(A) Whenever an enforcement officer shall find an accumulation of trash, abandoned property, or building materials on the street right-of-way immediately adjoining such premises which separates such premises from a roadway, the enforcement officer shall cause a notice to be placed upon such item or in the immediate vicinity of several such items in substantially the following form:
NOTICE TO THE OWNER OF THESE PREMISES AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ITS MAINTENANCE. Trash, to-wit (setting forth a brief description), located at (setting forth a brief description), is improperly stored in violation of Section ____ of Chapter ____ of the Saginaw Code, and must be removed within 72 hours from the date of this notice; otherwise, it shall be removed by the City of Saginaw, and the costs of removal shall be assessed to these premises.
(B) (1) Such notice shall be not less than eight inches by ten inches and shall be sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to the elements.
(2) In addition to posting, the enforcement officer shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner of the real property upon which the trash is located, as shown by the records of the City Assessor, on or before the date of posting of such notice and to the owner of the trash, if ownership can reasonably be ascertained.
(C) If, at the end of 72 hours after posting such notice, the trash described therein has not been removed, the enforcement officer may cause such trash to be removed, and the costs of removal shall be assessed and levied against the premises from which the trash was removed in the manner prescribed in § 33.21.
(Prior Code, § 94.43) (Ord. D-1659, passed 7-27-1992, effective 8-6-1992)