possess, or have 7 charge over. 8 (h) Premises means any land, place, building, site, facility, or 9 location. 10 (i) Public nuisance means dangerous, injurious, offensive, or 11 deleterious to neighboring property, to the public, or to the public 12 welfare. 13 (j) Public street means any public street, way, place, alley, 14 sidewalk, park, square, plaza or any other similar public property 15 owned or controlled by the city or dedicated to the public for street 16 or public purposes. 17 (k) Weeds means any plants which bear seeds that are 18 disseminated by the wind, any brush or plants that attain such large 19 growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved 20 property; plants that are otherwise noxious or dangerous; and dry 21 grass, brush, or other flammable material which endangers the public 22 safety by creating a fire hazard. 23 Sec. 7.21. Public nuisance --- Duty of owner. 24 No person owning, managing, or having control or charge or 25 occupancy of any premises within the city, shall permit weeds, 26 rubbish, garbage, or accumulated dirt, of any kind, to remain upon the 27 premises or in the area between the property line and the curbline of 28 any public street or upon any public street abutting such private A - 2 1 property. 2 All weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated dirt of any kind on 3 private property or in the area between the property line and the 4 curbline of a public street, or on a public street in the city, shall 5 constitute a public nuisance. 6 Sec. 7.22. Notice to abate nuisance. 7 If weeds, rubbish, garbage, or accumulated dirt are growing, 8 located, or existing upon private property, or in the area between the 9 property line and the curbline of any public street, or upon a public 10 street abutting such private property within the city in violation of 11 the provisions of this article or of any other provisions of this 12 Code, the city shall give, or cause to be given, notice in the manner 13 and in the form specified in this chapter requiring the abatement of 14 such public nuisance. 15 Sec. 7.23. Notice to remove bushes, trees, or hedges. 16 No person shall maintain any bush, hedge, or tree upon private 17 property or between the property line and the curb of any public 18 street which interferes or obstructs the passage of pedestrians or 19 vehicles along a sidewalk or a public street, or which covers any city 20 street sign, or which obscures the vision of any vehicle driver at an 21 intersection. The city shall give, or cause to be given, notice in 22 the manner and substantially in the form for other public nuisances 23 specified in this chapter and shall require the abatement of such 24 interference or obstruction by trimming or removing such bush, hedge, 25 or tree and stating that unless such nuisance be abated, the 26 obstruction or interference will be abated by the city and the expense 27 thereof assessed upon the private property from or on which such 28 obstruction or interference was abated. A 3 1 Sec. 7.24. City street trees., 2 This article shall not require any person to maintain trees, 3 including the basins around the trees, planted in accordance with the 4 Vernon City Street Tree Plan. 5 Sec. 7.25. Public nuisance abatement; form of notice. 6 In order to abate a public nuisance pursuant to this chapter, 7 notice shall be given in substantially the following form: 8 NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS AND REMOVE 9 RUBBISH, GARBAGE AND ACCUMULATED DIRT 10 Notice is hereby given that: 11 Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Vernon City 12 Code, all weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated dirt, as defined in 13 Section 7.20 of the Vernon City Code, growing, located or existing on 14 private property, or in the area between the property line and the 15 curbline of a public street, or upon a public street abutting such 16 private property, constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by 17 the destruction or removal thereof. 18 All persons owning, managing, or having control or charge or 19 occupancy of the private property located at 20 in the City of Vernon, shall, without delay, 21 destroy or remove all such weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated 22 dirt, or they will be destroyed or removed and such public nuisance 23 abated by the City of Vernon or its contractor. In such case the cost 24 of destruction or removal thereof, including any incidental expenses, 25 will be assessed upon said private property, and such costs will 26 constitute a lien upon said private property until paid and will be 27 collected on the next tax roll upon which municipal taxes are 28 collected. A - 4 Any property owner having objections to the proposed removal of weeds, rubbish, garbage, and accumulated dirt must notify the City Clerk in writing within ten (10) days after the posting or mailing of this notice, or such objections shall be deemed to be waived and the nuisance will be abated forthwith. Any property owner who files such written objections in the office of the City Clerk within such ten (10) day period is hereby notified that a hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Vernon in the city council chambers of the Vernon City Hall, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, California, on Wednesday, 20 at 5:00 o'clock p.m., at which time and place all objections will be heard and given due consideration. Any such all objections will be heard and given due consideration. Any such objecting property owner may attend and speak at such hearing. Dated: , 20 Sec. 7.26. Same --- Service of notice. Such notice shall be given in the manner set forth in this section: (a) Such notice or notices shall be posted in a conspicuous place on or in front of the property upon which or from which such nuisance exists, as follows: (1) One notice shall be posted on or in front of each separately owned parcel; (2) Not more than two notices shall be posted on or in front of any parcel having a frontage or more than fifty (50) feet and not more than one hundred (100) feet; A - 5 1 (3) If the frontage of any parcel is greater than one 2 hundred (100) feet, notices should be placed at intervals of not more 3 than one hundred (100) feet. 4 (b) As an alternative to posting such notice or notices as 5 prescribed in "(a)" above, similar notices may be mailed by the United 6 States mail to the owner(s) and to the occupant(s) of the subject 7 property as shown upon any city record, or upon the last equalized 8 assessment roil or at the last known address or addresses, whichever 9 the city clerk shall determine to be the best means of serving notice 10 upon the actual owner and tenant. The addresses of the owner and 11 tenant shown upon such records shall be conclusively deemed to be the 12 proper address for the purpose of mailing such notices. The failure 13 of the owner(s) to receive such notices shall not affect the power of 14 the city or of its officers or employees to proceed as provided in 15 this article. Such notice(s) shall be mailed not less than ten (10) 16 days prior to the date set for a hearing upon objections as provided 17 in the notice. 18 Sec. 7.27. Same --- Hearing on objections. 19 At the time and place stated in the notice, the city council 20 shall hear and consider any and all objections to the proposed 21 abatement of the nuisance. The city council may continue the hearing 22 from time to time. At the conclusion of the hearing or within a 23 reasonable time thereafter, the city council shall render its decision 24 as to whether a public nuisance exists. If it finds such a condition 25 to exist, it shall overrule any or all objections and shall direct 26 that the nuisance be abated. If it finds no such condition to exist, 27 it shall sustain such objections. The decision of the city council 28 shall be final and conclusive. A - 6 1 Sec. 7.28. Abatement by city. 2 The city administrator is authorized and directed to abate any 3 and all such nuisances: 4 (a) When no written objections have been filed with the office 5 of the city clerk within ten (10) days after the posting and/or 6 mailing of the notice, or 7 (b) When the city council has so directed. 8 Any person owning, managing or having control, charge or 9 occupancy of any such property, shall have the right to destroy or 10 remove such weeds, rubbish, garbage and accumulated dirt or to have 11 the same destroyed or removed, prior to the arrival of the city 12 employees or contractor; provided that any costs incurred by the city 13 including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, 14 clerical, contractual, and other incidental costs may be assessed and 15 a lien imposed on such private property. It shall, however, be 16 unlawful for any such person to burn any such weeds, rubbish, or 17 garbage without first having obtained a written permit to do so from 18 the chief of the fire department and without complying with all state 19 and local regulations governing such burning, including those of the 20 air quality management district. 21 Sec. 7.29. Performance of the abatement by contract. 22 Abatement of the nuisance may, in the discretion of the city 23 council, be performed by private contract. In such event, the 24 contractor shall keep the account and submit to the city an itemized 25 written record of abatement for each separate parcel of land. 26 Sec. 7.30. Record of cost of abatement. 27 The city shall keep an account of the cost of abatement, 28 including incidental expenses, on private property or in the area A - 7 y i a 1 between the property line and the curbline of, or upon the public 2 street abutting such private property, as so confirmed by the city 3 council, shall constitute a special assessment against the respective 4 lot or parcel of land to which it relates, and a lien on said property 5 for the amount of such assessment. 6 (b) The city clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of 7 the County Recorder a certified copy of the decision of the city 8 council. 