30 of 1971 - Amending Chapter 29 of Title 18, setting regulations and procedures for inspection and cleaning of r KVLL
VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah April 13 197 1
Barker . . . . / //�/
Catmull . . . ✓ I move that the 01' /lance be passed C
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Harrison / 4LIVti-Q IZ.,��
Mr. Chairman . j /
Result ✓ I! % AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Chapter 29 of Title 18, of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to inspection and
cleaning of real property.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 29 of Title 18, of the Revised Ordi-
nances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to inspection and
cleaning of real property, be, and the same hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 18-29-1. Real property to be kept clean. It shall
be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, or other
legal entity owning or occupying real property in Salt Lake
City to fail to maintain the height of weeds on such property
or to fail to remove from the property any cuttings from such
weeds, or any refuse, unsightly or deleterious objects or
structures after having been given written notice from the
director of the Board of Health.
Sec. 18-29-2. Standards of weed control. Weeds shall be
maintained at a height of not more than six inches at all times
and the cuttings shall be promptly cleared and removed from the
premises.
Sec. 18-29-3. Examination and investigation. The Board of
Health is hereby authorized to make dxamination and investigation
of all real property in Salt Lake City to determine whether the
owners of such property are complying with the provisions of
this chapter and to enforce the provisions thereof.
Sec. 18-29-4. Duty of City-County Board of Health - Notice.
Upon a determination by the Board of Health that a violation
of the provisions of this chapter exists, the director or his
authorized representative shall ascertain the name of the owner
and the description of the premises where the violation exists,
and shall serve notice in writing upon the owner or occupant
of such property, either personally or by mailing notice,
postage prepaid, addressed to the owner or occupant at the last
known post office address as disclosed by the records of the
county assessor, requiring such owner or occupant, as the case
may be, to eradicate or destroy or remove the weeds, refuse,
objects or structures causing the violation within such time as
the director or his authorized representative may designate,
which shall be no less than ten days from the date of service
of such notice. Once notice has been served during any calendar
year directing removal of weeds, no further notice need be
served upon the same owner or occupant to compel such weed
removal during such calendar year.
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Sec. 18-29-5. Cleaning of property by city upon owner's
failure to comply. If any owner or occupant of property des-
cribed in the notice provided in this chapter shall fail to
eradicate or destroy or remove such weeds, refuse, objects
or structures in accordance with such notice, the Salt Lake
City Board of Commissioners is authorized to employ necessary
assistance and cause such weeds, refuse, objects or structures
to be destroyed or removed. The Salt Lake City street
inspector shall prepare an itemized statement of all expenses
incurred in the removal and destruction of same and shall mail
a copy thereof to the owner demanding payment within twenty
days of the date of mailing. Such notice shall be deemed
delivered when mailed by registered or certified mail and
addressed to the last known address of the property owner.
Sec. 18-29-6. Alternate methods of compelling payment. In
the event the owner fails to make payment of the amount set
forth in said statement to the city treasurer within twenty days
of the date of mailing, the street inspector may either cause
suit to be brought in an appropriate court of law, or refer the
matter to the county treasurer as provided in this chapter.
Sec. 18-29-7. Collection by lawsuit. In the event collection
of expenses of destruction and removal are pursued through the
court, the city shall sue for and receive judgment for all
expenses of destruction and removal, together with reasonable
attorneys fees, interest and court costs and shall execute upon
such judgment in the manner provided by law.
Sec. 18-29-8. Collection through taxes. In the event that
the street inspector elects to refer the expenses of destruction
or removal to the county treasurer for inclusion in the tax
notice of the property owner, he shall make in triplicate an
itemized statement of all expenses incurred in such destruction
and removal and shall deliver three copies of the statement to
the county treasurer withinten days after the completion of the
work of destroying or removing such weeds, refuse, objects or
structures.
Sec. 18-29-9. Cpsts of removal to be included in tax notice.
