1. Notice to Remove. The City Administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property within the City or the agent of such owner to properly dispose of litter located on such owner’s property. Such notice shall be by certified mail addressed to the owner at his or her last known address.
2. Action upon Noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect, or refusal of any owner or agent so notified, to properly dispose of litter within a time set by the City Administrator, after receipt of written notice provided for in subsection 1 of this section, or within this set time after the date of such notice, in the event the notice is returned to the City because of inability to make delivery thereof, provided the notice was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the City Administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the disposing of such litter or to order its disposal by the City.
3. Assessment and Allocation of Costs. When the City has effected the removal of litter from private property or has paid for its removal, the actual cost of removal of such litter shall be paid by the owner of the property and shall be assessed against such property and collected by the City in any manner provided by law.