(a) When the Director is required to give notice to the owner or occupant of any private property to carry out any of the provisions hereinbefore set forth, such notice shall be in writing, shall state the particular thing which the Director requires the owner to do, the time in which the work shall be performed and shall contain a statement notifying such owner that if the work ordered by such notice is not done according to the terms of and within the time specified in such notice, that such work will be done at the expense of the City and that the entire cost thereof shall be a lien upon the private property whereon such tree stands. The notice shall also contain a further statement that when such cost has been ascertained, such owner shall be billed therefor by the City, and the amount of such bill shall be payable in cash at the office of the Director of Finance at the City Hall within thirty days from the date such bill is presented, and that upon failure to so pay such bill the amount thereof, together with the penalty of five percent (5%), shall be certified by the Director of Finance to the County Auditor to be collected with the other taxes for the ensuing tax year.
(b) Notice shall be served personally or by registered mail to the last known address of the owner, occupant or other person having charge of such property. If the addresses are unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish such notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
(Ord. 5641-86. Passed 5-19-86.)