Abatement generally.
Riverside Municipal Code § 9.09.030
in effect9.09.030 - Abatement generally.
A. Notification of nuisance. Whenever the Chief of Police or the Chief's designee determines that any public pay telephone constitutes a public nuisance within the meaning of Section 9.09.020, the Chief of Police or such designee shall give written notice (notice to abate) to the record owner of the property upon which the pay telephone is located, or if available, the owner or other interested party of the pay telephone, stating (1) the general facts upon which the nuisance determination was made; (2) a reasonable time limit to abate the nuisance; and (3) the right to appeal. The notice shall direct the abatement of the nuisance and refer to this chapter for particulars. The notice served shall contain a description of the property by address or other identifiable characteristics on which the pay telephone is located.
B. Manner of giving notice. The notice required by this chapter may be served in any one of the following manners:
1. By personal service on the pay telephone owner, if known, or the property owner upon whose property such pay telephone is located, as shown on the last available County of Riverside tax assessment roll; or
2. By certified mail addressed to the pay telephone owner, if known, or the property owner upon whose property such pay telephone is located, as shown on the last available County tax assessment roll.
(Ord. 6278 § 1 (part), 1996)
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