Sec. 18-3. Complaint; investigation of public nuisance.
   When any condition in violation of this chapter is found to exist, the code enforcement officer or such persons as may be designated by the town council shall give notice to the owner of the premises to abate or remove such conditions within 15 days. Such notice shall be in writing, shall include a description of the premises sufficient for identification and shall set forth the violation and state that, if the violation is not corrected within 15 days, the town may proceed to correct the same as authorized by this chapter. Service of such notice shall be by any one of the following methods:
      (1)   By delivery to any owner personally or by leaving the notice at the usual place of abode of the owner with a person who is over the age of 16 years and a member of the family of the owner.
      (2)   By depositing the notice in the U.S. post office addressed to the owner's address as reflected on the tax records of the county with regular mail postage prepaid thereon.
      (3)   By posting a copy of the notice, in placard form, in a conspicuous place on the premises on which the violation exists, when notice cannot be served by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(Code 1989, § 83.03)