A. Abatement may include, but shall not be limited to, repair, removal, cleaning, extermination, cutting, mowing, grading, sewer repairs, draining, securing, repairing a building or structure, boarding unoccupied buildings, barricading or fencing, removing dangerous portions of buildings or structures and demolition of dangerous structures or abandoned buildings.
B. The cost of abatement may be assessed against the property for collection in the same manner as property taxes as provided by state law. Abatement costs shall include the cost of removing or eliminating the public nuisance, the cost of investigation, such as title searches, inspection and testing, the cost of notification, filing costs and other related administrative costs. Inoperable/obsolete vehicles which have been impounded may be sold in accordance with state law governing abandoned vehicles. If an inoperable/obsolete vehicle is not sold or if the proceeds of such sale or redemption are not sufficient for payment of the cost of abatement, storage and sale of said inoperable/obsolete vehicle, such cost or the balance of such cost may be assessed against the real property from which the vehicle was removed or abated for collection in the same manner as a property tax, as provided by state law.
C. Abatement remedies and penalties are as provided in chapter 364, code of Iowa, as amended. (1978 Code §24-107; amd. 1994 Code)