1716.01 AUTHORITY OF CITY TO FILE LIENS FOR COSTS INCURRED IN ABATING EXTERIOR SANITATION AND COMMON NUISANCE VIOLATIONS AND FOR COSTS INCURRED IN REPAIRING, RELAYING, OR CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS.
   (a)   The City may file a lien for costs incurred in abating exterior sanitation and common nuisance violations, which include, but are not limited to, those violations set forth in Article 1717 when the following occurs:
      (1)   A property owner, after receiving lawful notice pursuant to Article 1717 or pursuant to any other applicable provision of the Municipal Code, fails to abate the violation; and
      (2)   The enforcement official lawfully enters said property and performs the work necessary to abate the violation; and
      (3)   A notice of the costs of abatement is sent to the property owner and those costs are not remitted within a time satisfactory to the City.
   (b)   The City may file a lien on real property for costs incurred in repairing, relaying, or constructing sidewalks in accordance with Articles 11 and 17 of the Municipal Code of the City of Martinsburg.
(Ord. 2014-21. Passed 12-18-14.)