The city council may, by ordinance, establish a procedure whereby city forces may clean or repair any sidewalk upon failure of the abutting property owner after ten days’ notice to do so. In such event, the cost of such cleaning or repair shall become a lien upon the abutting property equal to the lien for ad valorem taxes and may thereafter be collected either by suit in the name of the city or by foreclosure of the lien in the same manner and subject to the same rules, regulations, costs and penalties as provided by law for the foreclosure of the lien on real property for ad valorem taxes.