VIII. ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
5.05.200 Abatement notice.
A. If the City representative is satisfied that a nuisance as defined by this code or any other City ordinance exists, the representative shall cause a notice to be posted on the premises or at the site of the nuisance directing the person responsible to abate the nuisance.
B. At the time of posting, a copy of the notice shall be forwarded to the person responsible at the person’s last known address. [BC 5.05.200, amended by Ordinance No. 3872, 11/1/93]
C. The notice to abate shall contain:
1. a description of the real property by street address or otherwise, on which the nuisance exists;
2. a direction to abate the nuisance within ten days from the date of posting;
3. a description of the nuisance and a reference to the ordinance or Code section number involved;
4. a statement that, unless the nuisance is removed, the City may abate the nuisance and the cost of abatement shall be charged to the person responsible or assessed against the property, or both;
5. a statement that the person responsible may protest the order to abate by giving written notice to the recorder within ten days from the date of posting;
6. a statement that failure to abate a nuisance may result in abatement by the City and/or the issuance of a civil infraction citation; [BC 5.05.200, amended by Ordinance No. 3872, 11/1/93]
7. if the person responsible is not the owner, an additional notice shall be sent to the owner, stating that all or part of the abatement costs not paid by the person responsible will be assessed to and become a lien on the property.
D. On completion of the posting and mailing, the persons posting and mailing shall execute and file certificates stating the date and place of the mailing and posting.
E. An error in the notice mailed shall not make the notice void and in such a case the posted notice shall be sufficient. [BC 5.05.200, amended by Ordinance No. 3451, 6/18/85]