(a) Failure to comply with the order under § 8-415 for the alteration or improvement of such structure, the public officer, with the consent and prior knowledge of the governing body, may cause such condemned structure to be removed or demolished and the premises improved to eliminate the conditions outlined in § 8-409.
(b) The cost of demolition by a public officer shall be a lien upon the property upon which the cost was incurred and such lien, including as a part thereof an allowance of his or her costs and necessary attorney’s fees, may be foreclosed in judicial proceedings in the manner provided or authorized by law for loans secured by liens on real property or shall be assessed as a special assessment upon the lot or parcel of land on which the structure was located and the City Clerk at the time of certifying other city taxes, shall certify the unpaid portion of the aforesaid costs and the County Clerk shall extend the same on the tax rolls against the lot or parcel of land.
(c) If the structure is removed or demolished by the public officer, he or she shall offer for bids and sell the structure or the materials of such structure. The proceeds of such sale shall be credited against the cost of the removal or demolition and, if there is any balance remaining, it shall be paid to the parties entitled thereto after deduction of costs or judicial proceedings, if any, including the necessary attorney’s fees incurred therein, as determined by the court, if involved.