Upon receipt of a report from a City official that a property owner has not complied with an order to perform corrective work, the City Council may, after notice to the property owner and an opportunity to be heard, determine that the condition identified in the notice of violation is a nuisance. The City Council shall conduct a public hearing to receive all evidence from City officials and from the property owner relevant to the City Council’s decision to issue an abatement order. Notice of the public hearing shall inform the recipient of the time, date, and place of the hearing, and shall contain a brief description of the nature of the code violation, the requirement that the property owner correct the code violation, and the admonition that failure to correct the violation may result in the City performing the corrective work and assessing the costs therefor against the real property. Written notice of the public hearing shall be served on the owner of record either in person or by certified mail. If the premises is not occupied, the owner of record is unknown, or if the owner of record or occupant refuses to accept notice, notice of the violation shall be served by posting it on the premises. An abatement order issued by the City Council following a public hearing shall contain:
A. A deadline by which the property owner must complete corrective work;
B. A specific description of the corrective work;
C. An admonition that failure to perform the corrective work by the stated deadline will result in the City performing the corrective work and charging the costs therefor against the owner of the real property; and,
D. An admonition that failure to pay the charged costs will result in those costs being assessed against the real property.
[§ 16C-203, added by Ord. No. 94-3, effective September 9, 1994, amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007, amended by Ord. No. 22-08, effective December 28, 2022.]