(A) If the landowner or resident of said property fails to remove the garbage, rubbish, waste material, and damaged/unsafe buildings, and it is subsequently removed (by permission or other legal provisions) by the city, the Clerk-Treasurer shall make a certified statement of the actual costs incurred by the city together with an administrative fee of $25. The statement shall be served on the landowner or resident of said property by certified mail. The landowner or resident of said property shall pay the amount of the statement to the Clerk-Treasurer to the General Fund within ten days of receipt of the statement.
(B) If the landowner fails to pay within the specified ten-day period, a certified copy of the statement of cost with the administrative fee shall be filed in the office of the County Auditor. The Auditor shall place the amount claimed on the tax duplicate of the property affected by the removal by the city. The amount shall be collected as taxes are collected, and dispersed to the General Fund of the city.
(C) In addition to all remedies provided by this subchapter, the city shall be entitled to enforcement of this subchapter by all other legal or equitable remedies including, but not limited to, the use of injunction to require abatement of all unclean or unsanitary conditions within the city by the owner or occupant of the affected premises.
(Ord. 2004-02, passed 4-14-2004) Penalty, see § 93.99