Supervisors on Tuesday are set to discuss how to address weed
abatement issues on county plots that are surrounded by properties
in the city.
HOLLISTER
Supervisors on Tuesday are set to discuss how to address weed abatement issues on county plots that are surrounded by properties in the city.
The discussion set for the 9 a.m. meeting at the County Administration Building, 481 Fourth St., comes a little more than a month after a fire at a problematic location near R.O. Hardin Elementary School charred the grass and weeds there and came within feet of several homes’ back yards.
After the blaze, Hollister Fire Chief Fred Cheshire pointed out how the city each spring conducts a weed abatement program in which it tracks the worst offenders and allows property owners to either clean up the messes or pay for them when the city hires a contractor to do the work.
That particular plot east of the school, despite being surrounded by city property, falls into county jurisdiction. Hollister officials, therefore, lack authority to force the abatement.
Planning Director Art Henriques had told the Free Lance that San Benito has just one code enforcement officer for the entire county and she spends 40 percent of her time addressing abandoned vehicles.
