(a) If the owner, responsible party or the occupant who may have been served with the notice of violation fails to take the required action within the time specified, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the code enforcement officer may take the corrective action(s) specified in the notice of violation, or, if a timely appeal is filed, as specified in the administrative order or the administrative order issued by the planning commission to abate the public nuisance existing on the property. If consent from the owner or occupant of the property cannot be obtained for the city's entry upon the property to abate the public nuisance, the city attorney or his/her designee is authorized to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain an abatement warrant prior to commencing the abatement work.
(b) Abatement of the public nuisance may, in the discretion of the code enforcement official, be performed by city forces or by a private contractor engaged by the city pursuant to the provisions of this code.
(c) Notwithstanding compliance with the notice of violation, the owner and the occupant of the property described in the notice shall in all events be jointly and severally liable for all costs incurred by the city in securing such compliance. Moneys due the city pursuant to this subsection may be recovered in the same manner that abatement costs are recovered pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 887 § 1 (part), 2009; Ord. 790 §§ 7 (part), 9, 1999; Ord. 718 § 1 (part), 1994)