12-1752. Same; notice and hearing.

12-1752

Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Article 17.--BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND GROUNDS

      12-1752.   Same; notice and hearing. Whenever the enforcing officer files with the governing body of the city a statement in writing that any structure, describing the same and where located, is unsafe or dangerous or is abandoned property, the governing body, by resolution, shall fix a time and place at which the owner, the owner's agent, any lienholders of record and any occupant of such structure may appear and show cause why such structure should not be condemned and ordered repaired or demolished in the case of unsafe or dangerous structures or rehabilitated in the case of abandoned property. Such resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks on the same day of each week. At least 30 days shall elapse between the last publication and the date set for the hearing. A copy of the resolution shall be mailed by certified mail within three days after its first publication to each such owner, agent, lienholder and occupant, at the last known address and shall be marked "deliver to addressee only."

      History:   L. 1961, ch. 74, § 3; L. 1968, ch. 185, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 24; L. 1994, ch. 242, § 3; July 1.