(A) Complaints or orders issued by the Public Safety and Housing Officer pursuant to this chapter shall be served upon persons either personally or by registered mail, but if the whereabouts of such persons is unknown and the same cannot be ascertained by the Public Safety and Housing Office in the exercise of reasonable diligence, and the Public Safety and Housing Officer shall make an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of such complaint or order upon such persons may be made by publishing the same once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the town.
(B) A copy of such complaint or order shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises affected by the complaint or order. A copy of such compliant or order shall also be filed with the Clerk of the county and such filing of the complaint or order shall have the same force and effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 5-38) (Ord. passed 5-19-1975)