§ 14-3. Order of compliance and abatement.
(a)
Whenever any public nuisance is found to exist on any property within the city, the division of code services manager, or their designee, shall notify the owner or occupant of the premises where the nuisance is located.
(b)
In the event that the nuisance is not abated by the owner or occupant by the compliance deadline, the nuisance abatement process may be initiated by the division of code services manager.
(c)
In the event that the nuisance condition is dangerous or prejudicial to the public health or public safety, the property is unoccupied, and control of the property unknown, the division of code services manager may initiate the nuisance abatement process immediately following mailed notice to the last known entity having interest in the property. Properties with unknown control may include, but not be limited to, properties mired in foreclosure proceedings, Chapter 7 bankruptcy, estate probate, or other conditions that render the property under no immediate, or unknown, control.
(d)
The order of compliance and abatement issued under the provisions of this chapter shall contain:
(1)
A statement that conditions, constituting a public nuisance, exist on the property.
(2)
The condition existing.
(3)
The location of such condition.
(4)
A statement that, unless the condition is abated within five (5) business days from the personal delivery of said order or ten (10) business days from the mailing of said order, which shall be sent by first class mail, the conditions constituting a nuisance will be abated and the cost of abatement shall constitute a lien against the premises.
(Ord. No. 2016-32, § 1, 9-20-16)