§ 12B-10. Service of notice and order.

(a)

The notice and order, and any amended or supplemental notice and order, shall be served upon the record owner and posted on the property; and one copy thereof shall be served on each of the following if known to the city manager or his/her designee or disclosed from official public records: the holder of any mortgage or deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance of record; the owner or holder of any lease of record; and the holder of any other estate or legal interest of record in or to the building or the land on which it is located. The failure of the city manager or his/her designee to serve any person required herein to be served shall not invalidate any proceedings hereunder as to any other person duly served or relieve any such person from any duty or obligation imposed by the provisions of this section.

(b)

Service of the notice and order may be made upon all persons entitled thereto in the following manner:

(1)

Personal service; or

(2)

Certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested to each person as required pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section at the address as it appears on the last equalized assessment roll of the county, and as known to the city manager or his/her designee. The address of the owner shown on the assessment roll shall be conclusively deemed to be the proper address for the purpose of mailing such notice. Simultaneously, the same notice may be sent by first class (regular) mail. If a notice that is sent by certified mail is returned unsigned, then service shall be deemed effective pursuant to regular mail, provided the notice that was sent by regular mail is not returned.

(3)

Service by certified or regular mail in the manner described above shall be effective on the date of mailing.

(4)

The failure of any person with an interest in the property to receive any notice served in accordance with this section shall not affect the validity of any proceedings taken under this Code. If the owner of record, after diligent search cannot be found, the notice may be served by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place upon the property for a period of ten days and publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the property is located pursuant to Government Code Section 6062.

(c)

Proof of service of the notice and order shall be certified by written declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person effecting service, declaring the time, date and manner in which service was made. The declaration, together with any receipt returned in acknowledgment of receipt by certified mail shall be made part of the city's permanent record.

(Ord. No. 428, § 1.)