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<br />(b) Manner of notice. The notice shall be given: <br /> <br />(1) Personally to the owner in writing; or <br /> <br />(2) By letter addressed to the owner at the owner's address as recorded in the <br />appraisal district records of the appraisal district in which the property is <br />located; or <br /> <br />(3) If personal service cannot be obtained or the owner's address is unknown: <br /> <br />a. By publication at least once; or <br /> <br />b. By posting notice on or near the front door of each building on the <br />property to which the violation relates; or <br /> <br />e. By posting notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the <br />ground on the property to which the violation relates. <br /> <br />(4) Any notice forwarded to the owner by mail as provided in subsection (2) <br />of this section and returned by the United States Postal Service as 'refused' <br />or 'unclaimed' shall not affect the validity of the notice, and the notice shall <br />be considered as delivered. <br /> <br />(5) The City, in the notice provided herein, may inform the owner by <br />certified mail, return receipt requested, or regular mail and a posting on the <br />property, that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or <br />nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first <br />anniversary of the date of such notice, the City, without further notice, may <br />correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the <br />property. If the violation, covered by a notice under this subsection, occurs <br />within said one-year period, and the City has not been informed in writing by <br />the owner of an ownership change, then the City, without notice, may take <br />any action permitted by section 17-27(a), and assess its expenses as provided <br />by section 17-27(b). <br /> <br />(c) Contents of notice. The notice shall contain: <br /> <br />(1) The name and address of the record owner; <br /> <br />(2) An identification, which is not required to be a legal description, of the <br />property upon which the violation is located; <br /> <br />(3) A statement in conformance with Section 54.005 of the Texas Local <br />Government Code affording a former property owner the opportunity, by <br />sworn affidavit, to disavow current ownership and responsibility for the <br />