Alabama § 45-58A-13.20

§ 45-58A-13.20.

(a) The Mayor of the City of Alabaster shall designate a city official or employee to serve as the enforcing official for public nuisances related to plants in the city.

(b) The enforcing official may serve written notice upon the owner of any property in the city informing the owner that a nuisance is located on the property and ordering the abatement of the nuisance.

(c)(1) The written notice shall require the owner to complete the abatement of the nuisance within 14 days after service of the notice. Upon finding that the difficulty of the abatement or other unusual factors necessitate additional time, the enforcing official may provide the owner up to 28 days from service of the notice to complete the abatement.

(2) The written notice shall notify the owner that, in lieu of completing the abatement within the time stated in the notice, the owner may appear at a hearing before the administrative official to determine whether the conditions on the property constitute a public nuisance that should be abated. The owner shall notify the enforcing official of the owner’s intent to appear at the hearing within five days after service of the written notice. The hearing shall take place at least 10 days after service of the written notice.

(3) The written notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance, including a description or address of the property that provides reasonable notice of its location; the address of the enforcing official; and the date, time, and place of the hearing before the administrative official.

(d)(1) The enforcing official, on or before the date of service of the written notice on the owner, shall post the written notice in a conspicuous place on the property on which the nuisance is located.

(2) The enforcing official shall serve the owner with the written notice in one of the following methods:

a. By hand delivering it to the owner.

b. By mailing it to the owner at the owner’s last known address by first class mail.

c. By leaving it at the owner’s residence or place of business with an individual of suitable age and discretion residing or employed at that location.

d. If the owner is not an individual, by delivering it to an agent of the owner.

(3) Service by first class mail is complete upon mailing.

(e)(1) The enforcing official may rely upon information appearing on record in the office of the county tax collector, tax assessor, or revenue commissioner to establish the identity of any owner of property and to establish the owner’s last known address. Use of this information shall be deemed conclusive and sufficient proof of the information.

(2) The enforcing official may use any additional means of providing notice that he or she deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, posting notice in one or more public places within the city or publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.