It shall be the duty of the designated authority to serve notice, by certified mail, upon the owner’s last known address, and occupant, agent or person in possession or control of any lot, building or premises in or upon which any nuisance may be found, or who may be the owner or the cause of any such nuisance, requiring him or her to abate the same within five days in such a manner as the designated authority shall prescribe; provided that, an owner, occupant, agent or person in possession of any lot, building or premises who receives a notice under this section for sump pump discharge, as defined in § 91.01(O) of this chapter, shall have 180 days from the date on which he or she was served with notice to abate any nuisance caused by sump pump discharge if this discharge originates from sumps, sump pits, sump pumps or other pumps that were in existence at the time of the passage of this subchapter. It shall not be necessary, in any case, for the designated authority to specify in the notice the manner in which any nuisance shall be abated, unless he or she shall deem it advisable to do so.
(Prior Code, § 12-102) (Ord. 1498, passed 9-17-2007)