Resolution 10222CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 10222
DECLARING STRUCTURES LOCATED AT RATTO FARM ON BAY FARM
ISLAND PUBLIC NUISANCES, DIRECTING OWNERS THEREOF TO
ABATE SAME BY RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR RAZING AND
NOTIFYING OWNERS IF NOT ABATED CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR
WILL RAZE OR REMOVE SAID STRUCTURES AND CAUSE EXPENSES
THEREOF TO BE MADE LIENS ON REAL PROPERTIES FROM WHICH
THEY WERE REMOVED AND 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 of the Alameda Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the structures located on premises commonly designa-
ted as the Ratto Farm on Bay Farm Island, in the City of Alameda,
and described as five buildings comprised of a 2-story house, garage,
storage shack, water tower, and barn, have been reported as dilapi-
dated buildings, whereupon the City Building Official examined and
caused to be photographed the exterior of said structures and
believes them to be in violation of Section 203 by reason of the
following circumstances:
(1) The five (5) buildings are structurally unsafe and
constitute a fire hazard.
(2) It is assumed from pictorial evidence that interior
and exterior floors, walls, ceilings and utilities
are damaged to the extent of being dangerous for
habitation or other usage.
WHEREAS, following said determinations and upon direction
of the City Council, on December 6, 1983 there was duly given
written notice to the owners of said structures to appear before
the City Council at its regular meeting to be held Tuesday,
December 20, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in the City
Hall, Alameda, California, to be heard, and show cause, if any
they have, why said buildings should not be condemned as a public
nuisance and said nuisance be abated by reconstructing or properly
repairing said buildings, or by razing or removing the same; and
WHEREAS, said hearing coming on regularly at the noticed
time and place, the Council having received the Building Official's
statement of condition, and having heard all the evidence offered
and thereupon being fully advised in the premises;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA:
(1) That it is hereby found and determined that the five
buildings located at the Ratto Rarm, Bay Farm Island,
Alameda, California are structurally unsafe and
dangerous, constitute a fire hazard, are dangerous to
human life and constitute a public health, safety and
welfare hazard by reason of their inadequate maintenance,
dilapidation and abandonment, and are thus in violation
of Section 203 of the Alameda Building Code;
(2) That by reason thereof said five structures are 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.;
(3) That the owners be and they are hereby 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 conspicously
on each of said structures and mail a copy to each of
the following named persons named as owners thereof on
the books of the City and County Assessor, at the
following addresses:
Mr. and Mrs. A. Ratto
1112 Broadway
Alameda, CA 94501
Mr. and Mrs. A. McKee
1308 Hansen Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Ms. Andrea Caviglia
2524 San Jose Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
HBI Associates, Inc.
P. 0. Box 1450
Alameda, CA 94501
Andrew Caviglia
393 N. Clark Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94022
Ben Ratto
110 Garden Road
Alameda, CA 94501
Lena Purcell
1208 Fountain Street
Alameda, CA 94501
Giovanni Ratto
3430 Camanoe Lane
Alameda, CA 94501
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bertolino
P. O. Box 2343
Arnold, CA 95223
Ms. Teresa Ratto
1930 Jefferson Street
Napa, CA 94558
George Arada
3250 Calhoun Street
Alameda, CA 94501
Mel Kahn
P. 0. Box 524
Alameda, CA 94501
Ms. Jean Larkin
16 Las Vegas Road
Orinda, CA 94563
(4) 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 five
structures herein condemned, unless said owners or
their agents shall have in the meantime abated same;
(5) 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 owners of said
premises as a special assessment upon said real property,
shall constitute a lien thereon, the amount added to the
next succeeding tax bill, and shall be collectible at
the same time and in the same manner as general taxes
are collected. At the conclusion of said work of abate-
ment there shall be filed with this Council a statement
of the costs thereof, and a copy shall be sent to said
owners, who shall have thirty days thereafter in which
to protest 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.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in
a regular meeting assembled on the 20th of December, 1983, by the foliowing
vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gorman, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and President Diament 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my; hand and affixed
of said City this 21st day of December, 1983.
Deputy City Clerk of the City of Alameda