(a) In addition to the penalties herein provided, the Mayor may cause written notice to be served on the owner, lessee or occupant of such real estate. Such notice shall set forth the nature of the condition, the Mayor’s estimate of the cost of abating the same if done by the Village, a reasonable time determined by the Mayor within which the owner may abate such conditions, and the statement that unless the conditions are abated within the stated time, they may be abated by the Village and the cost of abatement assessed on the real estate above mentioned. Such notice may be served by delivering it personally to the owner or leaving it at the owner’s usual place of business or residence, or by posting it in a conspicuous place on the real estate above mentioned, or by mailing it to the owner, or by publishing it once in a newspaper of general circulation within the Village if it cannot be served in any of the other ways above mentioned.
(b) If the conditions are not abated within the required time, the Mayor shall cause its abatement and shall report the cost thereof to Council, which may assess the same on the real estate on which the condition existed, or the cause or source thereof is located.
(c) The Mayor shall, however, furnish the owner, lessee or occupant of the real estate on which such condition exists with the statement of the cost of abating the same as soon as such cost can be ascertained, and shall notify the owner to pay such cost within such reasonable time as the Mayor shall fix, but not less than thirty days. In case such cost is not paid within the time fixed by the Mayor, the Mayor shall report such fact to Council, which may assess the same on the real estate on which the condition exists. If such assessment is not paid in cash within thirty days from the date of assessment by Council, it shall be duly certified to the County Auditor as provided by law to be placed upon the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected in annual installments. (Ord. 2007-47. Passed 11-13-07.)