(A) After disposing of the discarded vehicle and deducting any money received from sale of the vehicle from the costs, the City Recorder shall give notice by personal service or by registered or certified mail to the person in charge of the property from which the vehicle was removed:
(1) Of the unpaid costs of abatement;
(2) The costs as indicated will be assessed to, and become a lien against, the real property unless paid within 30 days from the date of the notice; and
(3) That if the person in charge of the property objects to the indicated costs of the abatement, a written notice of objection may be filed with the City Recorder within 20 days from the date of the notice of unpaid costs.
(B) Within 40 days of the date of the notice of objection, objections to the proposed assessment shall be heard and determined by the Council.
(C) If the costs of the abatement are not paid within 30 days from the date of the notice, or within ten days of a Council determination made under division (B) above, assessment of the costs shall be made by Council resolution and be entered in the docket of city liens. When the entry is made, it shall constitute a lien on the real 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 rate of 6% per annum. Interest shall accrue from the date of the entry of the lien into the lien docket.
(E) An error in the name of the person in charge of the property shall not void the assessment, nor will a failure to receive notice of the proposed assessment render the assessment void. The assessment shall remain a valid lien against the property.
(Ord. 301, passed 8-24-1992)