(a) Upon the failure or refusal of a property owner to remedy or abate any violation within the time period set forth in the notice of violation or, in the case of an appeal, within 30 days of the decision of the Board upholding the decision of the Service-Safety Director or his authorized designee, the Service-Safety Director or his authorized designee may institute appropriate proceedings in law or equity to restrain, correct or abate the violation, and may assess the costs of those proceedings to the property owner, including any administrative processing fees.
(b) Whenever charges for correction or abatement remain unpaid for sixty (60) days after a statement of costs has been mailed to the property owner, Council may by resolution certify the charges to the County Auditor to be placed on the tax duplicate, to be collected in the same manner as other taxes and returned to the City. Such charges for correction or abatement expenses shall be a lien on the property form the date of entry upon the tax duplicate.
(Ord. 4-16. Passed 2-22-16; Ord. 13-19. Passed 9-9-19.)