Upon receipt of the itemized statement of the costs of destroying
or removing such weeds, refuse, objects or structures, the county
treasurer shall forthwith mail one copy to the owner of the land
from which the same were removed, together with a notice that
objection in writing to the ..,,oard of County Commissioners may be
made within thirty days to the whole or any part of the state-
ment so filed. The county treasurer shall, at the same time,
deliver a copy of the statement to the clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners. If objections to any statement are filed
with the commissioners, they shall set a date for hearing, giving
notice thereof, and upon the hearing of the matter, fix and
determine the actual cost of destruction or removal, reporting
their findings to the county treasurer. If no objections to the
items of the account are made within thirty days of the date of
mailing, the country treasurer shall enter the amount of such
statement on the assessment rolls of the county in the column
prepared for that purpose. The treasurer shall, within ten days
of the date of the action of the Board of County Commissioners
upon any objections filed, enter in the prepared column, upon
the tax rolls, the amount found by the Board to be the cost of
destruction and removal. If current tax notices have been mailed,
the taxes so incurred may be carried over the rolls to the
following year. After the entry by the county treasurer of the
costs of removing weeds, refuse or unsightly and deleterious
objects or structures, the amount so entered shall have the force
and effect of a valid judgment of the district court, and shall
be a lien upon the lands from which the weeds, refuse or struc-
tures were destroyed and removed, and shall be collected by the
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county treasurer at the time of and in the manner provided for
the payment of general taxes. Upon payment a receipt shall be
acknowledged upon the general tax receipt issued by the
treasurer.
Sec. 18-29-10. Buffer zone. Any property which is abutting
a residential or business area, unless actually used for farming
purposes up to the boundary of said property, is required to
have a buffer zone fifteen feet wide running the full length
adjacent to and abutting any residential or business properties
in which buffer zone the weeds shall be maintained at a height
of not more than six inches.
Sec. 18-29-11. Penalty. Any person violating any provisions
of Chapter 29 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $299.00
or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day a violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense and may be
punished as such."
SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners, it is
necessary to the peace, health and welfare of the inhabitants of Salt
Lake City that this ordinance become effective immediately.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 13ih day of April, 1971.
YOR
ITY ER
(SEAL)
BILL NO. 30 of 1971
Published April 16, 1971
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF U TAH,
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County of Salt Lake
AN ORDINANCE
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SECTION 1 That Chapter,29 of,
rising clerk of the DESERE2'NEWS,a daily (except Sunday)
iro to or ale Lninspection and cieaimQ
! newspaper printed in the English language with general cn.-
'envOf0sP0areceded ro read as diode culation in Utah, and published in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
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kept clean.It Sh011 property to for County, in the State of Utah.
rang,. o�mprsnie.
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City,p eau m,ro tart u,Pheight That the renal notice of which a copy is attached hereto
weeds from hthe wooer,/la fail 1 leg,al .
'from such. cof-
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given • itten nice from the dirge. AxL 9rdinanee.-relsting__to-inapecti:en-arid-cleaning
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for of the Board f Health. t.
