If any person or entity fails to reimburse the city as provided and such person or entity is the owner of the affected property, the city shall have the right and power to assess any and all costs of clean up and restoration as a special assessment to the property and, upon the failure to pay the special assessment within 60 days of notice thereof, to add the amount thereof to the tax roll as to such property and to levy and collect such costs in the same manner as provided for the levy and collection of real property taxes against said property. The city shall also have the right to confiscate any vehicle and its contents where said costs cannot be added to the tax roll. The city shall also have the right to bring an action in the appropriate court to collect such costs if it deems such action to be necessary. The rights stated herein shall be cumulative and choice of any shall not exclude use of any others.
(1979 Code, § 9.196) (Ord. 114, passed 10-6-1992)