In all cases wherein the work of removal, planting, or replanting is performed by the city and at the expense of the property owner, upon completion of such work, the finance director shall cause a notice of the cost of such work, which shall include the cost of any tree or shrub or other materials used, to be given by mailing a postcard to the property owner at such property owner’s last known address, as the same appears on the last equalized assessment roll pursuant to which city taxes were last assessed, or the name and address of the person owning such property as is shown on the records in the office of the city clerk. The notice shall specify the following:
A. An itemized statement of the costs being so charged to the property owner; and
B. The day, hour and place when the commission will hear and pass upon the report of the director of the cost of such work, together with any objections or protests, if any, which may be raised by any property owner liable to be assessed for the cost of such work, and any other interested person.
At such hearing, the commission, after hearing all objections and protests made, shall have the power to finally fix and determine the amount required to be paid by such property owner. The amount so determined to be owed by such property owner, shall be due and payable and shall constitute a lien against such property from and after 10 days after the conclusion of such hearing and the making of such determinations. However, if this hearing shall be deemed to be a hearing pursuant to Section 14.40.330 and the property owner shall have a right to appeal to the council pursuant to Section 14.40.340. If such appeal shall be brought pursuant to Section 14.40.340, then such amount as determined by the commission shall not become due nor shall a lien be imposed as hereinabove set out. Upon such council's determination of the matter as provided in Section 14.40.340, the amount so determined by such council to be owed by such property owner shall be thereafter forthwith due and payable and shall constitute a lien against such owner's property abutting the planting area in which such work was done.
(Prior code § 23.54-4 (Ord. 852 §22, Ord. 2113 §1, Ord. 2268, Ord. 2364 §168))