(A) If the Municipal Court has determined that the code violation constitutes a public nuisance or a hazard to public health and safety, the Court may, together with the decision, issue a written abatement order and shall cause the responsible persons to be notified of the existence of such order and shall direct that such responsible persons abate and correct said conditions within a reasonable time but not less than 30 days from the date of the order.
(B) The abatement order shall include notice that if the responsible person fails to comply with the abatement order, the city may abate the violation and record the cost of such abatement, including administrative fees and additional inspection fees, as a lien against the property in accordance with A.R.S. § 9-499. The notice shall also include an estimate of the amount of such costs.
(C) A copy of the abatement order shall be sent to the owner and to the occupant or lessee of the property on which the violation exists and may be sent to any other persons sought to be charged with the responsibility of abatement. The notice may be personally delivered or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed as follows:
(1) To the owner, as such person’s name and address appear on the records of the County Assessor’s office as the address where the last tax bill was mailed or as otherwise known to the city by virtue of more recent and reliable information;
(2) To any occupant or lessee at the address of the subject property; and
(3) To any other such responsible person, as such person’s name and address are known to the city.
(D) The City Manager/Designee, shall record the abatement order in the County Recorder’s Office and shall file a copy thereof in the office of the City Clerk together with an affidavit or certificate stating the time and manner in which notice of such abatement order was given. The failure of any owner or other person to receive such abatement order shall not affect in any manner the validity of any proceedings taken hereunder.
(E) The owner of real property as shown in the records of the County Assessor's Office shall be conclusively deemed to be the proper person and address for mailing of notice of any hearing, civil citation or order pursuant to this chapter and the failure of any addressee to receive notice shall not invalidate any notice, civil citation or order so issued. Any duly issued civil citation, notice or order shall be conclusively deemed to be adequate notice to any and all occupants, users, or possessors of the property or its contents, and the failure of any such person to see, read, understand or otherwise receive the civil citation notice or order shall not invalidate any of the proceedings.
(F) Any person aggrieved by the Municipal Court’s abatement order may appeal to the City Board of Building Appeals by filing a written appeal with the Clerk of that Board. An appeal shall be taken within 20 days of the date of the Municipal Court’s decision or shall be waived.
(G) The hearing before the City Board of Building Appeals shall be a trial de novo.