A. Notice To Abate: If any person shall allow any weeds, dry grass or other vegetation to grow on; trash, rubbish or other materials to accumulate on any real property owned or occupied by him/her in the City, the Building Official shall give or cause to be given to the person owning said real property, and the occupant thereof, if any, a fifteen (15) day notice to remove the same and clear up the real property by posting a notice on said property reading approximately as follows:
NOTICE
You are hereby notified that unless you clean up your property within fifteen (15) days from and after the date of this notice, by removing all weeds, rubbish, dry grass, hazardous materials and all other vegetation therefrom, the same will be cleaned up by the City of Corcoran and the cost thereof will be lien against your property and added to the next installment of your City taxes. The property required to be cleaned up is described as follows: Lot , Block , also known as Assessor's Parcel Number , of the City of Corcoran.
Date:
Building Official
B. Owner Defined: For the purpose of this Chapter, the owner is the person to whom said real property is assessed in the County of Kings Assessor's office.
C. Failure To Comply: A copy of said notice shall likewise be mailed together with a copy of this Chapter, to the person to whom said real property is assessed in the County of Kings Assessor's office; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice shall not affect the validity of any lien provided for under the provisions of this Chapter. If at the end of said period mentioned in said notice, said owner has failed to comply with the notice and if he/she has failed to file an appeal with the City Clerk, as hereinafter provided, the Building Official shall contract to have said weeds, rubbish, dry grass, vegetation, or other material removed. A failure to file a written protest within the time stated in the notice with the City Clerk shall be deemed a waiver of all objections to the proposed removal or destruction. (Ord. 370 N.S., 10-6-1980; 1996 Code)
D. Alternative To Posting: As an alternative to posting, notice in the form required in subsection A of this Section may be mailed to the property owners as their names and addresses appear from the last equalized assessment role, or as they are known to the Clerk. (Ord. 425 N.S., 6-2-1986)