Resolution 08287e_
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 8287
DECLARING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1325 HIGH STREET A PUBLIC NUISANCE,
DIRECTING OWNER THEREOF TO ABATE SAME BY RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR
OR RAZING, AND NOTIFYING OWNER IF NOT ABATED, CITY BUILDING
INSPECTOR WILL RAZE OR REMOVE SAID STRUCTURE AND CAUSE EXPENSE
THEREOF TO BE MADE A LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY FROM WHICH IT WAS
REMOVED OR RAZED
WHEREAS, Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 4, Title 10, of the Alameda Municipal Code
(consisting of Sections 10-411 through 10-428) provide, among other things, that every building
or structure which has become dilapidated, or structurally unsafe, or which constitutes a fire
hazard, or is a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare for reasons set forth in Section
203, Alameda Building Code, or otherwise as provided by law or ordinance, constitutes a public
nuisance abatable by repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, removal, demolition or razing in
accordance with said sections cf the Alameda Municibal Code; and
WHEREAS, the building located on premises commonly designated as 1325 High Street., in
the City of Alameda, and bearing Assessors description "SW Cor High & Jackson Streets TH S 20.50'
TH W 60', has been reported as dangerous and damaged, whereupon the City Building Official
examined said structure and found it unsafe in the respects defined in said Section 203 and in
violation thereof by reason of the following circumstances:
(1) Structurally unsafe due to deteriorated roof and ceiling.
(2) Broken windows and dilapidated trim.
(3) Plumbing in a state of disrepair.
(4) Inadequate electrical service, deteriorated wiring and weather damaged wiring.
(5) Fire and health hazard due to articles of packaged food and combustible debris.
WHEREAS, following said examination by the Building Official there was duly given written
notice to the owner of said structure stating the defects hereinabove recited, which notice also
complied with subsections (b) and (c) of said Section 203;
WHEREAS, the Building Official gave further written notice to said owner that unless
correction of said defects were made within the time specified in said Section, he would apply to
this Council for its order directing him to proceed with the work specified in the said notice;
and
WHEREAS, the Building Official gave further written notice to said Owner that the City
Council would hear and receive his report of defects and consider his said application, at its
regular meeting to be held Tuesday, December 3, 1974, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. thereof, in the
Council Chambers, located in the City Hall, Alameda, California, and said notice advised said owner
to appear at said time and place to be heard as to why, if any reason there be, the Council should
not make said order; and
WHEREAS, said hearing coming on regularly at the noticed time and place, the Council
having received the Building Official's application and request, and having heard all the evidence
offered and thereupon being fully advised in the premises,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA:
(1) That it is hereby found and determined that the building located at 1325 High
Street, Alameda, California is structurally unsafe and dangerous, constitutes a fire hazard, is
dangerous to human life and constitutes a public health, safety and welfare hazard by reasons ef
its inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence and abandonment, and is thus in violation of
Section 203 of the Alameda Building Code.;
(2) That the particulars contained in the second recital hereinabove, stating the
reasons why said structure is in violation of said Section, are hereby found to be true;
(3) That by reason thereof said structure is hereby found and determined to be a public
nuisance, which is hereby ordered to be abated by reconstructing or properly repairing same,
or by razing or removing same from the premises;
(4) That the owner be and he hereby is directed and ordered to cause said abatement
within thirty days from the passage of this resolution, and that the Building Inspector cause a copy
hereof to be posted conspicuously on said structure and mail another copy to Thomas B. and May d.
Mew, 262 Beach Road, Alameda, California, the persons named es the owners thereof on the bookS of
the City Assessor;
(5) That thirty days after said posting the Building Inspector shall be deemed to have
acquired jurisdiction to abate said nuisance by removing or razing the structure heroin condemned,
unless said owner or his agent shall have in the meantime abated same;
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(6) That the costs of said abatement, if caused by the Building Inspector, shall
be paid from the City Treasury, shall thereafter be charged to the owner of said premises as a
special assessment upon said real property, shall constitute a lien thereon, the amount added to
the next succeeding City tax bill, and shall he collectible at the same time and in the same
manner es general municipal taxes are collected. At the conclusion of said work of abatement
there shall be filed with this Council a statement of the costs thereof, and a copy shall be sent
to said owner, who shall have thirty days thereafter in which to pretest or object to said costs,
in which case there shall be a hearing set by this Council on such cost protest to settle the
amount of such lien.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
3rd day of December, 1974, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Corica, Hurwitz, McCall and President La Croix, Jr., (5).
NOES: None,
ABSEWF: None,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 4th day of December, 1974.
(SEAL) ETHEL M. PITT
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of 'City of Alameda
Resolution No. 8287, DECLARING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1328 HIGH STREET A PUBLIC NUISANCE, DIRECTING
OWNER THEREOF TO ABATE SAME BY RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR RAZING, AND NOTIFYING OWNER IF NOT ABATED,
CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR WILL RAZE CR REMOVE SAID STRUCTURE AND CAUSE EXPENSES THEREOF TO BE MADE A
LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY FROM WHICH IT WAS REMOVED OR RA/FO", introduced and adopted by the Council of
the City of Alameda on the 3rd day of December, 1974.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda