If any owner or occupant of any house, building or lot in the area mentioned in § 58-116 shall fail to remove or cause to be removed snow as provided in this division, the city may cause the snow to be removed at the expense of such occupant or owner and the cost, as determined by the City Council, if not paid within 30 days after billing, shall become a lien in favor of the city against the house, building or lot. The cost shall be assessed against the house, building or lot or, in the case of business property occupied by other than the owner, against the personal property contained thereon, the same as real and personal property taxes are assessed and levied.
(1993 Code, § 58-118)