6-6-2: ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCE:
The following are the prescribed means of abating public nuisances under this chapter:
   A.   City Owned Property: Any public nuisance under this chapter which is located on City owned property shall be pruned, removed, or otherwise treated by the Public Works Department of the City in whatever fashion is required to cause the abatement of the nuisance within a reasonable time after its discovery.
   B.   Private Property: Any public nuisance under this chapter which is located on private property shall be pruned, removed, or otherwise treated by the property owner in whatever fashion is required to cause the abatement of the nuisance.
   C.   Notice: No property owner may be found guilty of a violation of this chapter unless and until the following requirements of notice have been satisfied:
      1.   A City employee shall cause a written notice to be sent by registered or certified mail to the owner of the property upon which the nuisance is found.
      2.   Such notice shall describe with particularity the tree or other plant which has been declared to be a public nuisance and actions which the property owner may undertake to abate the nuisance, and shall require the elimination of the nuisance within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice by the property owner, provided that, upon a showing of good cause, said period may be extended for thirty (30) additional days.
      3.   If the property owner cannot be located following diligent inquiry by the City employee, such notice shall be served upon the occupant or person in charge of the property upon which the nuisance is located and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least once, but no action may be taken under this section until thirty (30) days after the time of publication.
   D.   Immediate Abatement: The foregoing provisions of this section notwithstanding, the City is empowered to cause the immediate abatement of any public nuisance under this chapter or to seek from any court of competent jurisdiction an order directing the immediate abatement of any public nuisance under this chapter, provided that the nuisance is declared by the City to threaten imminent and serious danger of injury or death to any person and provided that the owner of the property on which the nuisance is located cannot be found. (Ord. 829, 3-3-1986)