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influence of illegal controlled substances or by the regular use of the property for the purpose of illegally • possessing, manufacturing or distributing controlled substances on or nearby the property. (g) Owner means the record owner of real property, as indicated by the land records of the Charlottesville Circuit Court. (h) Person means any individual, firm, owner, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, governmental body, municipal corporation, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian. agent. occupant or other legal entitv. (i) Property means real property. Section 5-182. Affidavit and notice reauirements. In addition to any other enforcement procedures or remedies which may be available to the city, the Director is hereby authorized to undertake corrective action with respect to a drug blight on property located within the city, in accordance with the following procedures: (a) The city's chief of police may, from time to time, report to the Director information concerning criminal activity related to controlled substances involving any property located in the city. Such information shall include details demonstrating that such property contains a drug blight. The information shall include a descrintion of action(s) the chief of police has taken to abate the criminal • (b) Upon receipt of information referred to in paragraph (a), above, the Director shall execute an affidavit, in a form approved by the city attorney, citing this division as well as section 15.2-907 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and affirming that: a drug blight exists in the manner described therein; that the city has used due diligence, without effect, to abate the drug blight; and that the drug blight constitutes a present threat to the public's health, safety or welfare. The Director shall request the city attorney's assistance in verifying the last known owner(s) of record of the property and any lienholder(s) of record. (c) The Director shall notify the property owner in writing of the determination of drug blight, and the Director's written notice shall be mailed to the owner by regular mail sent to the last known address as it appears in the assessment records of the city. The notice shall advise the owner that the owner has thirty (30) days from the date of the notice to undertake corrective action to abate the drug blight described in the affidavit and that the city will assist the owner in determining the appropriate corrective action necessary to abate the drug blight. A copy of the Director's affidavit affirming the presence of drug blight on the property shall be attached to the property owner's notice. The Director shall prepare an affidavit certifvina that the notice reuuired by this section has been mailed. Section 5-183. Failure to take corrective action. (a) If no corrective action is undertaken by the owner within thirty (30) days from the Director's notice, the Director shall send by regular mail an additional notice ("final notice")to the owner, at the address stated in the assessment records of the city and shall also send a copy of the final notice to any lienholder(s) of record by regular mail. The Director shall prepare an affidavit certifying that mailing of the final notice has been made. The final notice shall state that not less than fifteen (15) days from the mailing thereof the city will commence to abate the drug blight, taking any corrective action the city deems appropriate, including, without limitation, removal of the building or other structure so as to abate • the drug blight on the property. The property owner shall have the right, upon reasonable notice to the