(A) Written notice. After the making of such order, written notice thereof shall be given to the owner or holder of record title, or to the agent of the owner, and to the purchaser under contract for deed of property in front of which or adjacent to which the sidewalk, curb and/or gutter has been ordered to be constructed, replaced or repaired.
(B) Service of notice. Service of the written notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the owner or agent of the owner at the owner’s last known address and deposited in the United States Post Office along with all necessary postage fees prepaid thereon; or by publication thereof once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city. The date of the service shall, in the case of notice by mail, be deemed to be the date of the mailing of such notice, or, in the case of service by publication, the date of the first publication of notice and service shall be deemed complete on such dates.
(C) Contents of notice.
(1) The notice shall refer to the order and the date thereof and shall describe the nature of the work ordered, designating the name of the street along which the sidewalk, curb and/or gutter is located and specifying the number of the block and the number or description of the lot or parcel adjacent to which such work is ordered.
(2) The notice shall further state that if the owner or agent of such owner of the property in front of which or along which the sidewalk, curb and/or gutter has been ordered constructed, replaced or repaired shall fail, refuse or neglect to construct, replace or repair such sidewalk, curb and/or gutter within a period of 30 days from and after the date of service of the notice, the city shall cause such construction, replacement or repair to be done and the cost of such work, together with all incidental and necessary costs and expenses connected therewith (including, without limitation, costs for engineering, notice, publication, inspection, grade, fill, preparation of assessment rolls, plans, specifications, superintendence and postage) will be assessed against the parcel of land or lot in front of which or along which the sidewalk, curb and/or gutter is situated and that the assessment will become a lien upon such parcel or lot.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-6)