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A Resolution Setting A Public Hearing Declaring Weeds To Be A Public Nuisance And Ordering Its Abatement at the Solar Farm located on County Road 65 in Foley.
Summary
The Environmental Department requests a resolution to set a public hearing to declare the overgrowth of grass and weeds to be a public nuisance and call for its abatement. This commercial property has changed ownership multiple times in the recent past, and the landscaped buffer requirements that were reviewed and approved at the Land Development Permit phase still have not been met. The solar farm encompasses multiple parcels, but the uninstalled landscaped buffer and complaints regarding overgrown grass and weeds are concentrated along the north, east, and south east project lines near County Road 65.
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WHEREAS, there have been complaints about the growth of grass, weeds and other vegetative growth located at , Foley, Alabama, Tax Parcel ID# 05-60-01-01-0-000-006.007 and 05-60-01-12-0-000-001.000, and
WHEREAS, investigations by City forces have substantiated the growth is of the type and character that can be a public nuisance as defined in the State of Alabama Code, 1975, §11-67-21, and City Ordinance 1095-09, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Foley will now give notice as prescribed by the State of Alabama Code, 1975, §11-67-22 and §11-67-23, of a Public Hearing to be held to determine if the area should be declared a public nuisance and give the property owners an opportunity to remove the growth of grass, weeds and other vegetative growth.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Foley City Council in regular session on the 3rd day of August, 2026, as follows:
Section 1: Notice of public hearing on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested to the property owners.
Section 2: Notice shall also be given in The Onlooker or The Baldwin Times once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first notice shall be published at least fourteen (14) days p...
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