Whenever the City Engineer determines by inspection that any land or any existing excavation or fill, from any cause, has become a menace to life or limb, endangers public or private property, or adversely affects the safety, usability, or stability of a public way, the owner or other person in legal control of the property concerned, upon the receipt of written notice thereof from the City Engineer, shall correct such condition in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the requirements and conditions set forth in such notice to eliminate the undesirable condition. The owner or other person in legal control of such property shall immediately commence the work required by such notice and shall complete the work within a maximum time of one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of such notice, unless a shorter period of time for completion has been specified in the notice, in which case the owner or other person shall comply within such time as specified.
(§ 2, Ord. 156-NS, eff. August 27, 1970; as amended by § I, Ord. 534-NS, eff. June 19, 1975)