The city clerk shall issue a notice to each property owner, setting forth the time and place for such hearing and stating the general character of the proposed improvement as outlined in the committee's report and the resolution of the council, insofar as the same affects the individual property owner to whom the notice is directed, and shall cause said notice to be served upon each property owner at least ten (10) days before the time set for the hearing upon the same in the following manner:
A. If the owner in whose name the property stands on the county records can be found within the city, by personal service;
B. If the owner cannot be found within the city, then upon any agent of the owner that can be found within the city, by personal service;
C. If neither owner nor agent can be found within the city, then upon the tenant or occupant of the premises, by personal service;
D. If neither owner, agent or tenant can be found within the city, then by mailing a copy of said notice to such property owner at his last known address, by registered mail, or if no address is known, addressed to such property owner at Payette, Idaho;
E. If the name of the owner is not known, by publication in one issue of the official newspaper of the city. (Prior code § 9-1-5)