(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 § 13-54 a statement setting forth the total costs for abating the nuisance.
(C) If payment is not made within 30 days from the date of the mailing of the statement, the City Clerk shall forward a certified statement of the amount of the costs to the County Treasurer of the county in which the property is located and such costs shall be a lien against the property, until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem taxes against the property, and when collected shall be paid to the city.
(D) 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)