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17.34.170   Contents of notice.
   The notice to abate an urban nuisance issued under the provisions of this chapter shall contain:
   A.   An order to abate the urban nuisance or to request a hearing before the governing body of the city within the ten days after written or published notice;
   B.   The location of the urban nuisance, if the same is stationary;
   C.   A description of what constitutes the urban nuisance; and
   D.   A statement that, if the urban nuisance is not abated as directed, and if no request for hearing is made within the prescribed time, the city may abate the urban nuisance and assess the costs thereof against the person, or take any other action as allowed in this chapter.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
17.34.180   Service of notice.
   A notice to abate an urban nuisance issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be served as any other legal process may be served pursuant to law.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
17.34.190   Abatement by city.
   Upon the failure of the person upon whom notice to abate an urban nuisance was served pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to abate the same, the designated officer of the city may proceed to abate the urban nuisance and shall prepare a statement of costs incurred in the abatement thereof.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
17.34.200   City's costs declared lien.
   A.   Any and all costs incurred by the city in the abatement of an urban nuisance under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a lien against the property upon which the urban nuisance existed, which lien shall be filed, proven, and collected as provided by law.
   B.   The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest at the legal rate thereafter until satisfied.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
17.34.210   Penalty.
   A.   Whenever in this chapter an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in this chapter the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any provision or the failure to perform any act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
   B.   Each day any violation or failure to perform the act shall continue shall constitute a separate offense and is a separate violation of an ordinance of this city, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)
17.34.220   Effective date.
   This chapter shall become effective thirty days after the date of enactment by the governing body of the city, as to those properties, sites, buildings, structures, or incidental appurtenances already in existence at the time of adoption, and as to all others who shall construct, or cause to be erected, any structure on or in the ground after the enactment of the chapter immediately.
(Ord. 569 (part), 2019)