Where the Director has actual notice of the existence of a defective sidewalk, the Director may give written notice to repair the defective sidewalk to the owner of the lot, lots or portions thereof adjacent to or fronting on the defective sidewalk. Service of the notice to repair shall be by either regular U.S. mail or by personal service. The notice to repair shall particularly specify what work is required to be done and how the same is to be done and what materials shall be used in the repair; that if the owner proceeds to undertake the repair by private contract, his/her activities will be governed by the provisions of this chapter; the time period within which the repair must be commenced by the owner; and that if the repair is not commenced within such time period and prosecuted diligently without interruption to completion, the Director may proceed with the repair, and the cost shall be a lien on the property upon the owner's failure to timely reimburse the City for such cost pursuant to section 7-13-6 of this chapter. The materials and construction work shall be in strict conformance with the applicable portions of the City's standard specifications as they now exist, or as they may hereafter be amended.
For the purposes of this section, the owner is deemed to timely commence the repair of the defective sidewalk by the filing of an application for an encroachment permit with the Planning and Development Services Department within the time period specified in the notice to repair. (Ord. 2018-05, 7-17-2018)