(A) The Director shall cause copies of the notice to be served upon each of the following: the person, if any, occupying or in real or apparent charge and control of the premises involved; the owner of record title to the premises; the holder of any mortgage, trust deed or other lien or encumbrance of record on the premises; the owner or holder of any lease or record to the premises; and the record holder of any other estate or interest in or to the building or structure or the land upon which it is located.
(B) The notice shall be served personally upon any person entitled thereto if he or she can be found within the city limits. If any person entitled thereto is not found within the city limits, service shall be made by depositing a copy of the notice in the United States post office, properly enclosed in a sealed envelope and with the postage thereon fully prepaid. The mail shall be registered or certified, return receipt requested, and addressed to the person entitled thereto at the address of the person as it appears on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or as known to the Director or Chief. If no such address so appears or is known to the Director or Chief, then a copy shall be addressed to such person at the address of the building or structure involved. Service by registered or certified mail shall be complete on the day of its deposit in the mail. The failure of any owner or other person to receive such notice shall not affect in any manner the validity of any proceedings taken under this chapter.
(C) One certified copy of the notice shall be conspicuously posted on the building or structure involved.
(D) The notice shall be posted and served as designated in this section at least 30 days before the time fixed for the hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(E) Proof of service of the notice and posting thereof shall be documented at the time of service by a declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person effecting service, declaring the time and manner in which such notice was given and posted. He or she shall file the declaration in the Director’s office and therewith any receipt card which may have been returned to him or her in acknowledgment of the receipt of the notice by registered or certified mail.
(F) The City Clerk, upon receipt of the notice of hearing to abate nuisance, shall send for recording in the office of the Recorder of the County of Riverside, State of California, a notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding, and the notice shall constitute notice to any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of property involved in the proceedings, and he or she shall be bound by the proceeding described in this chapter in the same manner as if he or she had been the owner at the time of commencement of the proceeding and had been properly served at that time. The notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding shall constitute a lien on the parcel of property on which the condemned structure stands, as described in the notice of pendency of the administrative proceeding.
(`78 Code, § 15.56.070.) (Ord. 1824 § 4, 1987.)