(A) In the event any property owner, tenant, or contract purchaser resides at, occupies or owns a place containing any of the conditions described in § 93.02(A), the Clerk-Treasurer, a Butler Police Officer, the City Planner, the City Attorney, the City Superintendent, or other designated employee or official of the city, shall notify, in writing, the owner or occupant of any such lot, place, or area within the city, or the agent of the owner, to abate such conditions located on the owner’s property or on the sidewalk abutting these areas. Such notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the owner, occupant, or agent of the owner, at the last known address of the owner as shown by the records in the Courthouse of DeKalb County or at the address of the property in question. Such notice may also be posted in the yard or be personally served by an official of the city. If the notice is personally served, the person serving the notice shall prepare and file with the city a return of service showing the date notice was served, who it was served on, and signed by the person who served the notice. In the event the owner or occupant of the real estate shall refuse to accept the certified mail sent by the city, notice shall be given as provided in Rule 4.1 of the Indiana Trial Rules.
(B) In the event any property within the city limits contains a nuisance, the police, or any other city employee or official, shall notify the owner, tenant, or resident as the case may be, that they are in violation of the city ordinances and that they have seven days to remove the nuisance from the real estate.
(Ord. 883, passed 9-5-78; Am. Ord. 1073, passed 12-2-85; Am. Ord. 1160, passed 7-16-90; Am. Ord. 1309, passed 4-20-98; Am. Ord. 1395, passed 9-16-02; Am. Ord. 1490, passed 5-5-08; Am. Ord. 1568, passed 6-4-12; Am. Ord. 1663, passed 4-2-18)