(A) Whenever any owner, lessee, occupant, or person having charge of any parcel of real estate fails or neglects to remove snow and ice from any sidewalk, as provided in this subchapter, the City Administrator, without notice, shall have the ice and snow removed therefrom.
(B) A bill for the expense incurred thereby shall be presented by the City Finance Officer to the owner by mailing the same to his or her last known address, or, if the name of such owner or his or her place of residence cannot be determined or ascertained after due diligence, by posting the same in a conspicuous place on his or her premises, and, if he or she fails to pay the same within ten days thereafter, the City Finance Officer shall file each year immediately preceding the time for making the annual assessment roll his or her certificate of the actual cost of such work, together with a statement as to the property in front of or on which the cleaning was done, with the Finance Officer of the city who shall, in the preparation of the assessment roll of the general city taxes, assess such amount upon the property, and the same manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties, and having the same lien upon the property assessed as the general city tax and as a part thereof.
(C) The imposition and collection of any fine or penalty prescribed by this chapter shall not be a bar to the right of the city to collect the cost of removing and cleaning of snow and ice from the sidewalks as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 12.44.060) (Ord. 205, passed - -1941; Ord. 824, passed 7-8-2019)