(A) Whenever the Mayor and the City Council are of the opinion that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building, they shall direct the City Clerk to cause written notice to be served upon the owner and the occupant thereof, if any, by certified mail with return receipt requested or by personal service. The notice shall state that the building has been declared to be in a dangerous condition and that the dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing or altering the building or by demolishing it and removing the debris, and that the condition must be remedied at once. Notice may be in the following form:
To (owner-occupant of premises) of the premises described as: |
You are hereby notified that (describe building) on the premises above-mentioned has been declared to be a nuisance and a dangerous building. The causes of this decisions are (insert facts as to the dangerous condition).You are to remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately or the city will proceed to do so. |
(B) If the person receiving notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination within 30 days from the time this notice is served upon the person by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, the City Council may proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building and shall be entitled to recover the cost of remedying the condition from the owner of the property and shall have a lien on the property therefor. The liens shall be perfected by the City Council causing a claim of lien to be filed in the office of the County Recorder setting forth the amount of the lien.
(C) If the city, after making diligent search and inquiry, cannot ascertain the owner of a dangerous building and there is not an occupant of the dangerous building, the notice provided in this section may be posted on the dangerous building and the posting of the notice shall be sufficient to satisfy the notice requirements of this chapter.
(1986 Code, § 5.16.030) (Ord. 1248, passed - -1984)