(A) Notice of public hearings before the Building and Standards Commission shall be served by personal delivery, certified mail with return receipt requested, or by delivery by the United States Postal Service using signature confirmation service, to the record owners of the affected property, and each holder of a recorded lien against the affected property, as shown by the records in the office of the County Clerk of the county in which the affected property is located if the address of the lienholder can be ascertained from the deed of trust establishing the lien or other applicable instruments on file in the office of the County Clerk.
(B) Notice of public hearings before the Building and Standards Commission shall be served to all unknown owners, by posting a copy of the notice on the front door of each improvement situated on the affected property or as close to the front door as practical.
(C) Notice of public hearings before the Building and Standards Commission shall be posted, personally delivered or mailed on or before the tenth day before the date fixed for the public hearing conducted by the Building and Standards Commission.
(D) Notice of public hearings before the Building and Standards Commission shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, on one occasion on or before the tenth day before the date fixed for the public hearing.
(E) Notice under this section may be in the form of a charging instrument and shall be in accordance with the following:
(1) Be in writing;
(2) Include the street address and/or legal description of the affected property;
(3) Include a general description of the improvements;
(4) Include a statement of the violation(s) and why the notice is being issued;
(5) Include the name and address of the owner(s) of the affected property, if that information can be determined from a reasonable search of the instruments on file in the office of the County Clerk;
(6) If known, include the occupant(s), and other persons interested in the affected property;
(7) Include the date, time and location of the proceedings before the Building and Standards Commission if the code official presented charges of violations before the Commission;
(8) Include any orders issued by the code official or the Building and Standards Commission with the approved period of time to comply with such orders;
(9) Include the property owner’s right to appeal.
(F) Signs, tags or seals posted or affixed by the code official shall not be mutilated, destroyed or tampered with, or removed without authorization from the code official.
(Ord. 11-2018-96, passed 11-27-18; Am. Ord. 04-2023-30, passed 4-25-23)