Any expenses and costs incurred under the provisions of this Building Maintenance Code for the demolition, removal, boarding, grass and/or weed-cutting, repair or alteration of any building, structure or premises shall be paid by the owner of the building, structure or premises. If such building maintenance is not performed by the owner of the building, structure or premises within ten days after written notice from the city to do so, said owner will be ticketed and charged $20 upon issuance of said ticket to be paid to the Finance Department. Upon issuance of such ticket, the city shall proceed to perform the task for which the ticket was issued and the cost for performing such work shall be recovered by the city when the Building Inspector certifies such amount to the Director of Finance. The Director of Finance shall make written return to the County Auditor of the action under this Building Maintenance Code Ticket Program with a statement of the charges for the services performed. The amount for the expenses and costs and a proper description of the premises for the purpose of making same a lien upon such lands shall be provided and the same shall be collected as other taxes in the manner provided by law and returned to the city. Such expenses and costs may also be recovered by any other applicable action at law. In the case of repeat offenders, all costs of ticketing and expenses incurred by the city shall be doubled at each such occurrence.
(Ord. 26-91, passed 3-19-1991)