(A) If a violator, owner, operator, occupant or agent fails to comply with the requirements of any notice issued pursuant to this chapter, the county, through the Solid Waste Coordinator or other agent, may remove or abate the conditions creating the violation described in the written notice, and the costs of such removal or abatement shall become the personal liability of the owner or owners, and shall constitute a lien against the real property upon which such cost was incurred.
(B) The Solid Waste Coordinator may enforce the terms of this chapter by enforcing the terms of a notice to the violator, owner, occupant and agent within 30 days of the notice or within the time specified in the notice. However, the county may allow up to six months before requiring the Solid Waste Coordinator to remove or abate a nuisance pursuant the provisions of this chapter.
(C) The Solid Waste Coordinator of the county shall keep an accurate record of the cost, including labor and materials, of the work done to abate or remove the conditions of any nuisance specified in a written notice, and shall file with the County Treasurer a certified statement of such costs, together with a statement of compliance with the notice provisions of § 93.08.
(D) The County Treasurer shall enter upon a book provided for that purpose the amount of the cost of abating or removing the conditions creating a nuisance, as certified by the Solid Waste Coordinator, and shall prepare and mail a bill for said amount to the last known address of the owner as it appears on the current property tax roll by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(E) If 30 days following the date of the billing the bill remains unpaid, the County Treasurer shall file in the County Clerk's office, a statement of the costs of labor and materials incurred by the county, that amount shall constitute a good, lawful and valued lien against the property, and the same shall constitute a notice to all persons from the time of its recording.
(Ord. KOC 1-2016, passed 2-8-2016)