(A) Before the city may act to abate and remove the nuisance, notice to abate and remove the nuisance shall be given to each owner or owner’s duly authorized owner agent and to the occupant, if any, by personal service or certified mail. Within 5 days of receipt of the notice, if the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground does not request a hearing with the municipality, or fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the nuisance, the city may have the work done. The costs and expenses of any such work shall be paid by the owner.
(B) If unpaid for 2 months after the work is done, the city may either:
(1) Levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefited in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed; or
(2) Recover in a civil action the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground and the adjoining streets and alleys.
(Prior Code, § 22-36) (Ord. 3419, § 6, 6-4-2002)