Council may by resolution declare that certain specified sidewalks, curbings, or gutters shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the Clerk of Council shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon the owner, or agent of the owner, of each parcel of land abutting upon such sidewalk, who may be a resident of the City, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. The Clerk shall return a copy of the notice within the time and manner of service endorsed thereon, signed by the person serving it, to the Director of Public Works, who shall file and preserve such return. For the purpose of such service, if the owner of any such property is not a resident of the City, any person charged with the collection of rent, or the payment of taxes on such property, or having control thereof in any way shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon such person shall have the like force and effect as though personal service were made upon the owner thereof. If it appears in any such return, however, that the owner is a nonresident, or that neither such owner or agent could be found, publication of a copy of the resolution in a newspaper of circulation in the City in the manner provided for service and publication of resolutions for street improvements, shall be deemed sufficient notice to such owner. If such sidewalks, curbings, or gutters be not constructed or repaired within 30 days from the service of notice, or the completion of the publication, the Director of Public Works may proceed by direct employment of labor, or by contract, to do or have done the said construction or repair at the expense of the owner and all such expense shall be assessed on all the property abutting or bounding thereon. Such assessment shall be collected in the same manner, with a penalty of five percent and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessing ordinance, as in cases of other improvements.
(Ord. 20-18. Passed 6-18-2018.)