(A) Notice of orders (including orders which have the effect of modifying a previous order), notice of statements of rescission, notice of continued hearings, notice of a statement that public bids are to be let, and notice that a hearing may be held on the amounts indicated in the record shall be given to all persons to whom directed by the following manner of service:
(1) Sending a copy of the order or statement by registered or by registered mail to the residence or place of business or employment of the person to be notified with return receipt requested;
(2) Delivering a copy of the order or statement personally to the person to be notified; or
(3) Leaving a copy of the order or statement at the dwelling house 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 2 times in a newspaper authorized by law to publish notices, which is published in the county where the unsafe premises are located. 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 in the Office of Code Enforcement.
(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 the 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 Office of Code Enforcement; and
(3) In the case of publication, the date of the second day that publication was made.
(1992 Code, § 7-82) (Ord. 584, § 8, passed - -1981)