The summons provided for in § 92.18 shall require the owner to appear in person or by agent at a place and time not less than seven days after the date of mailing or personal service of said summons. At said hearing, the property owner may make any statement or present any testimony in his or her behalf. If the owner fails to appear or if the Judge of the Municipal Court shall find at the conclusion of the hearing that a public nuisance does exist, the Judge of the Municipal Court shall issue a written order directing and requiring the owner to abate the nuisance before a specified day and thereafter to keep the premises free from said nuisance. Any summons or notice to the owner herein required to be given shall be sufficient if served in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the last known address of the owner, as shown on the records of the County Treasurer.
(Prior Code, § 13-8)