§ 14-46. Notice to vacate.

When the chief building official, chief of police or fire official finds any dwelling unfit for human habitation, he or she shall serve notice to vacate on the owner or his or her responsible local agent as follows:

(1)

By personal service on the owner or the responsible local agent; or

(2)

By personal service to the owner, the responsible local agent, or to a person of suitable age and discretion at the owner's or responsible local agent's last known address; or

(3)

By first class mail addressed to the owner or his or her responsible local agent at his or her last known address; or

(4)

By posting the notice for a twenty-four-hour period in placard form in a conspicuous place on the premises to be vacated. No person shall deface or remove such placard from any dwelling except by authority in writing from the chief building official.

(Code 1977, § 8.608; Ord. No. 2012-03, § 1, 2-21-12)