(A) Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, who maintains any premises in violation of the provisions of this code, any of the codes adopted by reference herein, or the state housing law shall be liable for, and obligated to pay to the city all costs incurred by the city in obtaining abatement or compliance which is attributable to, or associated with, the enforcement or abatement action, whether such action is administrative, injunctive or legal and for all damages suffered by the city its officers, agents, and employees as a result of such violation or efforts to abate the violation.
(B) If the owner of the property involved in such abatement or compliance action fails to pay for the costs of such abatement or compliance action upon demand by the city, the City Council by resolution may order the cost of the abatement to be specially assessed to the property or parcel. Such assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure be applied at the time of sale or in case of delinquency as are provided for ordinary county taxes.
(Ord. 1308, passed 12-19-07; Am. Ord. 1338, passed 11-17-10; Am. Ord. 1361, passed 12-18-13; Am. Ord. 1396, passed 2-1-17; Am. Ord. 1441, passed 11-6-19) Penalty, see § 10.99