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SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE No person owning, managing or having control or charge or occupancy of any lot or private premises, shall: (1) Allow noxious growths or growths otherwise dangerous to the life, health, comfort or convenience of the community, to grow or remain upon such lot or private premises; (2) Sow or disseminate, or allow or permit to mature, any noxious growth upon such lot or private premises; (3) Suffer or permit any weeds, grass, rank growth or brush to grow or exist in excess of six inches (6") above the grade in the area of growth; (4) Cause or permit rubbish or garbage to be placed or to exist upon such lot or private property It is the duty of every such person to prevent such growth or existence. To establish a prima facie violation of this section, it shall not be necessary to establish any facts except that the accused person owned, managed, or had charge, control or occupancy of a lot or private premises whereon such condition existed or occurred. (Code 1952, § 3842; Ord. No. NS-880, § 1, 6-5-67; Ord. No. NS-1085, § 2, 10-18-71) Sec. 16-49. - Order and notice requiring removal of noxious growths, rubbish, garbage —Time limit; posting, mailing. (a) If and when it shall appear that noxious growths, rubbish or garbage have been placed upon or in front of private property in violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any other provisions of this Code, the city public works director may, by appropriate written order, direct the removal thereof and shall cause notices to be posted upon or in front of such property to the effect that such weeds, vines, shrubs, brush, rubbish or garbage must be removed within seven (7) days from and after the date of such posting. Such notices shall be conspicuously posted on or in front of the property on or in front of which the condition exists, as follows: (1) One (1) notice shall be posted on or in front of each separately owned parcel; (2) Not more than two (2) notices shall be posted to any parcel of fifty (50) to one hundred (100) feet frontage; (3) Notices shall be placed at intervals of not more than one hundred (100) feet, if the frontage of a parcel is greater than one hundred (100) feet, with one (1) notice for each one hundred (100) feet of frontage. (b) In addition to posting such notices, the city public works director may send a similar notice to the owner of the subject property as shown upon any city record, or upon the last equalized tax roll, by depositing such notice in the United States mail; but the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the power of the city or its officers or employees to proceed as provided in this article. Such notice shall be mailed not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set for a hearing upon objections. (Code 1952, § 3842.1; Ord. No. NS-880, § 1, 6-5-67; Ord. No. NS-1085, § 2, 10-18-71; Ord. No. NS-1476, § 1, 3-12-79; Ord. No. NS-2300, § 2, 9-3-96) Sec. 16-50. - Same —Form of notice. The headings of the notices required by section 16-49 shall be in letters approximately one inch in height. Said notices shall be in substantially the following form: "NOTICE TO CLEAN PREMISES 75A-15