Wherever the Chief Enforcement Official finds any service station to be abandoned within the meaning of Section 1327.01, he shall give notice in the same manner as a service of summons in civil cases or by certified mail addressed to the owner of record of the premises at his last known address or to the address to which tax bills are sent, or by a combination of the foregoing methods, to abate such abandoned condition within sixty days either by placing the station in operation in accordance with this Building Code, adapting and using the building for another permitted business use, or by razing the service station structure, removing the pumps and signs, abandoning underground storage tanks in accordance with accepted safe practice as prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association in Appendix C. to N. F. P. No. 30, under the supervision of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and filling depressions to the grade level of the lot. However, if the station is in operation at the time notice is given and remains in operation for ninety consecutive days thereafter, the provisions of this section shall not apply; and if there should be declared a national emergency which would curtail the operation of motor vehicles or if Council should determine that there exists a state of general economic depression, the provisions of this section shall not apply.
(Ord. 40-80. Passed 2-11-80.)
(Ord. 40-80. Passed 2-11-80.)