(1) Within 10 days after the posting and mailing of such notice, as provided in YMC 8.05.160, the person responsible shall remove the nuisance or show that no nuisance exists.

(2) A person responsible, protesting that no nuisance exists, shall file with the city administrator a written statement which shall specify the basis for so protesting.

(3) The statement shall be referred to the city council as a part of its regular agenda at its next succeeding meeting. At the time set for consideration of the abatement the person protesting may appear and be heard by the council; and the council shall determine whether or not a nuisance in fact exists; and the determination shall be entered in the official minutes of the council. Council determination shall be required only in those cases where a written statement has been filed as provided.

(4) If the council determines that a nuisance does in fact exist, the person responsible shall, within 10 days after the council determination, abate the nuisance. (Ord. 429A, 2018; Ord. 209 § 47, 1977).