(a) As used in this section, "total cost" means any costs incurred due to the use of employees, materials, or equipment of the village, any costs arising out of contracts for labor, materials, or equipment, and costs of service of notice or publication required under this section.
(b) The village may collect the total cost of demolishing, removing and or repairing insecure, unsafe, structurally defective, abandoned, deserted, or open and vacant buildings or other structures, of making emergency corrections of hazardous conditions, or of abating any nuisance by any of the following methods:
(1) The clerk of the legislative authority of the Village may certify the total costs, together with a proper description of the lands, to the county auditor who shall place the costs upon the tax duplicate. The costs are a lien upon such lands from and after the date of entry. The costs shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the village.
(2) The village may commence a civil action to recover the total costs from the owner.
(Ord. 2864, passed 6-20-11)