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Section 2. <br /> Subsections 220.060 and 220.070 of the Municipal Code of the City of University <br /> City are hereby repealed and new Subsections 220.060 and 220.070 are enacted in lieu <br /> thereof, to read as follows: <br /> Chapter 220. Nuisances <br /> Article I. General Provisions <br /> Section 220.060. Immediate Abatement Without-Notice— Special Tax Bill. <br /> Whenever it becomes necessary to immediately abate a nuisance, as defined by <br /> Section 220.020, by common law or by the Statutes of the State, in order to secure the <br /> general health or safety of the City or any of its inhabitants, the City Manager is <br /> authorized to abate or remove such nuisance. The City shall <br /> provide service of written notice to the owner of the property and, if the property is not <br /> owner-occupied, to any occupant of the property specifically describing each condition <br /> of the lot or land declared to be a public nuisance�and identifying what action'will <br /> remedy the public nuisance. The City Manager may use any suitable means or <br /> assistance for that purpose the removal or abatement of the nuisance, whether <br /> employees of the City or day laborers especially employed for that purpose or any other <br /> helper or assistance necessary therefor. The City Manager shall certify the cost of <br /> abating or removing such nuisance together with the proof of notice to the owner of the <br /> property to the Director of Finance who shall prepare a special tax bill against the <br /> property on which such nuisance was located, which tax shall be collected like other <br /> taxes. - - - e - - _ - - - - e-If the certified cost is not paid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent. The tax bill <br /> shall be deemed a personal debt against the owner and shall also be a lien on the <br /> property from the date the bill is delinquent until paid. <br /> Section 220.070. Duty to AUpon Notice d Procedure Upon Neglect of <br /> Notice. - - - . . -bate an - .. • . <br /> er, <br /> A. In case the abatement of any nuisance described in Section 220.060 is not <br /> immediately necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the <br /> inhabitants of the City, or in case of the existence of any alleged nuisance not <br /> defined therein, Building Commissioner or his;designee,shall provide service of <br /> written notice by personal service or first-class mail to both the occupant of the <br /> property at the property address and the owner at the last known address of the <br /> owner. <br /> 3 <br />