Following receipt of an administrative declaration levying an assessment for city abatement costs, the director shall cause the administrative declaration to be served on the owner of the property upon which city abatement work was performed in the following manner:
A. If the administrative declaration levying the assessment provides for collection of the assessment by recordation of the administrative declaration against the property upon which city abatement work was performed, the director shall cause notice of and a copy of the administrative declaration to be served on the owner of record of the property on which the nuisance was maintained, based on the last equalized assessment roll or the supplemental assessment roll, whichever is more current, and in the same manner as required by law for the service of a summons in a civil action, as set forth in Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure (commencing with Section 415.10); provided, however, that in the event the owner of record of the property upon which the city abatement work was performed cannot be found after a diligent search for same, the director shall serve the notice of and copy of administrative declaration by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place upon such property for a period of 10 days, and by publishing a copy of the notice of and a copy of administrative declaration in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of Butte in the manner provided for by Section 6062 of the Government Code.
B. If the administrative declaration levying the assessment provides for collection of a special assessment by inclusion of the assessment on the county tax rolls, the director shall cause notice of and a certified copy of the administrative declaration to be served on the owner of the property upon which the city abatement work was performed by certified mail, to the property owner, if the property owner’s identity can be determined from the records of the Butte County Clerk-Recorder. Such notice shall be given at the time of imposing the assessment and shall specify that the property may be sold after three years by the Butte County Treasurer-Tax Collector for unpaid delinquent assessments.
(Ord. 1891 (part), Ord. 2012 §3 (part), Ord, 2364 §13, Ord. 2592 §1 (part))