A. Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 38773 and 38773.4, all expenses as determined by the Hearing Officer in connection with such abatement shall be charged and become an indebtedness to the owner of such structure or premises, as well as a lien upon the affected property as elsewhere herein provided.
B. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 38773.5, the confirmed cost of abatement of a nuisance upon any lot or parcel of land shall constitute a special assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates. After confirmation of the report, a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Orange County Auditor/Controller, whereupon it shall be the duty of the Auditor/Controller to add the amounts of the assessment, or assessments, to the next regular bills of taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes, and thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure for foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
C. Such notice of lien for recordation shall be in the form substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF LIEN
Claim of City of Fullerton
Pursuant to the authority vested by the provisions of the Fullerton Municipal Code, the Director of the Department of Development Services of the City of Fullerton did on, or about the ________ day of _________, 20___, cause the premises, hereinafter described to be rehabilitated or the building or structure on the property hereinafter described, to be repaired or demolished in order to abate a public nuisance on said real property; and the City of Fullerton, shall assess the cost of such rehabilitation, repair or demolition upon the real property hereinafter described; and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof; and that the City of Fullerton does hereby claim a lien on such rehabilitation, repair or demolition in the amount of said assessment, to it; the sum of $_________; and the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the same has been paid in full and discharged of record.
The real property, hereinabove mentioned and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain parcel of land lying and being in the City of Fullerton, County of Orange, State of California, and more particularly described as follows:
(description)
Assessor Parcel Number(s):
Dated: This _________ day of __________, 20______.
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City Manager, City of Fullerton.
(Ord. 2969 § 2 (part), 2000).