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 Justin
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 28. NUISANCES
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 28-4. Notice to remedy violations.  

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  • (a)

    In the event that any person owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control (the owner) of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city (the property), fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the person designated by the city council to enforce the provisions of this chapter to give seven days' notice of the violation in writing personally to the owner, or by letter addressed to the owner at his address as recorded in the records of the county appraisal district, or, if personal service cannot be obtained, by publication at least once in the city's official newspaper, or by posting the notice on or near the front door of each building on the property, or by posting the notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates. If the notice is mailed and is returned by the United States Postal Service as refused or unclaimed, the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered as delivered.

    (b)

    In a notice herein provided for, the city shall have the right to inform the owner by regular mail and a posting on the property, or by personally delivering the notice, that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, and the city has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, the city may, without further notice, correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the property.

    (c)

    If the owner does not comply with this chapter within seven days of the notice of violation, the city may do the work or make the improvements required, and pay for the work done or improvements made and charge the expenses to the owner of the property. Such expenses shall include an administrative fee to be set by the city council by resolution from time to time.

(Code 1994, § 7.206; Ord. No. 541, § 1, 4-9-2012)