Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 8 — Health and Safety›Chapter 8.36 — NUISANCE ABATEMENT
South El Monte Municipal Code Art. III Weed Abatement
South El Monte Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South El Monte
Cite as: South El Monte Municipal Code Article III · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 8.36.115. Seasonal and recurrent weeds—Declaration of public nuisance—Preventive…¶
A. In the event that the code enforcement officer should find noxious or dangerous weeds which are seasonal and/or recurrent nuisances situated upon any street, parkway, sidewalk or private property in the city, the city council may, by resolution, declare the seasonal and/or recurrent weeds to be a public nuisance and may authorize abatement of such seasonal and/or recurrent nuisances in accordance with this chapter. Any number of streets, parkways, sidewalks or parcels of private property may be included in one resolution.
B. Upon the second and any subsequent occurrence of such nuisance on the same parcel or parcels within a one-year period from the date of the resolution, no further hearings need to be held and it shall be sufficient to mail a postcard notice to the owners of the property as they and their addresses appear upon the current assessment roll. The notice shall, in addition to containing all other matters required by this chapter, state that noxious or dangerous weeds of a seasonal and/or recurrent nature are growing on or in front of the property.
C. In the event that the city council finds and declares that weeds on a specified parcel or parcels of property are a seasonal and/or recurrent nuisance, and the city is once required to abate such nuisance, then before and during the next germinating season of such weeds, the city may provide for the preventive abatement of such nuisance by using chemical control of such weeds.
D. In the event that the city determines to provide for preventive abatement of weeds by using chemical control, the notice required by this section shall, in addition to containing all other required matters, state that the efficient and economical control of such seasonal and recurrent nuisance requires preventive chemical control of such weeds and that the city may require preventive chemical control of such nuisance.
E. In the event weeds are found to be a nuisance pursuant to this article, the owner and occupant shall be jointly and severally liable for abating the nuisance and for all costs associated with the abatement pursuant to Section 8.36.030, which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.
(Ord. 1092 §§2, 4, 2007)
§ 8.36.120. Notice of recurrent nuisance—Posting required.¶
After passage of the resolution, the code enforcement officer, or a duly authorized representative of the code enforcement officer, shall conspicuously post notices, or cause notices to be conspicuously posted, on or in front of the property on or in front of which the nuisance exists. The notice shall be posted no later than the sixth day prior to the day for hearing objections by the city council.
(Ord. 1092 §2, 2007)
§ 8.36.125. Notice of recurrent nuisance—Location for posting—Number.¶
At least one notice shall be posted on or in front of each lot or parcel of land on or in front of which the nuisance exists. If any such lot or parcel is more than one hundred feet in width, one extra notice shall be posted on or in front of such lot or parcel for each additional one hundred feet of width or portion thereof. Whenever more than one notice is required to be posted on or in front of one lot or parcel, such notices shall be not more than one hundred feet apart.
(Ord. 1092 §2, 2007)
§ 8.36.130. Seasonal and recurrent weeds—Notice—Form.¶
The posted notice to destroy seasonal and recurrent weeds shall be substantially in the following form:
| NOTICE TO DESTROY SEASONAL AND RECURRENT WEEDS |
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| NOTICE is hereby given that on ____, 20, the council of the city of South El Monte adopted a resolution declaring that noxious or dangerous weeds which are seasonal and recurrent nuisances are situated upon or in front of the property on this street in South El Monte, California, and more particularly described in the resolution, and that such constitutes a public nuisance which shall be abated by removal of the weeds. The efficient and economical control of such seasonal and recurrent nuisance requires preventive chemical control of such weeds, and the city of South El Monte may therefore require preventive chemical control of such nuisance. If the nuisance is not removed or abated by the property owner, it shall be abated and may be chemically treated by the city of South El Monte and the cost and expense of removal, abatement, and chemical treatment assessed upon the land from or in front of which the weeds are removed or treated by preventive chemical control, and such cost will constitute a lien upon such land until paid. Reference is hereby made to said resolution for further particulars. A copy of said resolution is on file in the office of the city Clerk of the city of South El Monte, City Hall, South El Monte, California. |
| All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of such weeds and proposed preventive chemical control are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the South El Monte City Council, in the council chambers, City Hall, 1415 Santa Anita Avenue, South El Monte, California, on _______, 20, at the hour of _______p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, when their objection will be heard and be given due consideration. |
| Dated:____, 20. City of South El Monte Code Enforcement Officer |
(Ord. 1092 §2, 2007)
§ 8.36.135. Alternative method of giving notice of recurrent nuisance.¶
A. As an alternative to posting notice of the resolution and notice of the meeting when objections will be heard, the city council may direct the code enforcement officer to mail, or the code enforcement officer without such direction may in his or her discretion mail, written notice of the proposed abatement to all persons owning property described in the resolution. The code enforcement officer, if this alternative method of giving notice is followed, shall cause such written notice to be mailed to each person to whom such described property is assessed in the last equalized assessment roll available on the date the resolution was adopted by the city council. The addresses of the owners shown on the assessment roll shall be conclusively deemed to be the proper address for the purpose of mailing such notices.
B. The notices, if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deposited in the United States mail no later than the sixth day prior to the day for hearing objections by the city council.
C. Any notices mailed pursuant to this section shall be substantially in the form provided by Section 8.36.130, except that the notices shall be signed by the city clerk.
(Ord. 1092 §2, 2007)
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