(A) Upon a determination that any of the conditions described in §50.35 exist, the City, by and through the Director of Planning and Inspections or his or her delegate, shall cause a written notice to be served upon the property owner, lessee, occupant, or person in charge of the property in question. The notice shall state the person or persons to be served and describe the property sufficiently to identify it and shall recite the conditions constituting a public nuisance and shall order the abatement of the nuisance within ten days from service of the notice. Service of the notice may be effected by one of the following methods or by any other method permitted by law:
(1) By personally delivering a copy of the notice to any person capable of receiving process for the party being served under Rule 4 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; or
(2) By mailing a copy of the notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party to be served, and which is delivered to the addressee.
(B) If either of the two methods of service specified in division (A) above is attempted without success, then the notice may be served by publishing the notice one time in a newspaper qualified for legal advertising and having general circulation in the City.
(1989 Code, § 7-12) (Ord. passed 6-28-1993; Ord. 01-06, passed 6-11-2001; Ord. 09-O-06, passed 4-27-2009; Ord. 18-O-04, passed 8-27-2018)