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The director of community development, or the director’s authorized agent, upon discovering a service station substantially unoccupied as described above for a continuous period of twelve months or more shall give to the owner of such service station written notice stating that the service station at the specified location has been unoccupied for a continuous period of twelve months and thus constitutes a public nuisance. Such notice shall specify that within thirty days from the date of this notice, unless otherwise stipulated by the director of community development, the service station shall either resume activities as an actual operating automobile service station with normal and adequate inventories of motor vehicle fuel, or in the alternative, the buildings and structures on the site specified in the notice shall be demolished and removed together with the removal of all underground tanks and piping. Proper service of such notice shall be by personal service upon the owner of record, if he shall be found within the city limits. If he is not found within the city limits such service may be made upon said owner by registered or certified mail; provided, that if such notice is by registered mail or certified mail, the designated period within which said owner or person in charge is required to comply with the order of the director of community development, or the director’s designee, shall begin as of the date he receives such notice. (Ord. 290-74 § 3, 1974; prior code § 10.10.040.)