(A) Notice of orders (including orders which have the effect of modifying a previous order), notice of statement of rescission, notice of continued hearings, notice of a statement that public bids are to be let, and notice of claims for payment shall be given to all persons to whom directed by the following manner of service, any of which may be used:
(1) Sending a copy of the order or statement by registered mail to the residence or place of business or employment of the person to be notified with return receipt;
(2) Delivering a copy of the order by statement personally to the person to be notified; and/or
(3) Leaving a copy of the order or statement at the house or dwelling or usual place of abode of the person to be notified.
(B) In the event service is not obtained by a means described above after reasonable effort, service may be made by publishing a notice of the order or statement at least two times in a newspaper authorized by law to publish notices, which is published in Lake County, Indiana. Publication may be made on consecutive days.
(C) When service is made by any of the means described in this section, except by mailing or by publication, the person making service shall make an affidavit stating that he or she has made the service, the manner in which made, to whom the order or statement was issued, the nature of the order or statement, and the date of service. The affidavit shall be placed on file with the Lake County Planning and Building Department.
(D) The time when notice of the order or statement is deemed given is as follows:
(1) In case of personal delivery or leaving at the dwelling house or usual place of abode, the day when the order or statement is delivered to the person or left at his or her dwelling house or usual place of abode;
(2) In case of mailing, the date shown on the return receipt, or if no date is shown, the date when the return receipt is received by the Lake County Planning and Building Department; and
(3) In the case of publication, the date of the second day that publication was made.
(E) Notice of orders (including orders which have the effect of modifying a previous order), notice of statements of rescission, notice of continued hearings and notice of a statement that public bids are to be let, is not required to be given to a person holding a property interest in an unsafe premises if all of the following conditions exist:
(1) An instrument reflecting the property interest held by the person is not recorded in the Recorder's Office in Lake County, Indiana, where the unsafe premises is located;
(2) The order or statement was recorded in accordance with the provisions of § 155.28; and
(3) The Building Department has neither received the written information nor has actual notice of the identity of the person who holds a property interest in the unsafe premises.
(F) A person who fails to record an instrument reflecting an interest in his or her unsafe premises, is deemed to consent to action taken under this section relative to which notice would otherwise be given.
(Prior Code, § 155.25) (Ord. 1012A, passed 8-13-1985)