(A) Notices. To initiate abatement proceedings, the City Manager, or designee, will cause written notice to be mailed and conspicuously posted on the property containing a nuisance. Notice will be titled in letters at least one inch in height and read substantially as follows:
Notice of Public Nuisance Hearing
On _____, 20___, the City of Santa Paula will determine whether this property known and designated as, constitutes a public nuisance. If this property is found to constitute a public nuisance as defined by the Santa Paula Municipal Code ("SPMC"), and if the public nuisance is not promptly abated by the responsible person as ordered by the hearing officer, then the City will abate the nuisance. If the City abates the nuisance, the cost of these proceedings, all previous code enforcement efforts concerning this condition of the property, and the cleaning, clearing, rehabilitation, repair, or demolition by the City will constitute a special assessment and a Nuisance Abatement Lien upon such land until paid. The City may foreclose on any such lien in order to reimburse the City for these costs.
The alleged violations consist of the following:
The methods of abatement available are:
All persons having any objection to, or interest in, said matters should attend a hearing to be conducted by the City Manager or designee, to be held at _______ on _____, ____ at the hour of _____.m., when their testimony and evidence will be heard and given due consideration.
Dated:
___________________
Department Officer
(B) Mailing/posting. Notice of the hearing will be served by posting the subject property and by registered or certified mail (postage fully prepaid) addressed to the owner of the property at the address appearing on the last equalized assessment roll or the supplemental roll, whichever is more current before the hearing notice is mailed. The notice will be posted on the property and mailed at least ten days before the hearing date. Proof of posting and mailing will be by declaration. Failure of any person to receive the notice will not affect the validity of any set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 1072, passed 9-15-03)