If the Governing Body determines that the owner of property abutting upon any street, alley, avenue or parking has failed to comply with the requirements of Section 12.16.040, he shall, after reasonable notice and direction to the owner to comply therewith, cause the work to be done by the city, and the cost of work shall be assessed against the abutting property as a special assessment, to be collected. The city clerk shall certify the same to the county clerk to be entered on the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as real property taxes. Such notice and directions shall be given to the owner of abutting property by the city clerk by mail addressed to the owner’s last known address, or if the same is unknown to the city clerk, then by posting such notice on the abutting property.

The city clerk shall prepare a notice in letter form, which notice shall contain the information as to the location of trees or shrubbery and the legal description of adjoining and abutting property. The notice shall contain a statement as to the condition of the tree or shrubbery and whether it shall be trimmed, treated or removed. Such statement shall inform the owners that upon failure to comply with the requirements set forth in the notice, the city will, by its regular departments, trim, treat or remove such tree or shrubbery or contract for such trimming, treatment or removal, as the case may be.

For the purpose of this chapter, the notice required herein shall be ten days and the notice may be either served in person upon a form to be provided by the city clerk on the owner or owners and/or to the registered owner by first-class mail, duly certified or registered. (Prior Code § 9-407.)