(a) Whenever the Health Officer shall have knowledge of the existence of any thing or condition constituting a nuisance dangerous to the public health or whenever the Mayor or Chief of Police shall have knowledge of the existence of any thing or condition constituting a nuisance but which is not, per se, dangerous to the public health, such Health Officer, Mayor or Chief of Police shall give notice to the person responsible for such nuisance to show cause before Council, at a time and place to be specified in such notice, why such nuisance should not be abated, discontinued or removed. Such notice, shall not be valid unless served on the party to whom it is directed at least five days before the time specified in such notice for the hearing before Council. In case of epidemic the Health Officer, with the approval of Council, may, by general order, direct a shorter time.
(b) Such notice shall be served as writs of summons are served in civil cases.
(1978 Code Sec. 17-2.)
(c) In the event such notice cannot be personally served upon the person to whom directed for the reason that such person cannot be found in the City, the Health Officer, Mayor or Chief of Police shall cause such notice to be published for five successive days in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City. In computing such five successive days, only those days upon which the newspaper in question is published shall be counted. The return of "not to be found in City" made upon the notice by the officer attempting to serve the same shall be conclusive evidence that the person to whom the notice is directed cannot be found in the City. (1978 Code Sec. 17-3.)