(a) Upon the City Council's confirmation of a proposed lien for the abatement of a public nuisance against an owner-occupied residential dwelling unit within the meaning of California Government Code Section 54988(a)(3), the responsible City Department may record a nuisance abatement lien against the subject parcel as authorized by California Government Code Section 38773.1.
(b) From the date of recording in the office of the County Recorder for the County of Los Angeles, the lien shall have the same force, effect and priority of a judgment lien.
(c) The nuisance abatement lien recorded shall specify the amount of the lien, the name of the agency on whose behalf the lien is imposed, the date of the abatement order, the street address, legal description and assessor’s parcel number of the parcel on which the lien is imposed, and the name and address of the recorded owner of the parcel.
(d) In the event that the lien is discharged, released, or satisfied, either through payment or foreclosure, notice of the discharge containing the information specified in Paragraph (c) above shall be recorded by the responsible City Department. Any nuisance abatement lien and the release of the lien shall be indexed in the grantor-grantee index.
(e) A nuisance abatement lien recorded pursuant to this subsection may be foreclosed by an action brought by the City for a money judgment.
(f) Notwithstanding California Government Code Section 6103 or 27383, or any other provision of law, the County Recorder may impose a fee on the City to reimburse the costs of processing and recording the lien and providing notice to the property owner. The City may recover from the property owner any costs incurred regarding the processing and recording of the lien and providing notice to the property owner as part of its foreclosure action to enforce the lien.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 175,596, Eff. 12-7-03.
Amended by: Subsec. (a) and (d), Ord. No. 181,559, Eff. 3-22-11.