9 (c) The director of finance shall duly execute such report for 10 and on behalf of the city and shall send it to the tax division of the 11 County Auditor -Controller's office, whereupon it shall be the duty of 12 said Auditor -Controller to add the amount of the respective 13 assessments to the next regular tax bills levied against said lots and 14 parcels of land for municipal purposes; and thereafter, said amounts 15 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary 16 municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same 17 penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of 18 delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. 19 (d) Such assessments shall not be payable prior to entry upon 20 the tax roll as provided for hereinabove in subsection (c). 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 �9il 1 affect the validity of any proceedings under this Code. 2 Sec. 7.33. Same —Notice of hearing on report. 3 There being no newspaper of general circulation printed, 4 published or circulated in the City of Vernon, the city clerk shall 5 post or cause to be posted a copy of the foregoing report and 6 assessment list, together with a notice of the time and place of the 7 hearing upon the confirmation of such report and assessments, 8 notifying property owners that they may appear at such hearing and 9 object to any matter contained therein. Such report,.assessment list 10 and notice shall be posted in three of the most public places in said 11 city, to wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe 12 Avenue; at the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific 13 Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of 14 said city. The posting shall be made at least ten (10) days prior to 15 the date of such hearing. 16 Sec. 7.34. Same —Hearing and proceedings. 17 At the time and place fixed for receiving and considering said 18 report and assessment list, the city council shall hear and pass upon 19 the same, together with any objections of the property owner(s) liable 20 to be assessed for the abatement of the nuisance. Thereupon the city 21 council may make such revision, correction, or modification in the 22 report and assessment list as it may deem just after which by 23 resolution the report and assessment list, as submitted or as revised, 24 corrected or modified, shall be confirmed. The decision of the city 25 council on all protests and objections which may be made shall be 26 final and conclusive. 27 Sec. 7.35. Same —Lien against property. 28 (a) The total cost of abatement upon the private property, or A - 9 1 between the property line and the curbline of, or upon the public 2 street abutting such private property, as so confirmed by the city 3 council, shall constitute a special assessment against the respective 4 lot or parcel of land to which it relates, and a lien on said property 5 for the amount of such assessment. 6 (b) The city clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of 7 the County Recorder a certified copy of the decision of the city 8 council. 9 (c) The director of finance shall duly execute such report for 10 and on behalf of the city and shall send it to the tax division of the 11 County Auditor -Controller's office, whereupon it shall be the duty of 12 said Auditor -Controller to add the amount of the respective 13 assessments to the next regular tax bills levied against said lots and 14 parcels of land for municipal purposes; and thereafter, said amounts 15 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary 16 municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same 17 penalties and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of 18 delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. 19 (d) Such assessments shall not be payable prior to entry upon 20 the tax roll as provided for hereinabove in subsection (c). 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 A - 10 CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro -Ter WM. 'BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator/ City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 City Council City of Vernon Honorable Members: EDUARDO OLIVO City Attorney FAX: (562) 869-1883 KEVIN WILSON Director of Community Services & Water FAX: (323) 826-1435 CITY HALL 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 May 2, 2002 n/ \O Y Le KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Municipal Utilities FAX: (323) 826-1425 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 BRUCE W. OLSON Police Chief FAX: (323) 826-1481 The City recently revised Chapter 12 of the City Code mistakenly eliminating garbage, rubbish, and weed abatement provisions. At this time it is necessary that Chapter 7, Fire Regulations, be amended to reincorporate the weed and rubbish abatement provisions by adopting Ordinance No. 1085. This has been reviewed by the Director of Community Services and Water and the City Attorney and it is hereby recommended that Ordinance No. 1085 be approved and executed. Very truly yours, Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Administrator/City Clerk BVM/gm a i COMMUNITY SERVICES & WATER DEPARTMENT OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Administrator FROM: Samuel Kevin Wilson, Director of Community Services & Water DATE: May 2, 2002 SUBJECT: WEED AND RUBBISH ABATEMENT Attached herewith is Ordinance No. 1085 on weed and rubbish abatement. The City recently revised Chapter 12 of