§ 10-1. Notice to property owners.

(a) Scope.

This section applies whenever the Director of Transportation:

(1) finds that any footway, in whole or in part, of any paved street, lane, or alley of the City:

(i) is not properly graded and paved;

(ii) is in bad repair;

(iii) is otherwise in a defective condition; or

(iv) is inconsistent with a streetscape plan approved in accordance with Subtitle 10A of this article; and

(2) determines, in his or her judgment, that the footway:

(i) needs grading, paving, repaving, or repairing; or

(ii) otherwise needs to be brought into compliance with the approved streetscape plan.

(b) Notice.

(1) The Director must:

(i) provide each person whose property binds or abuts on the footway with a written notice of the Director's intention to improve, grade, pave, repave, or repair it; and

(ii) give all persons whose property binds or abuts on the footway an opportunity 30 days after the date of notice to show cause, if any, why the footway should not be improved, graded, paved, repaved, or repaired.

(2) If the owner of any property cannot be found by the Director of Transportation, the Director must cause the notice to be conspicuously posted on the premises.

(1) The Director of Transportation must cause the notice provided for in this section to be given to the owner of each lot adjacent to which a footway is required to be improved, graded, paved, repaved, or repaired.

(2) For this purpose, notice may be:

(i) left at any house on the lot;

(ii) served personally on the owner or the owner's tenant, agent, or guardian;

(iii) left at the owner's residence;

(iv) published in 1 or more newspapers of the City; or

(v) posted or set up on the premises.

(3) Notice given in any of these ways suffices for the purposes of this section and §§ 11-1 and 17-4 of this article.