(A) The City Council shall give written notice or cause written notice to be given to any person creating, permitting, or maintaining any nuisance to abate such nuisance forthwith, and if such person shall neglect or refuse to do so, or otherwise fails to provide adequate assurances of compliance within a reasonable time after such notice, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter. The City Council shall cause to be removed or abated any such nuisance upon the expiration of a reasonable time after the serving of such notice; and the city may recover the expenses so incurred from the person maintaining such nuisance in a civil suit instituted for such purpose, or may levy an assessment against the property and collect the same.
(B) Within ten days after any assessment has been approved by the City Council, a certified copy of the same shall be filed with the Finance Officer, and shall be due and payable to the city. If the assessment is not paid within 60 days of filing, a penalty cost of 10% shall be added in addition to the annual interest rate at the highest legal rate allowed by law on the unpaid balance.
(Prior Code, § 3.0102) Penalty, see § 10.99