A. Commencing eighteen (18) calendar days after the date of the notice of violation and abatement, if no appeal had been filed, or fifteen (15) calendar days after the issuance of an order from the hearing officer resulting in authority to remove the vehicle, the public official shall cause the removal and disposal of the vehicle, or part thereof, as soon as practicable. The public official will provide notice to the Washington state patrol and the Washington state department of licensing that the vehicle has been processed in accordance with the laws of the state of Washington. The vehicle shall only be disposed of as scrap.
B. The city may file a lien for the cost of any abatement proceedings under this chapter and all other related costs against the real property on which the monetary penalty was imposed or any of the work of abatement was performed, except no lien shall attach to the real property if the landowner was found not responsible in the order issued by the hearing officer. The lien shall run with the land, but shall be subordinate to all previously existing special assessment liens imposed on the same property and shall be superior to all other liens, except for state and county taxes, with which it shall be in parity. Any claim of lien shall contain sufficient information regarding the notice of violation and abatement, a description of the property to be charged with the lien and the owner of record, and the total amount of the lien.
C. In addition to a lien, the city may pursue collection of the cost of any abatement proceedings under this chapter by any other lawful means, including referral to a collection agency. (Ord. 2017-1004, 2-8-2017)