§ 14-180. Owner to abate nuisances after notification.

(a)

Any owner of real property in the city that permits or allows any condition declared a nuisance in this article on such premises shall abate said nuisance within seven days after the city serves the owner with notice as set forth below.

(b)

If the owner of property in the city does not abate the nuisance by the seventh day after notice is served, the city may:

(1)

Do the work or make the required improvements; and

(2)

Pay for the work done or improvements made and charge the expenses to the owner of the property.

(c)

A notice under this section is served on the date that the notice is:

(1)

Personally delivered to the owner in writing;

(2)

Mailed to the owner at the owner's address as recorded in the appraisal district records of the appraisal district in which the property is located; or

(3)

If personal service cannot be obtained:

a.

Published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city;

b.

Posted on or near the front door of a building on the property; or

c.

Posted on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property, if the property contains no structures.

(d)

If the city mails a notice to a property owner in accordance with subsection (3) of this section, and the United States Postal Service returns the notice as "refused" or "unclaimed," the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered as served on the date that such notice was mailed.

(e)

In a notice provided under this section, the city may inform the owner that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city without further notice may correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the property. If a violation covered by a notice under this section occurs within the one-year period, and the city has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, then the city without notice may take any action permitted by this section and assess its expenses as provided below.

(Code 1995, § 6.105; Ord. No. G-09-06-11-9A1, § I(6.108), 6-11-2009)