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600.27 • b. Defective chimneys or stovepipes; or c. Dilapidated condition or decay; or d. Defective electric wiring; or e. Defective gas installation; or f. Defective heating apparatus; or Defective sewage disposal system or plumbing; or h. Any other defect endangering the public safety, health or other property; is hereby declared to be a nuisance affecting public safety and health. 2. The Building Inspector or the Fire Marshal may order such nuisance abated by ordering its repair, correction or removal. Such order shall be in writing and shall order the repair, correction or removal of the nuisance within 30 days or such other time as the Building Inspector or Fire Marshal shall deem reasonable. Such order shall be served upon the owner, the lessee or the occupant by mail or by personal service. The order may provide that the building or structure not be further used or occupied until the repair or correction of the defect. 600.27. Abatement Procedure. (amended 11/26/90 by Ord. 90-591) 1. Abatement. Except for the abatement of public nuisance vehicles governed by Section 600.18, the following abatement procedure shall apply to all public nuisances. Whenever the officer who is charged with enforcement determines that a public nuisance is being maintained or exists on property in the City, the officer shall notify in writing the property owner and occupant or other responsible party of that fact and order that the nuisance he terminated and abated. Notice shall be served in person or by mail. Notice to the owner shall be satisfied by notice to the person listed as the taxpayer on the County's tax records. If the property is not occupied, the owner is unknown, or no other responsible party can be reasonably identified, notice may be served by posting it on the property. The notice shall specify the steps to be taken to abate the nuisance and the time, not exceeding ten days, within which the nuisance is to be abated. If the owner, occupant, or other responsible party does not comply with the notice within the time specified, the City Council may, after notice to the owner and occupant or other responsible party and an opportunity to be heard, provide for abating the nuisance by the City. The notice shall be served in the same manner as notice by the enforcing officer and shall be given at least ten days before the date stated in the notice when the Council will consider the matter. If notice is given by posting, at least thirty days shall elapse between the day of posting and the hearing. 2. Summary Abatement. The enforcing officer may provide for abating a public nuisance without following the procedure required in paragraph 1 above when: - 134F -