(A) The city manager may pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies for the collection of delinquent fines, including interest and penalties.
(B) If an individual has any delinquent fines, interest, penalties, liens or assessments, the city manager may refuse to issue, extend, or renew a permit, license, or other approval pertaining to the property that is the subject of the civil citation and delinquent fines.
(C) The city attorney may issue a criminal citation or complaint against any responsible person not timely paying any fine due to the city.
(D) Any code violation shall constitute a public nuisance. To gain compliance, the city manager may seek to abate the public nuisance and collect the costs incurred by the city by recording a nuisance abatement lien and/or special assessment against the property where a property-related code violation occurred pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code, Sections 38773.1 and 38773.5.
(E) Any delinquent fines, interest and penalties may be recovered as a lien or special assessment against the property of the responsible person.
(F) Prior to recording a lien or special assessment, the city manager shall prepare a cost report itemizing the amount owed by the responsible person.
(G) The city manager shall notify each responsible person of the time, date and location that the city council shall consider any cost report imposing a lien or special assessment on the property of the responsible person.
(H) At a public hearing, the city council shall consider the cost report with any objections of any responsible person liable to be assessed for the costs stated in the report. The city council may modify the cost report as appropriate.
(I) Upon approval by the city council, the city manager shall file a certified copy of the cost report with the county auditor. The city manager shall request the auditor to enter each assessment on the county tax roll and to collect the amount of the assessment at the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes.
(`64 Code, Sec. 21-15) (Ord. No. 2488, 2764)