Any person with an interest in any property on which a “Notice to Destroy Weeds and to Remove Refuse” sign has been posted may, within ten (10) days of such posting, request a hearing before the City Council with respect to the abatement order. Such request shall be in writing, and shall identify the property and the interest of the person making such request for a hearing. It shall be automatically scheduled for the next regular City Council meeting, at which the Council shall hear and consider all objections to the abatement order. It shall be the responsibility of the party requesting the hearing to ascertain from the City Clerk the date, time and place of the hearing. The hearing may be continued from time to time. By motion or resolution at the conclusion of the hearing, the Council shall allow or overrule any objections. The decision of the Council shall be final and conclusive, and the burden shall be upon the objecting party to show that the abatement order is improper. In holding such hearing, the Council need not adhere to formal rules of evidence. In the event the objections are overruled, the owner and/or occupant will cause such abatement within five (5) days after the date of such hearing or within fourteen (14) days from and after the date such notice was posted, whichever is later, unless a longer period is permitted by the City Council in its motion or resolution overruling such objections.
('61 Code, § 12.35) (Ord. 822, passed - - )