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street on which the blighting influence exists and shall commence the process to abate the criminal blight set forth in article V hereof . fde 4e - � t4notable. aeeoptablo to the, dire, F- or- his b plan stlbnqitted ilk Lli tillitl•1044.• 1 4 d by dt thr-n,.gl., Owe, . f eit-, staff O—_ —PO 4.- ....a.- ARTICLE V. — REN410- V-4-1— OR Peep n i OF 1316H T NGS OR lITLTTn C TnT T/ TT inLC =r�br�Y" r 'A f ABATEMENT OF CRIMINAL BLIGHT ON REAL PROPERTY Sec. 23 -90. — Prohibition of criminal blight: Aeclaration of nuisance: abatement generlly a. (al-Any criminal blight is hereby declared to be detrimental to the public health and safety and a public nuisance and shall be removed from real Property or the activity or policies or practices causing or enabling the blighting influence discontinued or modified whenever it is nec_essary to do so in order to effective)1_the nuisance. In addition to enforcement procedures established elsewhere the city may require the owner of real property to undert ake corrective action or the city may undertake corrective action with respect to suchhrropert v in accordance with the procedures established in this article V. �_ A criminal blight�roceedi� ursuant to this article V�lo the extent filed with a court of law shall be a civil proceeding in a court of competent Jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sec. 23 -91. — Affidavit and notice requirements. a To initiate an enforcement action under this article. the city manager or her designee shall execute an affidavit citing Code of Virginia S 15.2-907, to-the effect that (i) criminal blight as defined in section 23 -1 of this chanter exists on the property and in the manner described therein (ii) the city has used diligence without effect to abate the criminal bli ht: and iii) the criminal blight constitutes a present threat to the public's health safety, or welfare gbh. The city manager or her designee shall then send a notice to the owner of the property, to be sent by (i) certified mail return receipt rNuested; (ii1 Hand delivery or (iii) overnight delivery by a commercial service or the United States Postal Service, to the last address listed for the owner on the city's