If any owner or lessee neglects or refuses to begin the construction of the improvements within one year after the granting of a building permit as in this article provided, the director or the chief engineer is authorized to cause such improvements to be constructed. The costs thereby incurred by the city shall be a lien upon the property abutting such improvements from the date of certification by the director or chief engineer of completion of such construction, and the same shall be collected from the owner of such property in the name of the city.
(Sec. 20-5.4, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 14, Art. 21, § 14-21.4) (Am. Ord. 93-32)