5.25.040 Removal and notice.
Upon receipt by the director of an identifiable complaint stating that in the complainant's opinion an owner or agent thereof is violating the provisions of 5.25.030, the director shall cause the complaint to be investigated. If it appears to the director that any of the provisions of 5.25.030 is or are then presently being violated, the director shall serve written notice either personally or by certified mail – return receipt requested upon the owner, or if the owner cannot be located, the agent having the care or control of the premises upon which the violation exists, which notice shall state:
(1) the description of the property on which the alleged violation has occurred; and,
(2) the specific nature of that violation; and,
(3) the section or sections of this Chapter alleged to be violated; and,
(4) the date by which the violating condition is to be abated, which date shall not be less than ten days after receipt of such notice by the alleged offender; and,
(5) that if removal or destruction of the violating condition is not made by the owner or agent thereof within the time limit set forth as provided for in subsection (4) of this section, that then the director will bring this matter before the City Council, the date thereof to be specified in the notice, and request of the City Council the passage of a resolution authorizing the director to cause the removal or destruction of the violation; and,
(6) that should the director cause the removal or destruction of the violating condition, the cost thereof incurred by the city shall become a charge against the owner of the property and a lien against the property as provided for in RCW 35.21.310 as that section now exists or may hereafter be amended. (Ord. 90-17 §4, 1990).