(A) The City shall be entitled to recover its costs related to enforcing any code violation or nuisance abatement.
(B) In addition to any other remedies set forth in this Code or otherwise provided by law, the City is authorized to initiate an administrative or civil action to impose and recover all costs, expenses, and fees (including attorneys’ fees) expended by the City related to any nuisance abatement or code enforcement action. Costs, expenses, and fees include, but are not limited to, administrative fines, administrative costs (i.e. time spent by a city employee or contractor for nuisance or code enforcement activities related to the violation), inspection costs, investigation costs, enforcement expenses (i.e. notices, service of process, etc.), legal services including litigation costs, court costs, and attorneys’ fees, and any other direct costs and expenses arising as a consequence of the nuisance or violation.
(C) The prevailing party in any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding to abate a public nuisance, or in any appeal or other judicial action arising therefrom, may recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees. In no case, however, shall an award of attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the City in the action or proceeding. The non-prevailing parties shall be jointly and severally liable for all costs, expenses, and fees, including attorneys’ fees, owed to the prevailing parties.
('61 Code, § 1.13) (Ord. 1080, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 1668, passed 12-17-14)