(a) Upon discovery of a violation of this Chapter, the Department shall issue a written notice of the violation to the Owner.
(b) The notice required in this Section shall be delivered by one or more of the following methods:
(1) Certified mail delivery (return receipt requested), which shall be deemed effective as of the date of receipt identified on the return receipt or as noted by the U.S. Postal Service;
(2) Courier service, which shall be deemed effective as of the date of receipt as identified by the courier service;
(3) Hand or personal delivery, which shall be effective when delivered to an adult at the Owner's address;
(4) Facsimile delivery, which shall be is effective when the facsimile transmission has been transmitted to the facsimile number provided for that purpose and the Department has received confirmation of the facsimile transmission;
(5) Electronic mail delivery is effective when the electronic mail has been sent to the Owner's electronic mail address without notice of rejection of message.
(c) It is not a defense to any subsequent enforcement action that the notice provided by the Department was not actually delivered to the Owner provided that one of the methods of delivery set forth in Section 1369.13(b) was attempted in good faith by the Department but was not accomplished through no fault of the Department.
(Ord. 2021-7. Passed 3-23-21.)