The City's Standards for Maintenance of Vacant Parcels and Rocklin Municipal Code Chapter 8.12, require property owners of vacant parcels within the City to clear their properties of weeds and debris thereby eliminating potential fire hazards.
As part of the weed abatement and rubbish program, the City has sent letters to approximately 220 property owners advising them of the City's Standards, advising them of the timelines for compliance, and warning the property owners that failure to comply with the Standards will result in the City performing the weed abatement and charging them for the service. If payment is not made to the City then a lien will be placed against the property.
The properties listed in Exhibit "A" to the Resolution are vacant lots that require weed abatement. Declaring the properties identified in Exhibit "A" public nuisances will allow the City to take action in the event the owners do not complete the required weed abatement by June 1, 2020, and/or fail to address the re-growth issue during the burn season.
To complete the weed and rubbish abatement process, the City is required to hold a hearing to hear objections from any landowners whose property has been declared a nuisance. As required by statute, notices will be sent to the owners of the properties declared a nuisance via certified letters mailed March 25, 2020, and the protest hearing will be set for the April 14, 2020 City Council Meeting.
After hearing the objections, if any, the Council shall allow or overrule any objections. At that time, the City will acquire jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal, if the nuisance is not otherwise timely abated.