Charges for the cost incurred by the city for the abatement of a violation from any property pursuant to this chapter shall be a lien upon the premises with priority as provided in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20-13, as amended. At any time after a bill has been sent to the owner for abatement of the violation, a lien may be filed with the recorder of deeds in the manner provided by 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20-13, paragraph 1. The failure of the city to record such lien claimed or to mail notice, or the failure of the owner to receive notice of such lien shall not affect the right to foreclose on the lien for those charges established in subsections A and B of this section. For the purpose of this section, the city shall be deemed to incur the cost of the abatement, as follows:
A. If the abatement is done by city personnel, the cost transmitted by the superintendent of the department which performs the abatement to the building official, a calculation of the number of hours required to do the abatement by those employees times the hourly wage of said employees (including cost of benefits of employment per hour), the fair market rental of all pieces of equipment necessary to perform the abatement, plus the cost of disposal of all materials removed.
B. If the abatement is done by private contractor, the amount said contractor invoices the city for work, plus disposal of materials removed. (Ord. 93-O-38, 7-20-1993)