(A) The City Recorder by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, shall forward to the person responsible a notice stating:
(1) The total cost of abatement, including the administrative overhead;
(2) That the cost as indicated will be assessed to and become a lien against the property, unless paid within 30 days from the date of the notice; and
(3) That, if the person responsible objects to the costs of the abatement as indicated, that person may file a notice of objection with the City Recorder not more than ten days from the date of the notice.
(B) Upon the expiration of ten days after the date of the notice, the court, in the regular course of business, shall hear and determine any objections to the costs assessed.
(C) If the costs of the abatement are not paid within 30 days from the date of the notice, an assessment of the costs, as stated or as determined by the court, shall be made and shall thereupon be entered in the docket of City liens and, upon such entry being made, shall constitute a lien upon the property from which the nuisance was removed or abated.
(D) The lien shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for street improvements are enforced and shall bear interest at the legal rate. The interest shall commence to run from the date of the entry of the lien in the lien docket.
(E) An error in the name of the person responsible shall not void the assessment nor will a failure to receive the notice of the proposed assessment render the assessment void but it shall remain a valid lien against the property. The City may also institute action for the recovery of said amount against the author or continuer thereof or may pursue both remedies to recover said money expended.
(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)