A. The Manager shall keep an accurate record of the expenses incurred by the City in physically abating the nuisance, and shall include therein a charge of ten dollars ($10.00), or ten percent (10%) of those expenses, whichever is greater, for administrative overhead as detailed on the cost resolution adopted by Council.
B. The Manager by postage prepaid first class mail, shall forward to the owner, and the person responsible, a notice stating:
1. The total cost of abatement, including the administrative overhead.
2. That the cost as indicated will be assessed to and become a lien against the property unless paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice.
3. That if the owner or the person responsible objects to the costs of the abatement as indicated, he may file a notice of objection with the Manager not more than ten (10) days from the date of the notice.
C. Upon the expiration of ten (10) days after the date of the notice, the City Manager shall cause the assessments to be invoiced to the property owner of record.
D. If the costs of the abatement are not paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice, an assessment of the costs, as stated or as determined by the Manager, shall thereupon be entered in the docket of City liens. Upon the entry being made, it shall constitute a lien upon the property from which the nuisance was removed or abated.
E. The lien shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for street improvements are enforced and shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum. The interest shall begin to run from the date of the entry of the lien in the lien docket. Unless paid within one (1) year after assessment, the Manager shall foreclose the lien in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes 223.505 through 223.650.
F. An error in the name of owner or the person responsible shall not void the assessment, nor will a failure to receive the notice of the proposed assessment render the assessment void; but it shall remain a valid lien against the property. (Ord. 930, 9-26-2005)