(A) The order determining the cost of abatement of public nuisance shall constitute a special assessment against the property to which it relates, and upon recordation in the office of the County Recorder, shall constitute a lien on the property for the amount of the assessment.
(B) Before the recording of a lien, not less than ten days after the order of costs, notice thereof shall be served on the property owner of record by certified mail or personal service, in the same manner as a civil summons. If the owner of record cannot be found after diligent search, then the notice may be served by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place upon the property for a period of ten days and publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation published in Riverside County. The form of the notice shall be available to the public upon request of the City Clerk.
(C) After the notice of lien is confirmed and recorded in the office of the county recorder, a copy shall be filed with the assessor and tax collector of Riverside County, acting for the city in order that the county officials may add amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular tax bills levied against the respective lots and parcels of land, and thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
(D) In the alternative, after recordation of the notice of lien, such lien may be foreclosed by judicial or other sale in the manner and means provided by law.
(E) Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 38773.7, upon the entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period that finds an owner of property responsible for a condition that may be abated pursuant to this code, the responsible party may be ordered to pay treble the costs of the abatement. These costs shall not include costs incurred abating conditions pursuant to § 17980 of the Cal. Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 1529, passed 3-5-08)