Further, the owner shall be liable for costs of cleaning and/or mowing upon the premises.
(A) Charges for abatement for a nuisance defined in this subchapter made by the city shall be a lien upon the premises where such a nuisance is abated.
(B) (1) Whenever a bill for such charges remained unpaid for 60 days after it has been rendered, the City Clerk may file with the Recorder of Deeds of the county a statement of claim of lien.
(2) This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises, the expenses and costs incurred and the date the weeds were cut and a notice that the city claims a lien for this amount.
(C) Notice of the lien shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his or her address is known.
(D) Failure of the City Clerk to record a lien under this section or to mail the prescribed notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien of such charges as provided in division (E) below.
(E) (1) Property subject to a lien for unpaid charged for nuisance abatement shall be sold for non-payment of the charges and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges after deducting the costs, as is the case with the foreclosure of statutory liens.
(2) Such foreclosure proceedings shall be equity in the name of the city.
(Ord. 12, Series 2011-2012, passed 4-9-2012)