A. Actual costs, including incidental expenses, of correcting the violation shall be billed to the person responsible for the violation or the property owner. These costs shall become due and payable to the city of Long Beach no later than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the invoice. The term "incidental expenses" includes, but is not limited to, personnel costs, both direct and indirect; attorney fees; costs incurred in documenting the violation; demolition, hauling, storage, and disposal expenses; filing fees; and actual expenses and costs of the city in preparing notices, specifications, and contracts, and in accomplishing and/or contracting and inspecting the work; the costs of any required printing or mailing; and any and all costs of collection.
B. If the person responsible for the costs of abatement fails to remit payment in a timely manner, the city may file a lien against the real property for the cost of any abatement proceedings under this chapter, except that no lien shall attach to the real property if the owner was found not responsible in the final order issued by the hearing examiner. A notice of the city's lien specifying the expenses incurred in abating the nuisance and giving the legal description of the premises sought to be charged shall be filed with the Pacific County auditor within ninety (90) days from the date of the abatement. Such lien may at any time thereafter be collected in the manner provided for foreclosure of mechanic's liens under the laws of the state of Washington.
C. In addition to a lien, the debt shall be collectible in the same manner as any other civil debt owing to the city, and the city may pursue collection of the costs of any abatement proceedings under this chapter by any other lawful means, including, but not limited to, referral to a collection agency. (Ord. 887a, 2-4-2013)