(A) Service of any city code violation notice shall be made by the person issuing the notice by:
(1) Handing the notice to the person responsible for the city code violation;
(2) Handing the notice to the responsible person or leaving the notice with any person 12 years of age or older at the residence of the responsible person;
(3) Mailing the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person responsible for the city code violation; or
(4) Posting the notice upon the property where the city code violation is found when the person is the owner or manager of the property.
(B) The correctness of facts contained in any city code violation notice shall be certified by the person issuing the notice by:
(1) Signing his or her name to the notice at the time of issuance; or
(2) In the case of a notice produced by a computer, by signing a single certificate, to be kept by the City Code Enforcement Commissioner, attesting to the correctness of all notices produced by the computer while under his or her control.
(C) The original notice shall be kept by the System Coordinator, Police Records Department, for the City Code Enforcement Commissioner. A copy or a facsimile of the city code violation notice shall be retained by the city department issuing the notice and kept by the city department as a record in the ordinary course of business.
(D) Any city code violation notice issued, signed and served in accordance herewith, or a copy of the notice, shall be prima facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown on the notice and shall be admissible in any subsequent administrative or legal proceeding.
(Ord. 97-53, passed 12-9-1997)