(A) The enforcement officer, city personnel and any private contractor authorized to abate a nuisance, must keep an account of enforcement costs incurred and must render an itemized report in writing to the City Manager or to the court of competent jurisdiction hearing an enforcement action.
(B) 1. Unless otherwise ordered or determined by the court in an enforcement action, the City Manager will give notice by certified mail of the costs of abatement to the owner and to any responsible person.
2. This cost notice will include a statement that the owner and any responsible person have a right to a hearing before the City Manager regarding the enforcement costs, if such hearing is requested in writing within ten days of the date of the notice.
(C) 1. If a hearing is requested, the City Manager will set a date for the hearing and cause notice of the hearing to be sent by certified mail to the owner and to any responsible person at least ten days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
2. The City Manager will either confirm or modify the enforcement costs at such hearing. The City Manager must give notice of the decision on the assessment of the costs of abatement by certified mail to the owner and to any responsible person. The decision of the City Manager will be final.
(D) If the total enforcement costs, as confirmed by the City Manager or the court, remains unpaid within 30 days of notice to the owner or the responsible party, the City Manager may cause the abatement costs to be collected by any of the following or any other lawful means:
1. Obtaining a court order stating that this reimbursement requirement is a personal obligation of any person held responsible for creating, causing, committing or maintaining a public nuisance, recoverable by the city in the same manner as any civil judgment;
2. Recording a nuisance abatement lien pursuant to this code against the parcel of land on which the nuisance is maintained; or
3. Imposing a special assessment pursuant to this code against the parcel of land on which the nuisance is maintained.
(Ord. 553, passed 8-15-2006)