§ 16-8. Issuance, content of order.

(a)

Any order issued pursuant to sections 16-1 and 16-3 through 16-7 above or pursuant to the currently enacted edition of the International Property Maintenance Code shall be in writing, signed by the city administrator, or his designated agent, and delivered to the owner or occupant of the subject real property, an agent of the owner or occupant or the person in control of the subject real property. The order or notice shall be delivered to one (1) of the aforementioned parties in one (1) of the following two (2) methods:

(1)

By certified mail, return receipt requested; or

(2)

By personal delivery by a city officer or employee, who may be but does not have to be an employee of the police department.

The order or notice shall state the conditions on the subject real property which are ordered abated, and the order or notice shall advise the deliveree that, if the conditions listed in the order or notice have not been abated within seven (7) days, the city may proceed with a criminal charge pursuant to section 16-12 and shall proceed according to the provisions of this chapter and other valid legislative enactments to abate the listed conditions and that the costs of such action shall be charged to the owner of the subject real property, shall constitute a lien on such property and may be collected as are real property taxes. The order or notice relating to weeds and grass shall further advise the deliveree that the city shall proceed to continually abate the nuisance every thirty (30) days throughout the current growing season and that the costs of such action shall be so charged and collected.

(b)

In case the owner of any lot or other real property is unknown or the owner's whereabouts are not known or such owner is a nonresident of this state, then a copy of the written notice referred to above shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises.

(Code 1976, § 18-7; Ord. No. 57-95, § 1, 8-15-95; Ord. No. 7-07, § 5, 1-16-07)