A. The abatement notice shall be substantially in the following form:

NOTICE TO ABATE GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND REFUSE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8.12, that certain garbage, rubbish or refuse has accumulated upon property owned by you and/or on the abutting half of the street, sidewalk space and/or alley which you are responsible for and which is a public nuisance.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to remove and properly dispose of all such garbage, rubbish or refuse that has accumulated on your property, and/or in the front, side or rear of said property between the side lines thereof as extended to the center line of the street or alley, within seven (7) days from the date of this notice or such garbage, rubbish or refuse will be removed and said nuisance abated by the City, in which case the cost of removal will be assessed upon your said property, and will constitute a lien thereon until paid, and unless paid as provided, will be collected on the next tax roll upon which general City taxes are collected.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED to appear before the City Council of said City at its meeting on ______________, the day of__________________, 20____, at ______ o’clock P.M., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall in the City of Wasco, California, and show cause, if any you have, why said nuisance should not be found to exist and the same ordered abated as provided in Chapter 8.12.

Dated ___________________, 20____.

Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Wasco.

B. The code enforcement officer shall mail a copy of the abatement notice to each and every owner of real property on which, and/or the abutting half of the street, sidewalk space and/or alley on which, such a nuisance exists, whose name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll for city taxes, or as known to the code enforcement officer, mailing the copies of notices to the addresses given or as otherwise known to him, he shall cause a copy of the notice to be conspicuously posted on the property affected. The notices so posted shall be substantially the same as the notices mailed. The mailing or posting of all notices shall be done and completed at least ten days before the time fixed for the hearing. The failure of any property owner to receive such notice shall not deprive the city council of jurisdiction to proceed, or affect in any manner the validity of the proceedings taken or to be taken, or of any assessment levied under this chapter. (Ord. 633 (Att. A), 2013).