Notice to abate and remove such nuisance shall be given to each owner or owner’s duly authorized agent and to the occupant, if any, by first-class mail conspicuously marked “legal notice - immediate response required” mailed to the registered owner of the property as shown on the Cheyenne County Assessor’s Office records on the date of mailing, and by conspicuously posting such notice on the lot or piece of ground upon which the nuisance is to be abated and removed. Within five days after receipt of such notice and posting, the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground may request a hearing with the City to appeal the decision to abate or remove a nuisance by filing a written appeal with the office of the City Clerk. A hearing on the appeal shall be held within fourteen days after the filing of the appeal and shall be conducted by the Mayor, as a hearing officer. The hearing officer shall render a decision on the appeal within five business days after the conclusion of the hearing. If the appeal fails, or if the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground does not request a hearing with the City or fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the nuisance, the City may have such work done. The costs and expenses of such work shall be paid by the owner. If unpaid for two months after such work is done, the City may either (a) levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefited in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed or (b) recover in civil action the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground and the adjoining streets and alleys. The equitable remedy provided in this subsection shall be in addition to the penalty provided in either this chapter or Section 606.99.
(Ord. 1224. Passed 8-11-92; Ord. 1670. Passed 12-13-11; Ord. 1740. Passed 7-22-14.)