the City Code mistakenly eliminating garbage, rubbish and weed abatement provisions. It is recommended that Chapter 7, Fire Regulations, be amended to reincorporate the weed and rubbish abatement provisions. SKW/ca Enclosure c: Eduardo Olivo { f 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1085 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 VERNON AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, 1959, RELATING TO WEED AND 4 RUBBISH ABATEMENT AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH 5 6 WHEREAS, Chapter 12, "Garbage, Rubbish, and Weeds," of the 7 Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, had provided for 8 procedures in reference to control of garbage and rubbish and to the 9 abatement thereof; and 10 WHEREAS, Chapter 12 had been revised and the provisions for A 11 garbage and rubbish abatement eliminated; and 12 WHEREAS, such procedures are needed to ensure the public 13 health and safety; and 14 WHEREAS, these procedures should be enforced by the Fire 15 Department; and 16 WHEREAS, the Director of Community Services has recommended 17 that Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon be amended as set 18 forth herein. 19 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS: 20 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 21 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 22 and correct. 23 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 24 amends Section 7.3 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon as 25 follows: 26 Sec. 7.3. Enforcement by Director of Community Services. 27 The City Administrator may assign to the Director of 28 Community Services all or part of the responsibility for enforcing AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss CITY OF VERNON ) I, Gloria J. Orosco, Chief Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Vernon do hereby certify that I did, on the 23 rt of y 2002, have posted one (1) copy of: Ordinance No. 1085 - An Ordinance of the City Council of Vernon Amending Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, Relating to Weed and Rubbish Abatement and Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Therewith. On the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of Vernon located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon. Date: 50231e2,� loria J. Or ?City Chief Deputy Clerk State of California ) ss County of Los Angels) On �%/, �ja before me, Rmue4 61/"dk3 Personally appeared Gloria J. Orosco Personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity, and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. W NESS my hand and official seal ice► MANUELA Ca1RON ` Commission # 1329374 Notary Public - California Loa Angeles County [ 0MVC0Mn1.ExPkftNov4.2005 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) CITY OF VERNON ) AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING ss I, Sharon Johnson, Budget Auditor/Deputy City Treasurer, of the City of Vernon do hereby certify that I did, on the of 2002, have posted two (2) copies of: Ordinance No. 1085 - An Ordinance of the City Council of Vernon Amending Charpter 7 of the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, Relating to Weed and Rubbish Abatement and Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Therewith. One in each of the following places, to wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis Blvd. and Pacific Blvd., all in said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon. Date: cllcll. 3�1-11 Sharon L. Joh son Budget Auditor/Deputy City Treasurer State of California ) ) ss County of Los Angels) On/4w'l, ;02/ before me, lq&wetla 6i/-�i Personally appeared Sharon L. Johnson Personally known to me (or known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity, and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal iw►NUELa Gt>�oN ` Commission # 1329374 Notary Public - California ZLos Angeles County 6MyCMM.EXPWftNoV4,2005 CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro-Tem WM. 'BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator/City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 CITY HALL 4305 SAWA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 EDUARDO OLIVO City Attorney FAX: (562) 869-1883 KEVIN WILSON Director of Community Services & Water FAX: (323) 826-1435 KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Municipal Utilities FAX: (323) 826-1425 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 BRUCE W. OLSON Police Chief FAX: (323) 826-1481 May 29, 2002 Coded Systems )� Attn: Mary Beth Smith 120 Main Street`, Avon, New Jersey 07717 1. Dear Ms. Smith: Enclosed herewith is a copy of Ordinance No. 1085 to be incorporated into the Vernon Municipal Code. Prior to the final incorporation of this supplement, please FAX or mail a draft for our review to ascertain that there are no discrepancies between the actual ordinance and your interpretation of same. We will notify you immediately if we are in concurrence, or of any discrepancies. After final review, forward 55 sets of the supplement to my attention. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, Nelly Giron Assistant Chief Deputy City Clerk NG/gm