(A) (1) Upon investigation and finding by any city officer that any premises within the city is being maintained contrary to any provision of § 50.05, the Mayor is hereby vested with authority to give written notice, which may be served in any manner authorized by law, to the owner, occupant or person in charge of such premises, or to any two or all three of them, believed to be responsible for such violation.
(2) This notice shall specify the condition which constitutes the violation and shall direct the addressee to abate such violation within a period of time which shall be stated therein and which shall be not less than three days nor more than ten days after service of such notice has been accomplished. Such notice shall also warn the addressee that failure to comply with the directive contained therein shall subject him or her to prosecution for a violation of § 50.07 and, in addition shall render him or her liable to the city for any costs and expenses which may be incurred by the city in the abatement of such violation under the provisions of division (B) below.
(B) If, upon the expiration of the time specified in any such notice for the abatement of an existing condition such condition has not been abated, the Mayor shall provide for the abatement of such condition by the most expedient means, and the costs and expenses thereby incurred shall be collected by the City Treasurer from the delinquent addressee of such notice in any manner provided by law for the recovery of taxes, charges or other debts due the city.
(Prior Code, § 923.06)