(a) Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to and shall pay the City for its costs and expenses, including the costs incurred by the City to any party which it engages for any abatement, clean-up or restoration. Costs shall include, but not be limited to, actual labor costs, including benefits and overhead, equipment operation costs, costs of materials obtained by the City, costs of any contracted labor and material and any other costs incurred by the City. Costs under this subsection shall not include actual fire suppression services which are normally provided by the City.
(b) If any person fails to reimburse the City as provided in subsection (a) hereof, and such person is the owner of any property in the City, the City shall be authorized to add any and all costs occasioned by the violation of this chapter to the tax rolls as to such property and to levy and collect such costs in the same manner provided for the collection of taxes against such property. The City shall also have the right to bring an action in the appropriate court to collect such costs if it deems such action necessary. Any remedy provided for herein shall be in addition to any remedy allowed under any other law, whether local, State or Federal.
(Ord. 92-9. Passed 7-27-92.)