(A) Notices issued by the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee shall be served either personally upon the owner or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the property owner and, if different, the occupant or person in possession of the premises. In cases where all owners cannot be identified or served after due diligence to do so has been exercised by the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee, then notice (and an order) served on any one owner will constitute notice (and an order) to all owners.
(B) If the whereabouts of all owners are unknown and the same cannot be ascertained by the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee in the exercise of reasonable diligence or where none of the owners can be served in the exercise of reasonable diligence by either personal service or by mail, the Town Manager or the Town Manager’s designee shall make an affidavit to that effect and the notice and order may be served by publishing the same (identifying the property location and all known owners) two times, with one publication each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the town. Service shall be complete upon the second such publication and the person or persons served shall have 15 days to abate the public health nuisance. Where service is made by publication, a copy of the notice and order shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises affected by the notice.
(Prior Code, § 1404)