(A) In addition to liability for the costs of abatement itself pursuant to § 1.12.085 and this section of this chapter, the owner and responsible party shall be jointly and severally liable for any expenses and administrative costs incurred by the town, county or any related agency incurred after the initial inspection and identification of the nuisance.
(B) The administrative costs may include any and all fees and costs incurred by the town in connection with the matter before the hearing officer, including but not limited to, costs of investigation, town staffing costs incurred in preparation for the hearing and for the hearing itself, fees and costs of the town’s consultants, and costs for all re-inspections necessary to enforce the notice to abate nuisance conditions.
(C) In the event that the town is entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to § 1.12.060, such fees and costs shall be collected at the same time and pursuant to the same procedures as administrative costs pursuant to this section.
(D) The enforcement officer or other authorized town official shall keep an itemized report of the costs incurred by the town in the abatement of any public nuisance. The owner and responsible party shall be invoiced for the total. If payment is not received, the itemized report shall be submitted in writing to the Town Clerk no sooner than 20 days of the invoice date.
(E) All abatement costs shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date of abatement.
(Ord. 831, passed 5-1-2019)