1-10-8: ATTORNEY FEES ON DELAYED COMPENSATION:
If a demand under Oregon Revised Statutes 197, as amended by ballot measure 37, passed November 2, 2004, and this chapter is denied or not fully paid within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date of filing a completed demand, the owner's reasonable attorney fees and expenses necessary to collect compensation will be added as additional compensation, provided compensation is awarded to the owner. If such demand is denied, not fully paid, or other action taken under Oregon Revised Statutes 197, as amended by ballot measure 37, passed November 2, 2004, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date of filing a completed demand, and the owner commences suit or action to collect compensation, if the city is the prevailing party in such action, then the city shall be entitled to any sum which a court, including any appellate court, may adjudge reasonable as attorney fees. (Ord. 606-04, 11-11-2004, eff. 12-2-2004)