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(d) The initial notice will be given to the owner in one of the following ways: (1) By personally serving the owner with a copy; (2) By certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the owner at the owner's post office address; or (3) Ifpersonal service cannot be obtained and the owner's post office address is unknown: (A) By publishing the notice at least twice within a ten-day period in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the building is located; or (B) By posting the notice on or near the front door of the building. Sec. 14.242. Public hearing-Notice. (a) If the owner of a building fails to comply with a request in an initial notice to vacate or obtain a permit for a building under this article, the building official may schedule a public hearing on the building or pursue other enforcement action regarding the building. If the owner of a building responds to an initial notice by requesting a public hearing, the building official will schedule a public hearing on the building. (b) Notice of a public hearing will be given to the owner of the building and to each mortgagee and lienholder having an interest in the building or in the property on which the building is located, in a manner described in subsection 14.241(d). (c) The notice will contain the following: (1) The street address of the building; (2) A description of the conditions that make the building an unsafe building; (3) A statement that the issues at the hearing will be whether the building is an unsafe building and, if so, whether the building should be vacated, secured, repaired or demolished and, if so, within what time periods these activities should be completed; (4) A statement that if the building is not vacated, secured, repaired or demolished in accordance with an order entered after the hearing, the city may vacate, secure, repair or demolish the building and assess a lien for expenses incurred; and (5) A statement that the owner, lienholder or mortgagee is required to submit, at the hearing, proof of the scope of any work that may be required to comply with this article and the time it will take to reasonably perform the work. (d) The city may file notice of the hearing in the official public records of real property in the county in which the property is located. The filing of the notice is binding on subsequent grantees, lienholders, or other transferees of interest in the property, who acquire the interest after the filing of the notice, and constitutes notice of the hearing. The notice will contain the following: 21