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"Sec. 7 -168 - Applicability and administration. "(a) This article shall apply to all vacant structures, as defined herein, which are now in existence or which may hereafter be constructed or converted from other uses and which are located within the central area district and to all vacant designated landmarks. "(b) The city manager or his /her designee is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this article. "(c) The city manager or his /her designee shall have the authority to render interpretations of this title and to adopt policies and procedures in order to clarify the application of its provisions. The city manager or his /her designee, at his /her sole discretion, may also enter into an agreement with a registered property owner to obtain compliance with this article by a date certain. "Sec.7 -169 - Registration required. "(a) A vacant structure property owner shall register a structure subject to this Article on or before June 21, 2017. Failure to register such a vacant building by this date shall be a violation of this Article. "(b) Vacant structure property owners who are not in compliance with this Article as of June 21, 2017 will be issued written notices of violation. The vacant structure property owner shall have 90 days from the date the written notice is issued to register the vacant structure the subject of the notice pursuant to the requirements of this Article. Written notice shall be issued to the vacant structure property owner by means of personal service, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his /her last known address according to the county appraisal district records, and by posting on the property. Should mailings be returned undeliverable, a notice published once in the local newspaper of record shall serve as notice to the property owner. Notice shall be considered 'issued' on the earliest date same is either placed in the U.S. Mail or posted on the property, or in the case publication is required, on the date said notice appears in the local newspaper of record. "(c) The city manager or his /her designee may consider evidence that the property is listed for sale or lease for fair market value and for a reasonable length of time for purposes of extending the length of time before the property must be registered. "(d) Upon the issuance of notice to register vacant property by the city, owners shall register with the city manager or his /her designee and provide the following information and submit the following documentation: "(1)The address and legal description of the property. "(2)The current name, physical address, mailing address, telephone number and email information for any owner(s) with an ownership interest in the