(A) When the owner of the property upon which the nuisance is located has failed or refused to abate said nuisance the city shall cause said nuisance to be abated and the actual and necessary cost required to be expended by the city together with such administrative expense for mailing of notices, and the like, said administrative expenses not to exceed the amount established in the Fee Schedule, and the total of said costs shall be certified to the office of the City Clerk, who shall be responsible for billing all of said costs to the property owner.
(B) The City Clerk shall forward by mail to the property owner at the address specified in § 13-42 of this article a statement setting forth the total costs for removing junked vehicles, and demanding payment.
(C) Upon the failure of the owner or occupant of property from which abandoned vehicles have been removed by the city to pay within 30 days the unrecovered expense incurred by the city in such removal, the amount may be added to the municipal utility bills of the private property from which removed and recovered in the same manner as such bills.
(D) If the private property is not served by municipal utilities or if collection efforts are not successful, the cost may be certified by the City Clerk to the County Treasurer of the county in which the property is located who shall add the same to the ad valorem taxes assessed against the property, until paid, and such costs shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes assessed against the property, and when collected shall be paid to the city.
(E) Until fully paid, the cost and the interest thereon shall be the personal obligation of the property owner from and after the date the cost is certified to the County Treasurer.
(Ord. 3203, passed 7-7-09)