(a) The city shall provide notice to any person allowing conditions prohibited in §§ 93.51 - 93.52 of the alleged violation. Such notice may be in writing served upon such owner in person by an officer or employee of the city or may be by letter, by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such owner at his postal address. If personal service is not feasible and the owner's address not known, notice may be given by publishing a brief summary of said order two (2) times within ten (10) consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Said notice shall describe the prohibited condition(s) and specify a period of not less than ten (10) days from the date of receipt or publication of the notice in which the prohibited condition(s) is/are to be abated.
(b) If the condition(s) has/have not been abated by the date specified in the notice, the city may abate the condition(s) and may pay therefor and charge the expenses incurred in doing such work or having such work done or improvements made to the owner of such lot or real estate. If such work is done or improvements made at the expense of the city, such expense shall be assessed on the real estate or lot or lots upon which such expense was incurred.
(c) The doing of such work by the city shall not relieve the owner or occupant of said lot or premises from prosecution for failure to comply with such notice of violation cited in this section.
Cross references
Junked motor vehicles as nuisances, §§ 94.32—94.43; regulations regarding nuisances on private property generally, § 95.30—95.34; regulations on collection and disposal of garbage, trash, and other refuse, Chapter 50.