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dnlrolh deeds shall bo M ,fain d
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Sec. 10-293. Examination end vestioation.The Board f Health-i3
thereby uthorized to make nine. - --
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erty in Salt Lkoe ners id tlsum-
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e�force 111e provisions ih9ita�
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ascertain
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p mailing 111 �v0estagCe 'tl f
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lisc;ased be the records f the cow, Inn county treasurer shall forthwith
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r th tlat t o-..ker 1, r a e deliver copy f the' Legal A verltsing Clerk
1 ce. O Ce r(ti t1¢,.h[;r b .r,u t statement I the c erk rs 111P Board
nrrIng7A"fa of vdee`�Q's'�i0(e81lhell'erli nut bons`fo lane ofatemenl crag ab1etn
need be served cupbn'lrle s- d the pm heating,
s ing notice
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eradicate dostroy or remove such thirty days of the date of TninO,
weeds_ fuse:obrec LL n sructures Mg c alp treasurer hall enter the
Sal,Laae City 9a,rJ'ofmCentnL<sioen innesnnenl rolls1o15111fe m/nitro le One
_/firs Is authorized eo a plov lupin prop red for that
seN asslstSence biecltlso ecturci Ta'he atlaie acrl„P w letion,S,One
to eV d f y 1 TI H J of e�/ion Cg
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eree. _ 1 I d statement f all t prepared lump, 1 tax
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thereof f ill l a i t 1
a UI payment enf '}h f b J n 1 incurred
ova f Me date f II q 5 n, c 00 d it roes to he — _i5. t r
noticeMlll hedeemed or d' 1 e nit Y Alter the entry by
ed mailed h rcrssec.tl r cerl the cuir tV treasurer se ine costs I Notary Public
lied mail a sdy 01 to or
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me amount 1 em_reasoON i aye mg
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nv/rer pls tool, b, file art f V 0i1 the court, roi which
he al
the am¢r fails for ke par/matt oft lien P n the lands tram v weed the
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the amount set toted' said s he- reds,ra or ov and iwereShal deg
io the clef k if;',fir adinin.l weeds,
andremoved,a c surer be
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i vrerllV days el he Aatn I mat q.l collected b g county treasurer e
eiic7 sireel ,n,for n the tl0/ Of ntl i1 then poor ora-
Id, � uit 10 be brgu[1hi ain I teed for the PnYn1¢nt o r 1
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flare c rf of lave, r refer 9 taxes.Upon a ¢nt fl c<ipfC1snall
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morsel to Il,c r my Irby ru r Ins- be aeknovlleJeaa Uoy fete general
ed his genii r, fox r i i ¢d b ethe reasurer.
nr,Il/1i inr-Collection by lawsuit yy Sec.yy18 29-10. Buffer
In TrZelgnr colleclidV f exele nu psu f Ilal gribUy finless fie a0uliihlessnaasuy llY y througctidn and a nr r p sue
a u
foravde the court,the clef shoe su used for(arrr.inq Said
Purposes fir fo the
fop a eceiVe ludnmenf tor all oundary of sag nroperin,
of with
its•
d are pry i eg'Ve tp rld7 a bvnrr a r=
fees.Ir wan r ouriie romans' teen tact ride ra One ton
shall Interest and no 1 costs and' fence, al cent si es �awning
hall 081 grate noon such low.lodgment �r sldenn l or business in
ihSee h10-00.0. Krieg Iionw'ihrou0n mlalnlarned faros he,ahteofsit tore1
taxes, In the event that tie street than six heS.
inspector elects to refer the exnerses Sec.IB�Or-11. Pene'iv.Ary
fdestruction ooremoval to the violating any provisions of Chapter
unro treasurer for lc tan in the 29 is taly or misdemeanor and
tax notice of the property Owner, 1 r/r conviction thereof shall ben-
hall,lake in triplicate an iitemized lulled by a fine of n I e than
statement f all expenses incurred in $299.00 or na imprisonment in the
<Ieif11tl eshrucn'ti a'cort •s"ol U oa 'a"I a to xceetl ix men Ito
'shal deliver Ili, co le nF I,e r Y bofll y line no co• ntinues
rise-
.t'statement t 1 h [achday a separate
'tl i -f1. 1 I II may
befooe she If
i the k i' u u
eJS,rdUJe. Uecls or altar SECTION g2.mmnssione the rs f the o 's ewe.•
v to the peace health a I-
se 1 the itliahl{ants I Salt l e?-
Ii� �veu�tt llediatcly,a nee necome ef�
SECrlorl 3. This ordinance shall
lake eflncl a n ire first Ptu'0m,ron.
Passed bS nine Beard of Commis-
ol San Lake Ci1Y,Utali,this
IJlhrtlav of April,�9]I RACKSN ccny
LEE
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MERMAN 1,HOGENS'r_N.
City Recorder.
(SEAL)
FOIL N O 30 of 1/5,
Pupdshed April IL,7911 fN.29J
Ned