(A) All reports or complaints of nuisance conditions shall be directed to and received by the City Clerk. Upon receiving a report, the Clerk shall cause an investigation to be made of the real property that is the subject of the report. Upon determining from the investigation that evidence of nuisance conditions exist, the Clerk shall cause notice of such conditions to be given to the owner. In addition to the notice to the owner, the Clerk may also provide notice to any party, other than the owner, who is renting, leasing or occupying the premises.
(B) The notice to the owner shall provide the following information:
(1) Name(s) of the owner(s);
(2) Street address of the real property that is the subject of the notice;
(3) Legal description of the real property that is the subject of the notice;
(4) Mailing address of the owner to whom notice is given;
(5) Brief description of the nuisance conditions;
(6) Warning that owner has 30 days from the date of the notice to eliminate or remove the nuisance conditions; and
(7) Notice that, unless nuisance conditions are eliminated or removed satisfactorily by the deadline, the city will clean up the nuisance conditions and charge the clean-up cost, along with a specified administrative fee, to the owner and, if not paid, the cost and fee will be levied as a special assessment against the property as a lien and collected in the same manner as real estate taxes.
(C) (1) Notice of a violation shall be served by:
(a) Personal delivery to the owner; or
(b) First class mail through the United States Postal Service to the last known address of the owner or the address shown in the real estate tax records of the county.
(2) In case of multiple owners, the notice will be served personally or mailed to the owner or person who the records of the county show as the designated party to whom real property tax notices or other tax related documents are sent or given. Notice is deemed given when deposited with the United States Postal Service or personally delivered.
(Ord. 18-041717, passed 4-17-2017)