1. The City Administrator (or any enforcement officer designated by the City Administrator) is hereby authorized to serve upon the owner or responsible party of the property upon which the nuisances is being maintained, and upon the person or persons causing or maintaining the nuisance, as applicable, a written notice to abate as prescribed below.
2. When service of a notice to abate is required, the following methods of service shall be deemed adequate:
A. By personal service upon the property owner and/or responsible party of the property upon which the nuisance exists.
B. By certified mail to the property owner as shown by the records of the County Auditor.
C. By ordinance.
3. The notice to abate shall include the following information:
A. Description of what constitutes a nuisance, citing the appropriate code section.
B. Description of the action necessary to abate the nuisance.
C. The order to abate within a specified time period and identifying the respective abatement process being used by the City as set forth in Section 50.12.
4. The notice shall advise that, upon failure to comply with the order to abate, the City shall undertake such abatement and that the cost of abatement may be assessed against the property for collection in the same manner as property taxes.
A. The notice used for proceedings under Section 50.14, titled “Abatement by Administrative Proceedings,” shall also advise as to the opportunity for an administrative hearing and that failure to request such a hearing within the time specified in the notice shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing and that said notice shall thereafter become a final determination and order to abate.
B. The notice used for proceedings under Section 50.15, titled “Abatement by Municipal Infraction Proceedings,” shall also advise that failure to abate the nuisance within the time specified will result in the issuance of a civil citation charging the owner or responsible party with a municipal infraction. Further, such notice shall advise that each day that a nuisance is permitted to continue constitutes a separate offense and that upon being found guilty of a municipal infraction, the court is authorized to order abatement, assess the costs of abatement against the property and/or enter them as a judgment against the defendant, and assess a civil penalty against the defendant.