(a) If the existence of a nuisance is established in a trial, a judgment shall be entered which shall permanently enjoin the defendants, and any other person with notice or knowledge of the action and judgment, from maintaining the nuisance at said place and the defendants from maintaining such nuisance elsewhere, and the entire expenses of such abatement action shall be recovered by the plaintiff as part of his or her costs.
(b) The cost of abatement shall include the following:
(1) Investigative costs;
(2) Court costs;
(3) Reasonable attorney's fees arising out of the preparation for and trail of the case and appeals therefrom, and other costs allowed on appeal; and
(4) Printing costs of trail and all appellate briefs, and all other parts filed in such proceeding.
(c) The cost of abatement may be made a special assessment against the place or the parcel of land upon which such place is located. Upon its determination in a civil action, such cost shall, by separate legal proceeding, be made a lien against such property and a personal obligation against any person, shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner a ordinary Borough taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in the case of delinquency as provided for ordinary Borough taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of Borough taxes shall be applicable to such special assessment.
(d) Upon judgment for the plaintiff in legal proceedings brought pursuant to this chapter, an accounting shall be made, by such defendant or defendants, of all monies or other valuable consideration received by him or her or them which have been declared to be a public nuisance under Section 678.03. Such monies or their equivalent and any other valuable consideration received shall be forfeited to the General Fund of the Borough or to the Borough as property of the Borough, if any valuable consideration received be not money.
(Ord. 2062. Passed 3-19-90.)