(a) The City shall provide written notice to the owner of any property at which a citation, summons or arrest has been made for a disruptive activity. A separate notice shall be provided to the property owner for each citation, summons or arrest made for a disruptive activity occurring on a property.
(b) The notice identified in subsection (a) above shall be deemed to be properly delivered if sent either by first-class mail to the property owner's registered address or, if unavailable, to the property owner's last known address or as may be found in public records, or if delivered in person to the property owner or left at the property owner's usual place of abode in the presence of a competent member of the family at least eighteen years of age or a competent adult residing there. If an adult residing at the current address cannot be located, notice shall be deemed sufficient if posted on the potential disruptive property, and a copy of the notice is sent via first-class mail to the last known address of the property owner.
(c) The notice required by subsection (a) above shall contain the following information:
(1) The street address or legal description sufficient for identification of the property;
(2) A description of the disruptive activity and the date on which the citation, summons or arrest was made;
(3) A statement that the property is declared as a disruptive property, or, if the property has not yet been declared a disruptive property, a statement of the number of subsequent citations, summons and or arrests for disruptive activity which will result in such a declaration;
(4) If the property has been declared a disruptive property, a statement that the occurrence of any subsequent disruptive activity at this property within six months following the date of the notice, may result in the property owner being charged with the costs of the administrative and law enforcement actions taken by the City in response to the disruptive activity;
(5) Notice of property owner's rights to appeal pursuant to Section 692.05 and to obtain, upon written request for such, copies of all documentation supporting the City Manager or his designated representative's determination that disruptive activity has occurred at the property; and
(6) A statement that the property owner shall within ten days of the date of the notice respond to the City Manager or his designated representative in writing stating either:
A. The intent of the property owner to appeal the finding of the City Manager or his designated representative, or his/her designee; or
B. A proposal detailing a course of action by which disruptive activities will be abated at the property.
(Ord. 5038. Passed 9-23-09.)