REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Jennifer Villasenor, Director of Community Development
PREPARED BY: Jimmy Hoang, Code Enforcement Manager
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-19 declaring weeds and rubbish a public nuisance and scheduling a Public Hearing on May 6, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to hear protests and objections to the abatement
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Statement of Issue:
Each year, the City identifies privately-owned properties with excessive weeds and/or rubbish that constitute a public nuisance. To address these concerns, the City Council adopts a Resolution declaring the City's intent to abate the nuisance on the identified properties.
Financial Impact:
Declaring properties as a public nuisance has no financial impact on the City.
After the Public Hearing and subsequent removal of weeds and/or rubbish, the City will recover the costs of abatement by assessing the property owners through their property tax bills.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2025-19, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Finding and Declaring That Certain Weeds Growing in the City, and Rubbish and Refuse Deposited on Public Ways and Private Property are a Public Nuisance; and Fixing the Time for Hearing Protests and Objections to the Abatement Thereof."
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt the resolution and provide alternative direction to staff.
Analysis:
The California Government Code authorizes local governments to declare weeds and rubbish a public nuisance as a necessary step before initiating abatement. Consistent with this authority, the City of Huntington Beach has incorporated weed abatement requirements into Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 (Weed Abatement).
Under HBMC Section 8.16.020 (Nuisance Declared), property owners must keep their land free of weeds or other flammable materials that pose a fire hazard.
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