Ordinance - 1758ORDINANCE NO. 1758
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 26,
ARTICLE VIII, DIVISION 2 AS IT RELATES TO
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OF SINGLE-FAMILY
• RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES (Amendment No. 215)
The City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
does ordain as follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Chapter 26, Article VIII, Division 2, of
the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section
26-414 to read as follows.:
Section 26-414 Landscape Maintenance
It is the intent of this section to protect properties and
residential neighborhoods by estabrishing maximum tolerability limits
and minimum maintenance standards as they relate to the maintenance
of residential properties. All landscaping of residential properties
shall be maintained in a manner which does not have a detrimental
effect on adjacent or nearby property. For example, the following
conditions shall be deemed unsightly and subject to resolution by
provisions of this Chapter if found on any property:
a. Overgrown vegetation
b. Dead, decayed, diseased trees, weeds or other vegetation
which constitutes unsightly conditions.
C. Lack of landscaping or the maintenance thereof which
results in a substantial diminution of value of adjacent
properties.
d. Depreciation of the aesthetics of the neighborhood.
Violations of this section shall be subject to enforcement procedures
found in Section 1-37.2 of the West Covina Municipal Code.
Prior to any official notice of violation, the resident/property
owner will be contacted requesting voluntary abatement of the noted
violation.
SECTION NO. 2: The City Council finds.and determines that
said amendment to the Municipal Code is a minor modification to the
City's Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, categorically exempt
(Class 5) from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA).
SECTION NO. 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance and shall cause same to be published as required by
law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of November , 1987.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do here-
by certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1758 was regularly in-
troduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 11th day of November , 1987. That,
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of November
1987, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Tennant, Bacon, Manners, Chappell
NOES: Counci lmembers : None
ABSENT: Counci lmembers: Shearer
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State
of California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. / %s F was published, pursuant to law, in the San
• Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, City Clerk
City of West Covina, Cal6 ornia
DATED: S/•f���