(A) Whenever a public nuisance is found to exist, the city will give written notice to the owner, occupant, and/or any person holding a beneficial interest in the property upon which such public nuisance exists or upon the person causing or maintaining the nuisance through its Department of Compliance.
(B) The notice shall give the owner, occupant, and/or any person holding a beneficial interest in the property, ten calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice to bring the property into compliance as set forth in the notice.
(C) The notice shall:
(1) Give a statement of the nature and location of the alleged public nuisance;
(2) Give a statement of acts deemed necessary to correct the condition;
(3) Fix a date not sooner than ten days from the date of the receipt of the notice when said property owner, occupant, and/or any person holding a beneficial interest in the property, may appear before the city court to be heard on the question of the alleged public nuisance; and
(4) Give a statement that if the alleged public nuisance is not abated as directed and no request for a hearing is made within the prescribed time, the town may abate the public nuisance and assess the cost thereof against the owner, occupant, or person having a beneficial interest in the property, and that such cost will constitute a lien against the property.
(D) All notices as herein required shall be sent by first class U. S. mail, postage prepaid, to the occupant or owner at the address of the property, if it be a dwelling, and to the last known address of the owner as reflected in the Beech Grove Sewage Works Billing Department. If there is no active Beech Grove Sewage Works account then notice shall be sent to any party having ownership of the property as on record with the Marion County Assessor’s Office and/or the Marion County Recorder’s Office.
(Ord. 4, 2014, passed 6-2-14; Am. Ord. 12, 2015, passed 7-6-15)