2018-020 Residential Rental Property Maintenance Code

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"(b) Manner of notice. The notice shall be given: "(1) Personally to the owner in writing; or "(2) By letter addressed to the owner at the owner's address as recorded in the appraisal district records of the appraisal district in which the property is located; or "(3) If personal service cannot be obtained or the owner's address is unknown: "a. By publication at least once; or "b. By posting notice on or near the front door of each building on the property to which the violation relates; or "c. By posting notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates. "(4) Any notice forwarded to the owner by mail as provided in subsection (2) of this section and returned by the United States Postal Service as "refused" or "unclaimed" shall not affect the validity of the notice, and the notice shall be considered as delivered. "(c) Contents of notice. The notice shall contain: "(1) The name and address of the record owner; "(2) An identification, which is not required to be a legal description, of the property upon which the violation is located; "(3) A statement in conformance with Section 54.005 of the Texas Local Government Code affording a former property owner the opportunity, by sworn affidavit, to disavow current ownership and responsibility for the property; "(4) A statement describing the violation and the work necessary to correct the violation; "(5) A statement that the owner may, within five (5) days of the date of the notice of a violation, submit a written request to the appropriate person named in the notice for an informal hearing before the City Manager or his designee to contest whether the violation exists; and "(6) A statement that the City may, at any time after the expiration of seven (7) days from the mailing of the notice file a criminal misdemeanor complaint in municipal court with a maximum fine of two thousand