Council may, by resolution, declare that certain specified sidewalks, curbings or gutters shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the passage of that resolution, the City Manager shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon the owner or agent of the owner of each parcel of land abutting upon that sidewalk, who may be a resident of the City, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. He shall return a copy of the notice with the time and manner of services endorsed thereon, signed by the person serving it, to the Municipal Clerk, who shall file and preserve the return. For the purpose of this service, if the owner of any property is not a resident of the City, any person charged with the collection of rent or the payment of taxes on that property, or having control thereof in any way, shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon that person shall have the like force and effect as though personal service were made upon the owner thereof. If it appears in any return, however, that the owner is a nonresident of that neither the owner or agent could be found, one publication of a copy of the resolution in a a daily newspaper of general circulation in the County shall be deemed sufficient notice to the owner.
(1987 Code 53.31)