If it is found that any owner or occupant of property covered by this article is violating same, he shall be given written notice informing him of the nature of the violation, and those trees, shrubs, hedges or other forms of vegetable growth or other kind of obstruction which constitute a violation, and ordering him or her to comply with the terms of this article by a date to be fixed in the notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the giving of the notice. This requirement of giving written notice shall be satisfied, if such notice is personally delivered to the owner or occupant of the property, or is mailed to him at his last known place of address, postage prepaid, by registered mail of the United States, and the date that notice is either personally served, or so deposited in the mail shall fix the date of giving notice.
(Code 1977, § 60.020(6))