If the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the nuisance within 15 days from receipt of the notice to abate, the village may have such work done and the cost and expense of such work shall be paid by the owner of the property. If unpaid for two months after such work is done, the village may either levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefitted in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed, or recover in a civil action the costs and expenses of the work.