A. The administrative cost recovery procedures provided in this section are in addition to all other remedies and cost recovery options available to the City by law or in equity.
B. In accordance with this Chapter, the City shall serve upon each responsible party and each interested party an invoice identifying all nuisance abatement costs related to a nuisance abatement action.
C. Any responsible party or interested party to whom an invoice has been issued shall have 45 calendar days from the date of the Invoice to remit full payment of the Invoice to the City. Payment shall be submitted to the City as specified in the Invoice. The Invoice shall further indicate that any unpaid amounts may become a lien and special assessment against the nuisance property.
D. Any responsible party or interested party to whom an invoice has been issued may, within 15 calendar days from the date of the invoice, request a hearing on the amount of nuisance abatement costs. A request for hearing must be made in writing to the City Clerk and contain the following information:
1. The requestor’s full legal name.
2. The requestor’s valid mailing address for service.
3. The requestor’s phone number.
4. The amount of nuisance abatement costs disputed.
5. The specific legal and factual grounds for all disputes of the invoice and nuisance abatement costs.
E. The failure of any party to properly and timely request a hearing shall constitute a waiver of the right to contest the Invoice, a waiver of the right to a hearing, a failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and a bar to any further challenge to the City’s invoice and nuisance abatement costs.
[Ord. No. 568, Section 2, 5/10/17.]