11.20.140 Assessment of Cost Lien Against the Property.
   (a)   In the event the confirmed cost of abatement is not paid within 60 days after the City Council’s confirmation of the report, a copy thereof shall be served on the owner as set out in 11.20.110 and may be transmitted to the County Recorder, assessor and tax collector. The confirmed cost of abatement of a nuisance upon any lot or parcel of land shall constitute a special assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates. Upon recording it shall be the duty of said assessor and tax collector to add the amount of such assessment, or assessments, to the next regular bills of taxes levied against said respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes, and thereafter said amount shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalty and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency in the manner and means provided by law.
   (b)   The notice of lien for recordation shall be in the form substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF LIEN
(Claim of the City of Canyon Lake)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the authority vested by the provisions of Chapter 11.20 of the City of Canyon Lake Municipal Code and state law, the City of Canyon Lake did on or about the day of , , cause certain work to be performed upon the property hereinafter described for the purpose of abating a public nuisance on said property; that the City Council for the City of Canyon Lake did on the   day of 19 , confirm and assess the cost of such abatement; that neither the cost of such abatement, not any part thereof, has been paid to the City; that the City of Canyon Lake does hereby claim a lien for the cost of such abatement in the amount of the assessment, to wit: the sum of $ ; and that the same shall be a lien upon said real property, with interest at the rate of 6% per year, until it has been in full and discharged of record.
The real property upon which a lien is claimed is that certain parcel of land located in the City of Canyon Lake, County of Riverside, State of California, particularly described as follows:
[Legal Description]
DATED this day of ,
CITY OF CANYON LAKE
City Planner
   (c)   The confirmed cost of abatement of a nuisance upon any lot or parcel of land also shall constitute a personal obligation of the property owner. In addition to the method of collection described in Subsection (A) of this Section, the City Manager, City Clerk, or City Attorney is authorized to commence an action in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the cost of abatement from the property owner. Notwithstanding, no debt shall be collected twice.
   (d)   The amount of the abatement shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum if not paid within 60 days of confirmation of the report.