(A) When action required by order is performed by the enforcement authority or by a contractor acting under § 152.20, each person who held a fee interest, life estate, or equitable interest of a contract purchaser in the unsafe premises from the time when the order requiring the work performed was recorded to the time that the work was completed is jointly and severally responsible for the following costs:
(1) The actual cost of the work performed by the enforcement authority or the bid price of work accomplished by the contractor under § 152.20; and
(2) An amount that represents a reasonable forecast of the average processing expense that will be incurred by the enforcement authority in taking the technical, administrative, and legal actions concerning typical unsafe premises that are necessary under this chapter so that the action required by an order may be performed by a contractor under § 152.20. In calculating the amount of the average processing expense, the following costs may be considered:
(a) The cost of obtaining reliable information about the identity and location of persons who own substantial property interest in the unsafe premises;
(b) The cost of notice of orders, notice of statements of rescission, notice of continued hearing, notice of statements that public bids are to be let or that the enforcement authority intends to accomplish the work, and notice that a hearing may be held on the amounts indicated in the record, in accordance with § 152.52;
(c) Salaries for employees; and
(d) The cost of supplies, equipment, and office space.
(B) The Town Council for the town shall determine the amount of the average processing expense at the public hearing, after notice has been given in the same manner as is required for other official action by the Town Council. In determining the average processing expense, the Town Council may fix the amount as a full dollar amount that is an even multiple of ten.
(2005 Code, § 152.30) (Ord. G-04-24, passed 8-19-2004)