The costs associated with controlling and abating the emergency or hazardous situations mentioned in Sections 104.11 and 110.3 of the International Fire Code shall be reimbursed to the City by the owner or party in interest in whose name the property appears. The fire code official is authorized to recoup said costs through direct or indirect billing procedures to the responsible party or the responsible party’s insurance carrier and may request the City’s legal counsel to institute the appropriate legal action to recoup the costs when such billing procedures fail.
(Ord. 14-05. Passed 7-19-05.)