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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No.
For Meeting of: February 7, 2012
ITEM TITLE: Ordinance amending Section 4.16 030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code relating to health and sanitation; concerning notice of abatement
SUBMITTED BY: Bronson Faul, Assistant City Attorney
CONTACT Bronson Faul / 575 -6030
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SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The purpose of the amendment is to allow the City Manager to grant authority to a designee to provide written
notice of abatement to property owners or their agents of litter violations on their property.
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❑ Ordinance - Amendment to Section 4.16.030
ORDINANCE NO. 2012 -
AN ORDINANCE relating to health and sanitation; concerning notice of abatement, and
amending Section 4.16.030 of the city of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 4.16.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"4.16.030 Notice of Abatement.
It shall be the duty of the city manager of the city of Yakima, or his or her designee, to
give notice in writing to the owner or agent of the owner of any premises, street or alley,
either public or private, upon which there has been thrown, placed or scattered any
garbage, rubbish, ashes, trash or other refuse, and on which premises such
accumulation of refuse has become offensive, unsanitary, unsightly, unsafe to public
health, or hazardous to fire, requiring such owner or agent to remove any accumulation
of refuse within a reasonable time, which shall be specified in said notice. Said notice
shall further contain an estimate of the cost of the work to be done and shall state that in
the event such work is not done within the time specified in the notice, that the city of
Yakima will proceed to remove such accumulation of refuse without further notice, and
that the expense of so removing will be charged to the owner of the premises, and a lien
for such expense imposed upon the property."
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective and shall be in full force and effect
30 days after its passage and publication in accordance with law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this th day of February, 2012.
Micah Cawley, Mayor
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City Clerk
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