(A) The cost of such actions by the Building Inspector and/or Code Enforcement Officer under § 155.13, including the expense of publishing, posting, recording and serving notice and/or orders, shall be a personal liability of the owner and shall be a lien upon the real property upon which such cost shall have been incurred, with credit being allowed the owner for the proceeds, if any, received from the disposition of materials from any structure removed or demolished. The Building Inspector and/or Code Enforcement Officer shall file with the County Clerk as an encumbrance an appropriate lien statement for such costs in form approved by the City Attorney.
(B) Said cost shall be placed upon the city’s tax books against said property and may be collected, and the said liens may be foreclosed, in the same manner and with the same penalties and interest as property taxes and tax liens are collected and foreclosed, or by other civil action or process determined by the City Attorney.
(Ord. 950.5, passed 7-1-1982; Ord. 950.6-4-96, passed 4-8-1996)