§ 18-15. Notification of property owner.

(a)

Based upon the recommendation of the director of public works and an order of the administration, the city may require the property owner to repair or reconstruct the sidewalk located within the public right-of-way abutting upon his property.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the public works department to notify property owners of the requirement of constructing, repairing or reconstructing the sidewalk located within the public right-of-way abutting upon their property. The notice required by this section shall be sent by certified mail to the property owner at the address shown on the most recent ad valorem tax roll. Said notice shall direct the abutting property owner to forthwith commence and, within thirty (30) days after date of such notice, complete the construction, reconstruction or repair work. Said notice shall further provide that in the event the property owner does not construct, reconstruct or repair the sidewalk within the prescribed time, the city may perform such construction, and the cost of same shall become a lien upon the abutting real property. If such notice be returned unclaimed, then an abbreviated form of such notice directed to the owner shall be published twice, each publication being a week apart, in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the county. Said notice shall direct the owner to forthwith commence and, within thirty (30) days after the last publication of such notice, complete the construction, reconstruction or repair work of said sidewalk.

(Ord. No. 78-116, § 5, 6-13-78; Ord. No. 92-100, § 1, 1-27-92; Ord. No. 95-125, § 1, 5-8-95; Ord. No. 01O-02-14, § 1, 3-12-01; Ord. No. 01O-8-49, § 1, 9-10-01)