4-3-4: ABATEMENT BY CITY; COSTS A LIEN:
   A.   Failure Of Owner To Abate: If the work to repair, abate or remove the conditions constituting a menace to health, safety or welfare of the residents of the city is not commenced or completed within the time fixed and designated by the city council at the hearing and no extension is granted by the city council, the city council shall cause the work of repair, abatement or removal to be done.
   B.   Statement Of Work And Costs:
      1.   The person doing such work shall file with the city clerk a verified statement of the work done and of all expenses and costs incurred in connection therewith, together with a description of the parcel or parcels of real property upon which the work was done.
      2.   The city council shall thereupon determine if such costs and expenses were proper and shall, by resolution, adopt or revise the statement and require the city clerk to deliver a certified copy of the resolution and a certified copy of the verified statement of the work done and all expenses and costs incurred, as determined proper or as corrected by the city council, to the county assessor of Clark County.
   C.   Cost A Lien Against The Property: The county assessor of Clark County shall levy the sum or sums in the statement upon the respective lot or lots as a tax and shall enter the same in the general assessment roll next thereafter to be made, in a column for special assessments. The amount so levied shall be collected and enforced with the other taxes in the assessment roll and in the same manner as other city taxes, and shall continue to be a lien upon the premises assessed from the date of assessment until paid. (Ord. 11, 8-16-1984)